1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Nevada Senate District CAPITAL 1
Nevada State Senate · Nevada
Ernie Adler (D) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Charlie Joerg (R) by 6.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ernie AdlerDemocrat · winner
53.2%8,756
Charlie JoergRepublican · incumbent
46.8%7,695
16,451 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET