1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Nevada Senate District CAPITAL 1
Nevada State Senate · Nevada
Mark E. Amodei (R) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Ernie Adler (D) by 6.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mark E. AmodeiRepublican · winner
53.1%12,348
Ernie AdlerDemocrat · incumbent
46.9%10,896
23,244 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET