DemocraticIncumbentCandidate
Linda F. Hunt
Incumbent assembly member (2024-present)
- Experience
- State legislature
Nevada › Nevada State Assembly · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Nevada Assembly District 17
D vs DSame-party general election. Two Democrats advanced to November: the seat stays Democratic.
Linda F. Hunt has no major-party opponent.
Linda F. Hunt has no major-party opponent.
The candidates
DemocraticCandidate
Robert "RC" Smith
The district
Lean D+28: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.
Presidential vote
Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.
Who lives here
- Population
- 69,157
- People per km²
- 963
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 20%
- White, no degree
- 24%of adults
- White 27%
- Hispanic 33%
- Black 24%
- Asian 8%
- Other / multiracial 8%
American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.
Past results
Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.
2024
30,253 votes · D+29.4✓ Linda F Hunt (D)64.7%
Robert J Olson (R)35.3%
2024 President Vote in this district
31,134 two-party votes · D+25.7 · D+27.2 vs. the nation✓ Kamala Harris (D)62.9%
Donald Trump (R)37.1%
2022
17,465 votes · D+31.1✓ Clara Thomas (D)65.5%
Eugene Michael Pawley III (R)34.5%
2020 Earlier district lines
32,536 votes · D+32.4✓ Clara Thomas (D)66.2%
Jack Polcyn (R)33.8%
2020 President Vote in this district
23,382 two-party votes · D+34.8 · D+30.3 vs. the nation✓ Joe Biden (D)67.4%
Donald Trump (R)32.6%
2016 President Vote in this district
16,121 two-party votes · D+38.1 · D+35.9 vs. the nation✓ Hillary Clinton (D)69.1%
Donald Trump (R)30.9%