Nevada State Senate seat · lines in effect since 2022
Nevada Senate District 1
A district of about 151,000 people, 31% Hispanic and 21% Black, 24% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+17.4 relative to the nation for president.
2024 election
Nov 5, 2024- Shelly Crawford (D) · won59.0%
- Patricia Brinkley (R)41.0%
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 12:13 PM ET
Where it sits among all 21 seats
Every Nevada State Senate seat by partisan lean, from most Democratic to most Republican. Lean is the seat's presidential vote on current lines, relative to the nation.
Democratic
Source: 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET
Every election for this seat
4 races since 2012. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lines first used in 2022 | |||
| 2024 | Shelly Crawford (D) | Patricia Brinkley (R) | 18.0 |
| Lines first used in 2012 | |||
| 2020 | Patricia Spearman (D) | — | Unopposed |
| 2016 | Patricia Spearman (D) | Arsen Arsen T. Ter-Petrosyan (R) | 30.9 |
| 2012 | Patricia Spearman (D) | Gregory Hughes (I) | 37.4 |
Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Districts that overlap District 1
The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 1's area in each.
- U.S. House
- NV-4 100%
Every race on these lines
Results recomputed from precinct returns as if today's boundaries had always existed, so years compare like for like.
| 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | D+21.6 | No race | D+21.5 | D+15.7 |
| U.S. Senate | D+21.7 | D+25.6 | No race | D+19.7 |
| Governor | No race | D+24.3 | No race | No race |
Outlined: the race for this seat itselfBlank: no race that year
Source: 99chambers results archive: precinct results allocated to current lines; 2026: civicAPIUpdated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Who lives here, compared
Grey bars show the spread of all 21 seats. Small marks are other seats in Nevada. The black marker is District 1.
Lower than 65% of seats.
Lower than 75% of seats.
Higher than 65% of seats.
Higher than 95% of seats.
Higher than 75% of seats.
Less dense than 55% of seats.
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current linesUpdated Oct 13, 2026, 5:06 AM ET
Seats most like this one
Nearest seats on demographics, density and lean.
District 1034% Hispanic · 24% college gradsD+12.5Held DDistrict 3
42% Hispanic · 21% college gradsD+12.4Not up in 2026District 7
44% HispanicD+17.1Not up in 2026District 6
30% Hispanic · 31% college gradsD+5.2Not up in 2026
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current lines; 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET