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Nevada State Senate seat · former district

Nevada Senate District CAPITAL 1

11 elections since 1970: Democrats won 4, Republicans 7.

2010 election

Nov 2, 2010
  1. James Arnold Settelmeyer (R) · won65.9%
  2. Kevin R. Ranft (D)29.1%
  3. Cody J. Quirk (IND)5.0%

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Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

Every election for this seat

11 races since 1970; the seat changed party 4 times. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2002
2010James Arnold Settelmeyer (R)Kevin R. Ranft (D)36.7
2006Mark E. Amodei (R)Merritt Yochum (I)55.4
2002Mark E. Amodei (R)David K. Schumann (I)67.3
Lines first used in 1992
1998Mark E. Amodei (R)FlipErnie Adler (D)6.2
1994Ernie Adler (D)Nancy W. Dallas (R)3.4
Lines first used in 1982
1990Ernie Adler (D)FlipCharlie Joerg (R)6.4
1986Charlie Joerg (R)FlipPeggy Pierce (D)31.4
1982Alan Glover (D)L. Hunt (R)27.0
Lines first used in 1972
1978Lawrence Jacobsen (R)FlipGary A. Sheerin (D)2.6
1974Gary A. Sheerin (D)Harold Jacobsen (R)1.6
Lines first used in 1962
1970Archie Pozzi Jr. (R)—Unopposed

Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)