Nevada State Senate seat · former district

Nevada Senate District WASHOE 1

5 elections since 1994: Democrats won 5, Republicans 0.

2010 election

Nov 2, 2010
  1. Sheila Leslie (D) · won62.1%
  2. Phillip G. Salerno (R)32.3%
  3. Thomas W. Cornell (LIB)5.6%

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

Every election for this seat

5 races since 1994. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2002
2010Sheila Leslie (D)Phillip G. Salerno (R)29.7
2006Bernice Martinmathews (D)—Unopposed
2002Bernice Martinmathews (D)Carolyn Bauer (I)48.4
Lines first used in 1992
1998Bernice Martinmathews (D)Tom Polikalas (R)32.7
1994Bernice Martinmathews (D)Kendall E. Mattina (R)7.5

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