The 2018 Nevada Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Secretary of State of Nevada, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, and other state and local elections. Primary elections were held on June 12, 2018.

Incumbent Republican secretary Barbara Cegavske ran for re-election to a second term in office against Democratic assemblyman Nelson Araujo. Despite a blue wave across the state and Democrats winning every other major statewide office, Cegavske narrowly won re-election to a second term in office.

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Barbara Cegavske, incumbent secretary of state (2015–present)

Eliminated in primary Ernest Aldridge

Results

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Nelson Araujo, state assemblyman from the 3rd district (2014–present)

Declined Oscar Delgado, Reno city councilman Pat Spearman, state senator from the 1st district (2013–present) (endorsed Araujo)

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs ofGoverningOctober 11, 2018

Endorsements

Results

By county +2018 Nevada Secretary of State election (by county)CountyBarbara Cegavske RepublicanNelson Araujo DemocraticN/A None of These CandidatesMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Carson City13,12457.95%8,88639.24%6362.81%4,23818.71%22,646Churchill7,19375.17%2,11722.12%2592.71%5,07653.05%9,569Clark285,61344.72%334,80852.42%18,2782.86% -49,195 -7.70%638,699Douglas17,16766.90%7,91630.85%5762.25%9,25136.05%25,659Elko11,76877.90%2,87519.03%4633.07%8,89358.87%15,106Esmeralda29178.86%5715.45%215.69%23463.41%369Eureka64985.85%749.79%334.36%57576.06%756Humboldt4,10275.81%1,12620.81%1833.38%2,97655.00%5,411Lander1,58575.84%39318.80%1125.36%1,19257.04%2,090Lincoln1,61083.08%23912.33%894.59%1,37170.75%1,938Lyon14,51369.88%5,64827.20%6062.92%8,86542.68%20,767Mineral1,06759.48%61734.39%1106.13%45025.09%1,794Nye12,21270.23%4,52926.05%6473.72%7,68344.18%17,388Pershing1,26271.91%43224.62%613.47%83047.29%1,755Storey1,56166.31%72730.88%662.81%83435.43%2,354Washoe91,78749.08%90,35048.31%4,8722.61%1,4370.77%187,009White Pine2,37673.77%65720.40%1885.83%1,71953.37%3,221 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Mineral (largest municipality: Hawthorne) Washoe (largest municipality: Reno)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Clark (largest municipality: Las Vegas)

By congressional district Cegavske won two of four congressional districts, one of which elected a Democrat. District Cegavske Araujo Representative 35% 61%Dina Titus 56% 41%Mark Amodei50%47%Jacky Rosen (115th Congress)Susie Lee (116th Congress)47.6%49.4%Ruben Kihuen (115th Congress)Steven Horsford (116th Congress)

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