2014 Nevada Attorney General election
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November 4, 2014
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The 2014 Nevada Attorney General election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Attorney General of Nevada. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto was ineligible to run for re-election for a third term due to term limits from the Constitution of Nevada. Republican attorney Adam Laxalt defeated Democratic secretary of state Ross Miller with 46.2% of the vote.[1] Until the 2022 Nevada gubernatorial election, this was the most recent time a Republican won a Nevada statewide election while carrying neither Clark nor Washoe Counties.
Candidates
Nominee
- Ross Miller, Secretary of State of Nevada and son of former governor Bob Miller[2]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ross Miller | Unopposed | |||
| Total votes | N/a | 100.0 | |||
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Adam Laxalt, attorney, son of former U.S. Senator Pete Domenici and grandson of former governor Paul Laxalt[3]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Adam Laxalt | Unopposed | |||
| Total votes | N/a | 100.0 | |||
Independent American primary
General election
Debate
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Republican |
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| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn |
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| Ross Miller | Adam Laxalt | |||||
| 1 | October 10, 2014 | PBS Vegas | Steve Sebelius Elizabeth Thompson |
YouTube | P | P |
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Ross Miller (D) |
Adam Laxalt (R) |
Other | Undecided |
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| Precision Research[5] | March 3–5, 2014 | 216 (LV) | ± 6.7% | 44% | 36% | – | 20% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Adam Laxalt | 251,479 | 46.20% | +10.53% | |
| Democratic | Ross Miller | 246,629 | 45.32% | −7.50% | |
| Independent American | Jonathan Hansen | 30,513 | 5.61% | −2.20% | |
| None of These Candidates | 15,629 | 2.87% | −0.83% | ||
| Total votes | 544,150 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | |||||