The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the four U.S. Representatives from Nevada, one from each of the state's four congressional districts, an increase of one seat in reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 2013 until January 2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on June 12, 2012.
Overview
Statewide
By district
Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada by district:
District 1
Democrat Shelley Berkley, who had represented Nevada's 1st congressional district since 1999, ran for the U.S. Senate.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Dina Titus, former U.S. Representative for the 3rd district
Withdrawn
Ruben Kihuen, state senator
Declined
Shelley Berkley, incumbent U.S. Representative
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Chris Edwards, security strategic planner and Navy officer
Eliminated in primary
Charmaine Guss, former real estate broker and anti-abortion activist
Brian Landsberger, retired mechanical engineer and former Air Force fighter pilot Herb Peters, retired aerospace engineer and seven-time Libertarian candidate for Congress in California Miguel "Mike" Rodrigues, elementary school principal
Primary results
Libertarian primary
Bill Pojunis ran as the nominee of the Libertarian Party of Nevada.
Independent American primary
Stan Vaughan ran as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada.
General election
Endorsements
Results
District 2
Republican Mark Amodei, who has represented Nevada's 2nd congressional district since being elected in a special election in September 2011, is running for re-election.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Mark Amodei, incumbent U.S. Representative
Declined
Sharron Angle, former state assemblywoman and nominee for Senate in 2010
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Samuel Koepnick, information technology employee for the state
Eliminated in primary
Sam Dehne, retired pilot
Xiomara Rodriguez, retired businesswoman
Primary results
Independent American primary
Russell Best, a real estate broker and Navy veteran, ran as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada.
General election
Endorsements
Results
District 3
Republican Joe Heck, who has represented Nevada's 3rd congressional district since January 2011, is running for re-election.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Joe Heck, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary
Chris Dyer, food service employee and Army and Navy veteran
Primary results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
John Oceguera, Speaker of the Nevada Assembly
Eliminated in primary
Stephen Frye, psychiatrist
James F. Haning II, businessman
Jesse "Jake" Holder, former Navy officer and Political Science student at UNLV
Barry Michaels, businessman
Gerald "Jerry" Sakura, retired business executive.
Declined
Dina Titus, former U.S. Representative
Primary results
Independent American primary
Tom Jones, a retired businessman, is running as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada.
Independents
James Murphy, a retired airline captain, is running as an Independent.
General election
Endorsements
Debates
Complete video of debate' C-SPAN, October 11, 2012
Polling
Predictions
Results
District 4
Nevada's 4th congressional district was created for the 2012 elections as a result of reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census. It consists of most of Central Nevada and Northern Clark County, the latter of which contains the bulk of the district's population.