2011 Nevada's 2nd congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 2011 Nevada's 2nd congressional district special election Nevada Presidential no 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 2 2010 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 2 2012 September 13, 2011 Representative Mark Amodei, official portrait, 112th Congress (cropped).jpg 150x150px Mark Amodei Republican Party (United States) 75,180 57.92% File:Kate Marshall 2021 (cropped).png Kate Marshall Democratic Party (United States) 46,818 36.07% Dean Heller Republican Party (United States) Mark Amodei Republican Party (United States) 2011 NV-02 special.svg 250px County resultsAmodei: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% On September 13, 2011, a special election was held in Nevada's 2nd congressional district to fill the vacancyhttp://www.rgj.com/article/20110429/NEWS/110429034/Nevada-special-election-date-September-13 Nevada special election date September 13 April 29, 2011 May 3, 2011 Reno Gazette-Journal Guy Clifton created by the resignation of Republican Dean Heller, who was appointed to the United States Senate.http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/apr/27/sandoval-pick-dean-heller-john-ensign-replacement/ Sandoval chooses Dean Heller for John Ensign replacement April 27, 2011 May 3, 2011 Las Vegas Sun Karoun Demirjian The race was called for Mark Amodei by the Associated Press just after 10 p.m. local time with 44% of precincts reporting and Amodei leading Marshall 57% to 37%.Elections 2011 ap.org https://web.archive.org/web/20111004080222/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2011/by_county/NV_US_House_0913.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS 2011-10-04 Amodei easily won the election by a margin of 58% to 36%. Rules On May 2, 2011, Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller announced the election, held under an untested 2003 law for replacing House members, would be open to any and all qualified candidates, without primary elections or nominations made by parties' central committees.http://www.rollcall.com/news/nevada_special_election_to_be_open_to_all_candidates-205236-1.html Nevada Special Election to Be Open to All Candidates May 2, 2011 May 3, 2011 Roll Call Kyle Trygstad The Republican Party filed suit challenging Miller's plan, preferring instead that each party be required to nominate a single candidate. The party's complaint stated that "A fundamental principle of Nevada's electoral statutes is that, in a partisan election, there shall be only one nominee from each political party."http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/article/20110505/NEWS/110509917/1055&ParentProfile=1045 GOP challenges Heller seat election plan May 5, 2011 May 6, 2011 Lahontan Valley News Geoff Dornan On May 19, District Judge Todd Russell sided with the Republican Party and ruling that the major parties would hold conventions in order to each nominate a single candidate.http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/19/judge-sides-gop-says-parties-get-say-special-elect/ Judge sides with GOP, rules against free-for-all special election May 19, 2011 May 20, 2011 Las Vegas Sun Cy Ryan Miller asked the office of the Nevada Attorney General to appeal the case to the Supreme Court of Nevada,http://www.rgj.com/article/20110521/NEWS/105210323/Appeal-sought-Nevada-s-vacant-U-S-House-seat-ruling Appeal sought in Nevada's vacant U.S. House seat ruling May 21, 2011 May 23, 2011 Reno Gazette Journal Ray Hagar which on May 31 issued an order instructing Miller and the state's political parties to address whether the election can be rescheduled due to concerns that the ongoing dispute over its rules may necessitate a delay.http://www.mynews3.com/story.php?id=44242 Court suggests delay for Nevada House election May 31, 2011 June 1, 2011 My News 3 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110725034235/http://www.mynews3.com/story.php?id=44242 July 25, 2011 Democratic nomination Nominee Kate Marshall, Nevada State Treasurerhttp://www.rgj.com/article/20110504/NEWS19/110504020/Nevada-Treasurer-Kate-Marshall-announces-run-Nevada-CD2 Nevada Treasurer Kate Marshall announces run for Nevada CD2 May 4, 2011 Reno Gazette-Journal Declared candidates George S. Bayhttp://www.nvsos.gov/index.aspx?page=880 2011 Special Election Filed Candidates June 13, 2011 Nevada Secretary of State Chad Dehne, U.S. Marine Corps veteran Blake Franzman R. J. Gillum Zach Jones Kate Marshall, Nevada State Treasurer Jacques Maye Nancy Price, former regent of the Nevada System of Higher Education and unsuccessful candidate for the 2nd district in 2010https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110427/ap_on_el_se/us_nevada_senate Nev. governor names Heller to Ensign's Senate seat April 27, 2011 May 31, 2011 Yahoo! News Sandra Chereb Rex Ricks Declined to run Jill Derby, former regent of the Nevada System of Higher Education and unsuccessful candidate for the 2nd district in 2006 and 2008http://www.lvrj.com/news/derby-announces-she-will-not-seek-u-s-house-seat-122681678.html Derby announces she will not seek U.S. House seat May 26, 2011 May 31, 2011 Las Vegas Review-Journal Laura Myers Republican nomination The central committee of the Nevada Republican Party voted to decide the Republican nominee in June 2011. Any Republican who receives at least two votes from members of the central committee can compete in the nomination process, which will be held under a two-round system.http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20110611/NEWS/110619961/1070 350 to decide nominee June 11, 2011 June 12, 2011 Nevada Appeal Christina Silva Nominee Mark Amodei, state party chairman and former State Senatorhttp://www.lvrj.com/news/krolicki-is-gop-favorite-if-special-election-needed-for-heller-s-seat-120731579.html Krolicki is GOP favorite if special election needed for Heller's seat April 26, 2011 May 3, 2011 Las Vegas Review-Journal Laura Myershttp://www.lvrj.com/news/nevada-gop-chairman-amodei-announces-run-for-2nd-congressional-district-121509578.html Nevada GOP Chairman Amodei announces run for 2nd Congressional District May 9, 2011 May 9, 2011 Las Vegas Review-Journal Ed Vogel Declared candidates Mark Amodei, state party chairman and former State Senator Greg Brower, State Senator and former United States Attorney Hal Carmack Guy Felton William R. Graves Edward Hamilton, perennial candidatehttp://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/05/special-election-count-can/ Special election count: 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats in race to replace Dean Heller May 5, 2011 May 6, 2011 Las Vegas Sun Delen Goldberg Ryan Henderson, optician Greg Hudson Robert X. Leeds Kirk Lippold, former USS Cole commander Daniel Miller Troy "Gunny" Orosco Phillip D. Telander Busch Voigts Jr. Jonathan M. Yuspa Sidney Zeller, U.S. Marine Corps veteran Declined to run Sharron Angle, former member of the Nevada Assembly and 2010 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senatehttp://www.rollcall.com/news/Angle-Wont-Run-Nevada-Special-Election-205945-1.html Sharron Angle Won't Run in Special Election May 25, 2011 May 25, 2011 Roll Call Kyle Trygstad Brian Krolicki, Lieutenant Governor of Nevadahttp://www.rollcall.com/news/krolicki_opts_out_of_nevada_special_election-205390-1.html Krolicki Opts Out of Nevada Special Election May 5, 2011 May 5, 2011 Roll Call Melanie Starkey Independent American Party nomination Independent American Party of Nevada Declared candidates Timothy Fasano Independent candidates Earl Ammerman Roland Lee Helmuth Lehmann, businessman and author Christopher Simon General election Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror MarkAmodei (R) KateMarshall (D) TimothyFasano (IAP) HelmuthLehmann (I) UndecidedPublic Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling September 9–11, 2011 629 ± 3.9% 50% 37% 4% 4% 5%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling August 18–21, 2011 600 ± 4.0% 43% 42% 3% 3% 8% Commissioned by Daily Kos and the SEIU Results Nevada's 2nd congressional district special election, 2011https://www.nvsos.gov/soselectionpages/results/2011Special/ElectionSummary.aspx 2011 Official Special Election Results September 13, 2011 Nevada Secretary of State July 29, 2019 Republican Party (United States) Mark Amodei 75,180 57.92 Democratic Party (United States) Kate Marshall 46,818 36.07 Independent (politician) Helmuth Lehmann 5,372 4.14 Independent American Party of Nevada Timothy Fasano 2,421 1.87 129,791 100.0 Republican Party (United States) By county CountyMark AmodeiRepublicanKate MarshallDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Carson City6,47259.7%3,82435.3%5455.0%2,64824.4%10,841Churchill3,00268.5%99322.7%3878.8%2,00945.8%4,382Clark (part)3,50259.5%2,18137.1%2013.4%1,32122.4%5,884Douglas7,86667.0%3,28428.0%5825.0%4,58239.0%11,732Elko3,36972.9%96220.8%2936.3%2,40752.1%4,624Esmeralda15875.2%3014.3%2210.5%12860.9%210Eureka27273.7%6918.7%287.6%20355.0%369Humboldt1,47165.8%58026.0%1848.3%89139.8%2,235Lander59774.0%13116.2%799.8%46657.8%807Lincoln50377.0%11918.2%314.7%38458.8%653Lyon5,83365.9%2,41327.3%6016.8%3,42038.6%8,847Mineral51452.4%33534.1%13213.5%17918.3%981Nye2,74661.7%1,40731.6%3006.8%1,33930.1%4,453Pershing52560.4%21725.0%12714.6%30835.4%869Storey65858.4%36031.9%1099.6%29826.5%1,127Washoe36,79752.3%29,51041.9%4,0825.8%7,2874.21%70,389White Pine89564.5%40329.0%906.5%49235.5%1,388Totals74,97657.9%46,66936.1%7,7696.0%28,30721.8%129,414 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada References 30em External links Mark Amodei campaign website Earl Ammerman campaign website Greg Brower campaign website Chad Dehne campaign website Timothy Fasano campaign website https://web.archive.org/web/20110815141642/http://electtimfasano.com/ August 15, 2011 Guy Felton campaign website https://web.archive.org/web/20110907050326/http://www.guyfelton.com/ September 7, 2011 Ryan Henderson campaign website https://web.archive.org/web/20120402094500/http://www.ryanhendersonforcongress.com/ April 2, 2012 Helmuth Lehmann campaign website https://web.archive.org/web/20110529012236/http://www.helmuthforcongress.com/ May 29, 2011 Kirk Lippold campaign website Kate Marshall campaign website Nancy Price campaign website Rex Ricks campaign website Sidney Zeller campaign website https://web.archive.org/web/20110529002134/http://sidzellerforcongress.com/ May 29, 2011 2nd congressional district special election Nevada 2 2011 2 special Nevada 2 Nevada 2 United States House of Representatives 2001 2