2018 Nevada Attorney General election


The 2018 Nevada Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Nevada.
Incumbent Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor. Nevada Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford won the Democratic nomination and defeated Republican nominee and former Nevada Assembly member Wesley Duncan in the general election. With a margin of 0.47%, this was the closest attorney general race of the 2018 election cycle.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Wesley Duncan, assistant Nevada Attorney General
  • Craig Mueller, lawyer and former U.S. Naval officer

Declined

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

General election

Results

Ford won the election by a 0.47% margin.

By congressional district

Ford won two of four congressional districts, with the remaining two going to Duncan, including one that elected a Democrat.
DistrictDuncanFordRepresentative
33%61%Dina Titus
54%38%Mark Amodei
48%47%Susie Lee
45%49%Steven Horsford