2018 Nevada Secretary of State election
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 election in Nevada|United States Senate], 2018 [United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada|U.S. House of Representatives], governor, and other state and 2018 [United States elections#Local elections|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
Eliminated in primary
- Ernest Aldridge
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Nelson Araujo, state assemblyman from the 3rd district
Declined
- Oscar Delgado, Reno city councilman
- Pat Spearman, state senator from the 1st Senate district|1st] district ''''
General election
Results
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 Amodei | |
| 50% | 47% | Jacky Rosen | |
| 50% | 47% | Susie Lee | |
| 47.6% | 49.4% | Ruben Kihuen | |
| 47.6% | 49.4% | Steven Horsford |