Nevada Attorney General election, 2014

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Nevada Attorney General Election

Primary Date: June 10, 2014

General Election Date: November 4, 2014

November 4 Election Winner: Adam Paul Laxalt

Incumbent prior to election: Catherine Cortez Masto

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The Nevada Attorney General election took place on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto (D) was first elected in 2006 and was not eligible to run for re-election due to term limits.

The race to replace Masto included current Secretary of State Ross Miller (D), attorney Adam Paul Laxalt (R) and independent candidate Jonathan Hansen. Miller was first elected as Nevada Secretary of State in 2006 and did not seek re-election to that office due to term limits. Laxalt is the grandson of former governor and U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt and prominent Republicans like Mitt Romney and former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton supported his candidacy. Miller and Laxalt discussed their views on the issues during a debate in October summarized in the debates section linked here. Laxalt won election to a four-year term.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Nevada has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.^[1][2] The primary took place June 10, 2014. All candidates were uncontested.^[3]

Candidates

General election

Ross Miller^[4][5]
Adam Paul Laxalt ^[6]
Jonathan Hansen^[7]

Term-limited

Catherine Cortez Masto - Incumbent

Results

General election

Attorney General of Nevada, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Adam Paul Laxalt	46.2%	251,379
	Democratic	Ross Miller	45.3%	246,629
	Independent American	Jonathan Hansen	5.6%	30,513
	Independent	None of these candidates	2.9%	15,629
Total Votes				544,150
Election results via Nevada Secretary of State

Debates

October 10 debate

Ross Miller (D) and Adam Paul Laxalt (R) traded barbs during a debate recorded for Vegas PBS. Miller argued that his two terms as Nevada Secretary of State qualified him for the attorney general's office, given his experiences enforcing state election laws. He criticized Laxalt for seeking the state's highest law enforcement position while lacking the legal experience to become a judge in Nevada. Laxalt cited his experience as a lawyer with the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps and endorsements from county sheriffs in response to Miller.^[8]

The candidates also criticized one another over campaign finance. Laxalt claimed that Miller received $70,000 in gifts from special interests and asked what he gave them in return, while Miller questioned the transparency of sources spending in favor of Laxalt.^[8]

Miller and Laxalt also addressed campaign ads from the early days of the general election. Miller stated that Laxalt's campaign was wrong to claim that Democratic operatives leaked a performance review from Laxalt's former employer indicating that he was a "train wreck." Laxalt used time during the debate to deny close connections with Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher whose supporters confronted federal officials in the spring over grazing rights.^[8]

Polls

Campaign media

Ross Miller

Adam Paul Laxalt

Past elections

2010

Attorney General of Nevada, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Catherine Cortez Masto Incumbent	52.8%	372,011
	Republican	Travis Barrick	35.7%	251,269
	American Independent	Joel F. Hansen	7.8%	54,980
	Nonpartisan	None of these candidates	3.7%	26,072
Total Votes				704,332
Election results via Nevada Secretary of State

2006

Attorney General of Nevada, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Catherine Cortez Masto	59%	339,465
	Republican	Don Chairez	35.6%	204,816
	Nonpartisan	None of these candidates	5.3%	30,694
Total Votes				574,975

Campaign finance

Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected by Follow the Money. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $4,482,886 during the election. This information was last updated on March 23, 2015.^[9]

Campaign Contribution Totals
Candidate	Office	Result	Contributions
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Attorney General		$1,868,339
Ross Miller	Nevada Attorney General		$2,614,547
Jonathan Hansen	Nevada Attorney General		$0
Grand Total Raised			$4,482,886

Key deadlines

Recent news

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See also

• Nevada Attorney General
• Nevada state executive official elections, 2014
• State executive official elections, 2014

External links

Suggest a link

• Office of the Attorney General of Nevada

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