Election Season Begins

Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar announced Monday that candidates filing for the Presidential Preference Primary, which ran from October 2-16, is closed. 

President Joe Biden (D) filed in a field of 12 other relatively unknown Democrats, including former 2020 candidate and popular author, Marianne Williamson.

The Republican field of seven candidates who filed for the state-run primary include former Vice-President Mike Pence, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, Senator (R-SC) Tim Scott, and four relatively unknown Republicans.
The Presidential Preference Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, with early voting beginning on Saturday, January 27, and running through Friday, February 2, 2024.

The Republican primary process has been controversial since the Nevada Republican Party, led by former President Trump supporter Michael McDonald, decided to hold a presidential caucus on February 8, 2024, to determine who would win the party delegates’ support. Under the rules adopted in September at a statewide central committee meeting, Republican candidates who add their names to the State-run primary, which is set by state law, will be prohibited from participating in the caucus.

The Effective System for Absentee Elections (EASE) will be available for voters by December 23, 2023, and can be accessed at nvsos.gov/EASE on the internet. 

Candidate filing for other offices in the 2023 election cycle will be held January 2 – 12 for Judicial candidates and all other offices from March 4 – 15, 2024.

The June Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, with Early Voting beginning on Saturday, May 25 and running through Friday, June 7.

The General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with Early Voting beginning Saturday, October 19, and running through Friday, November 1, 2024. 

Nevada has a closed primary system whereby only registered Democrats can vote in the Democratic primary, and only registered Republicans can vote in the Republican primary. There is no primary contest for other political parties. 

Minor political parties with ballot access in Nevada include the Independent American Party, led by Janine Hansen; the Libertarian Party of Nevada, led by Charles Melchin; and the No Labels Nevada Party, led by Rebecca Susan Rothstein. 

On Monday last week, October 9, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he would run as an Independent for the Presidency of the United States.