Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

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Nevada's 3rd Congressional District
General Election Date
November 8, 2016
Primary Date
June 14, 2016
November 8 Election Winner:
Jacky Rosen Democratic Party
Incumbent prior to election:
Joe Heck Republican Party
Joe Heck.jpg
Race Ratings
Cook Political Report: Toss-up[1]
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean D[2]
Rothenberg & Gonzales: Pure Toss-up[3]
Nevada U.S. House Elections
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The 3rd Congressional District of Nevada held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 8, 2016.

Nevada's 3rd Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Republican incumbent Joe Heck, who began serving in Congress in 2010, chose to seek election to the Senate in 2016, leaving the seat open. Jacky Rosen (D) defeated Danny Tarkanian (R), David Goossen (Independent), and Warren Markowitz (Independent American) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Rosen defeated five other Democrats to win the primary, while Tarkanian defeated six primary opponents. The primary elections took place on June 14, 2016.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

HIGHLIGHTS
  • Nevada's 3rd Congressional District seat was open following incumbent Joe Heck's U.S. Senate run.
  • The district was very evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, meaning the outcome of the presidential race was expected to have a significant impact on the race.
  • Heading into the election, Danny Tarkanian (R) led Jacky Rosen (D) in fundraising.
    • Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
    March 18, 2016
    June 14, 2016
    November 8, 2016

    Primary: 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.[16][17]


    Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Joe Heck (R), who was first elected in 2010. Heck did not run for re-election in 2016. He instead sought election to the U.S. Senate.[18]

    Nevada's 3rd Congressional District is located in the southern portion of the state and includes a portion of Clark County.[19]

    Election results

    General election

    U.S. House, Nevada District 3 General Election, 2016
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes
         Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJacky Rosen 47.2% 146,869
         Republican Danny Tarkanian 46% 142,926
         Independent American Warren Markowitz 3.7% 11,602
         Independent David Goossen 3.1% 9,566
    Total Votes 310,963
    Source: Nevada Secretary of State

    Primary election

    U.S. House, Nevada District 3 Republican Primary, 2016
    Candidate Vote % Votes
    Green check mark transparent.pngDanny Tarkanian 32% 9,002
    Michael Roberson 24% 6,759
    Michele Fiore 18.2% 5,124
    Andy Matthews 14.1% 3,975
    Kerry Bowers 5.6% 1,569
    Annette Teijeiro 4.7% 1,336
    Sami Khal 1.4% 381
    Total Votes 28,146
    Source: Nevada Secretary of State
    U.S. House, Nevada District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016
    Candidate Vote % Votes
    Green check mark transparent.pngJacky Rosen 62.2% 14,221
    Jesse Sbaih 12.8% 2,928
    Barry Michaels 9.7% 2,219
    Steven Schiffman 5.4% 1,237
    Alex Singer 5.3% 1,208
    Neil Waite 4.6% 1,055
    Total Votes 22,868
    Source: Nevada Secretary of State

    Candidates

    General election candidates:

    Democratic Party Jacky Rosen Approveda
    Republican Party Danny Tarkanian
    Grey.png David Goossen
    Grey.png Warren Markowitz

    Primary candidates:[20]

    Democratic

    Barry Michaels[4]
    Jacky Rosen - Henderson synagogue leader[4][21] Approveda
    Jesse Sbaih - Attorney[4][22]
    Steven Schiffman[4]
    Alex Singer[4]
    Neil Waite[4]

    Republican

    Kerry Bowers[4]
    Michele Fiore[4]
    Sami Khal[4]
    Andy Matthews - Former president of NPRI[4][23]
    Michael Roberson - State Senate Majority Leader[4][24]
    Danny Tarkanian[4][25] Approveda
    Annette Teijeiro[4][26]

    Third Party/Other

    David Goossen[4] Approveda
    Warren Markowitz (Independent American)[4] Approveda

    Not running:

    Joe Heck - Incumbent


    Race background

    Jacky Rosen was one of the initial members of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Red to Blue Program. The program "highlights top Democratic campaigns across the country, and offers them financial, communications, grassroots, and strategic support."[27]

    Danny Tarkanian was a member of the NRCC's Young Guns Program in 2016. The Young Guns program "supports and mentors challenger and open-seat candidates in races across the country."[28]

    Presidential preference

    Joe Heck

    See also: Republicans and their declared positions on Donald Trump

    On May 3, 2016, Heck said that he planned to support the party’s nominee. He added, “Post-convention, you know, folks will come together and concentrate on what's important, which is the November election. That's where we are focused. We have a campaign plan that will carry us through November and that's what we're sticking with.”[29] He did not mention Donald Trump in his statement.

    Endorsements

    Michael Roberson

    Jacky Rosen

    • The Culinary Union[33]

    Polls

    Nevada’s 3rd District - Jacky Rosen vs. Danny Tarkanian
    Poll Democratic Party Jacky Rosen Republican Party Danny TarkanianMargin of ErrorSample Size
    The Tarrance Group
    September 27-29, 2016    		 37%42%+/-5.0400
    DCCC
    September 27, 2016    		 48%41%+/-4.58458
    The Tarrance Group
    August, 2016    		 34%46%+/---412
    DCCC
    June 18-19, 2016    		 40%34%+/-5.3341
    Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to [email protected]

    Media

    Danny Tarkanian

    Support

    "Michael Roberson doesn't understand: Amnesty, Tax Hikes and Common Core are wrong."
    "Two Faced Michael Roberson" - Tarkanian ad attacking Michael Roberson, released June 2016
    "Cares" - Tarkanian campaign ad, released September 2016

    Opposition

    "Danny Tarkanian" - Ending Spending ad opposing Tarkanian, released June 2016
    "Desert" - House Majority PAC ad opposing Tarkanian, released October 2016

    Jacky Rosen

    Support

    "Solutions" - Rosen's first campaign ad, released September 2016
    "Just Like Them" - Rosen campaign ad opposing Tarkanian, released October 2016

    Opposition

    "Perfect For Them" - NRCC ad opposing Rosen, released September 2016
    "Misstep" - NRCC ad opposing Rosen, released October 2016
    "Jacky Rosen is a Puppet" - Congressional Leadership Fund ad opposing Rosen

    Michele Fiore

    Fiore for Congress ad, released May 2016

    Michael Roberson

    "Michael Roberson" - Ending Spending ad supporting Roberson, released June 2016
    "Think" - Roberson ad attacking Danny Tarkanian, released June 2016

    Campaign themes

    Jacky Rosen

    “
    • Creating Good-Paying Jobs: In Congress, Jacky Rosen will work hard to foster job creation and invest in things that create jobs - like our energy and transportation infrastructure, public and technical schools, and high-tech research. As a computer programmer, Jacky spent her career trying to help people work smarter, not harder, and getting rid of inefficiency. She’ll work to cut wasteful spending, get rid of outdated and burdensome regulations, and fight fraud.
    • Immigration Reform: Jacky Rosen supports comprehensive immigration reform with an earned pathway to citizenship. Only through comprehensive reform can we secure our borders, find and deport criminals, and bring millions of undocumented immigrants out of the shadows and into our economy. Passing immigration reform legislation would create thousands of jobs in Nevada, grow our local economy and improve the finances of programs like Social Security. Jacky will fight for immigration reform that stays true to our American values and maintains America’s position as a beacon of liberty, hope, and opportunity across the world.
    • Keeping America Safe & Secure: Jacky Rosen knows that the first job of the United States government is to keep Americans safe from foreign and domestic threats. In Congress, she will fight to keep our military strong and invest in our capacity to fight terrorism at home and abroad. She will promote strong leadership by the United States in international affairs, standing strong with our allies, and taking the security threats from ISIS, Iran, and North Korea seriously.
    • Protecting Our Community: Jacky Rosen supports commonsense gun safety legislation including universal background checks on gun sales, closing the terror loophole, and closing gaps that allow domestic abusers to purchase firearms. She’ll work to keep our community safe, combat human sex trafficking, and secure our infrastructure and airports from outside threats — including cyber-attacks.
    • Protecting Women’s Rights and Health Care: Jacky believes that women’s health care decisions are personal, and that government has no place getting between a woman and her doctor. She’ll oppose any effort to defund Planned Parenthood, or restrict women’s ability to make their own health care and contraception decisions.

    [34]

    		”
    —Jacky Rosen's campaign website

    Danny Tarkanian

    “
    • Restore America's Greatness and Secure America's Borders: America can be a great, diverse, welcoming nation, but first America must defend our borders to ensure our national security and protect our Constitutional rule of law. To do this, I am firmly in support of building a strong wall on our southern border and instituting vigorous new vetting of all immigrants.
    • End Crony Capitalism: It’s time to take America’s economy back from the political class, by voting to end corporate welfare and the crony capitalist system whereby corporations, lobbyists, bureaucrats and politicians enrich themselves at your expense.
    • All Lives Matter: I will be a steadfast defender of the Second Amendment and protect the people’s individual right to self-defense. For every person, I will defend the sanctity of their life, the preservation of their liberties and the opportunity to pursue their happiness. I will defend these inalienable rights because each of us is a child of God, created equally by Him. All Lives Matter.
    • Repeal Obamacare: After this election, the future of Obamacare will be put to the Congress once more with an opportunity to give control over health care decisions back to all Americans. As your Congressman, I will vote to end Obamacare, and to replace it with a market-based health care system that offers Americans choice and savings in health care.
    • No Common Core: Education should be a local issue, where parents can hold local school boards accountable – not federal education bureaucrats. In 2015, Nevada’s Legislative Commission led by Michael Roberson voted 11-1 to implement Common Core math standards in Nevada schools – giving parents less say and effectively putting the Department of Education in charge of Nevada classrooms.

    [34]

    		”
    —Danny Tarkanian's campaign website, http://tarkforcongress.com/issues/

    Campaign contributions

    Source: This graphic was generated using data from the FEC.
    Source: This graphic was generated using data from the FEC.

    Danny Tarkanian

    Source: This graphic was generated using data from the FEC.

    Jacky Rosen

    Source: This graphic was generated using data from the FEC.


    BP-Initials-UPDATED.png The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may not represent all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer, and campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

    District history

    2014

    See also: Nevada's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

    The 3rd Congressional District of Nevada held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Joe Heck (R) defeated Erin Bilbray (D), Randy Kimmick (L), David Goossen (I) and Steven St John (I) in the general election.

    U.S. House, Nevada District 3 General Election, 2014
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes
         Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Heck Incumbent 60.8% 88,528
         Democratic Erin Bilbray 36.1% 52,644
         Libertarian Randy Kimmick 1.1% 1,566
         Independent David Goossen 1.1% 1,637
         Independent Steven St John 0.9% 1,344
    Total Votes 145,719
    Source: Nevada Secretary of State

    2012

    See also: Nevada's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012

    The 3rd Congressional District of Nevada held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Joe Heck (R) defeated John Oceguera (D), Tom Jones (AI) and Jim Murphy (I) in the general election.

    U.S. House, Nevada District 3 General Election, 2012
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes
         Democratic John Oceguera 42.9% 116,823
         Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Heck Incumbent 50.4% 137,244
         Independent American Party of Nevada Tom Jones 2.1% 5,600
         Independent Jim Murphy 4.7% 12,856
    Total Votes 272,523
    Source: Nevada Secretary of State "U.S. House of Representatives Results"

    Important dates and deadlines

    See also: Nevada elections, 2016

    The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in Nevada in 2016.

    Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016
    Deadline Event type Event description
    January 4, 2016 Ballot access Judicial candidate filing period opens
    January 15, 2016 Ballot access Judicial candidate filing period closes
    March 7, 2016 Ballot access Candidate filing period opens
    March 18, 2016 Ballot access Candidate filing period closes
    March 28, 2016 Campaign finance Candidate financial disclosure statement due
    May 24, 2016 Campaign finance Contributions and expenses report #1 due
    June 10, 2016 Campaign finance Contributions and expenses report #2 due
    June 14, 2016 Election date Primary election
    October 18, 2016 Campaign finance Contributions and expenses report #3 due
    November 4, 2016 Campaign finance Contributions and expenses report #4 due
    November 8, 2016 Election date General election
    January 15, 2017 Campaign finance Annual contributions and expenses report due; Contributions and expenses report #5 due; annual financial disclosure statement due
    Source: Nevada Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Candidate Dates," accessed July 17, 2015

    See also

    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Cook Political Report, "2016 House Race Ratings," accessed November 6, 2016
    2. ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2016 House," accessed November 6, 2016
    3. ↑ Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report, "House Ratings," accessed November 6, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 Clark County Election Department, "Candidate Filing in Clark County," accessed March 19, 2016
    5. ↑ AP, "Republican State Sen. Michael Roberson running for Congress," July 8, 2015
    6. ↑ Reno Gazette-Journal, "Nevada's Tarkanian announces bid for Congress," July 13, 2015
    7. ↑ Las Vegas Sun, "President of conservative think tank NPRI joins House race," July 20, 2015
    8. ↑ CBS Las Vegas, "4 GOP Candidates In 3rd District," July 20, 2015
    9. ↑ Twitter, "Michelle Rindels," August 10, 2015
    10. ↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Email correspondence with Barry Michaels," January 19, 2016
    11. ↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Email correspondence with Steven St John," January 3, 2016
    12. ↑ Associated Press, "Democrat Jacky Rosen launches bid for Rep. Heck's House seat," January 26, 2016
    13. ↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Email correspondence with Ballotpedia staff," March 5, 2016
    14. ↑ The New York Times, "Nevada Primary Results," June 14, 2016
    15. ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Master Statewide Certified List of Candidates," accessed September 7, 2016
    16. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed April 17, 2023
    17. ↑ Clark County Nevada,"Election Department: How Party Affiliation Affects You in Elections," accessed April 17, 2023
    18. ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Rep. Joe Heck says he’s running for US Senate," July 6, 2015
    19. ↑ Nevada Redistricting Map, "Map," accessed September 25, 2012
    20. ↑ Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
    21. ↑ Associated Press, "Democrat Jacky Rosen launches bid for Rep. Heck's House seat," January 26, 2016
    22. ↑ Twitter, "Michelle Rindels," August 10, 2015
    23. ↑ Las Vegas Sun, "President of conservative think tank NPRI joins House race," July 20, 2015
    24. ↑ AP, "Republican State Sen. Michael Roberson running for Congress," July 8, 2015
    25. ↑ Reno Gazette-Journal, "Nevada's Tarkanian announces bid for Congress," July 13, 2015
    26. ↑ CBS Las Vegas, "4 GOP Candidates In 3rd District," July 20, 2015
    27. ↑ DCCC, "DCCC Chairman Luján Announces First 31 Districts In Red To Blue Program," February 11, 2016
    28. ↑ NRCC, "32 Congressional Candidates Announced “On the Radar” as Part of NRCC’s Young Guns Program," November 19, 2015
    29. ↑ Las Vegas Sun, "Sandoval, other top Nevada Republicans plan to vote for Trump," accessed May 6, 2016
    30. ↑ Twitter, "Ron Ralston," accessed September 21, 2015
    31. ↑ EMILY's List, "EMILY's List Endorses Jacky Rosen for Congress in Nevada's Third Congressional District," March 3, 2016
    32. ↑ Nevada State AFL-CIO, "2016 Labor Endorsements," accessed May 4, 2016
    33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Las Vegas Sun, "Rosen picks up Culinary endorsement in CD3 primary," May 25, 2016
    34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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    Nevada's current delegation to the United States Congress
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    Catherine Masto (D)
    Jacky Rosen (D)
    Representatives
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    District 2
    District 3
    Susie Lee (D)
    District 4
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