Democrat Jacky Rosen and Republican Sam Brown to Contest Nevada Senate Seat

The incumbent Democratic Senator defeated two low-profile primary challengers.

The Democratic and Republican primaries occurred today in Nevada to select candidates for the U.S. Senate seat up in the November general election. It only takes a plurality of the vote for a candidate to receive their party’s nomination.

One-term incumbent Senator Jacky Rosen has been declared the winner in the Democratic primary. The race was called in her favor as she’s currently leading with 91.5% against Troy Walker with 3.7%, “None of These Candidates” with 2.5%, and Mike Schaefer with 2.2%. 155,986 votes have been counted.

Rosen has represented Nevada in the U.S. Senate since January 2019. She currently serves on the Senate Committees on Armed Services; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Moreover, she chairs the Commerce Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion.

Meanwhile, Sam Brown has been declared the winner in the Republican primary. The race was called in his favor as he’s currently leading with 60.2% against Jeffrey Ross Gunter with 14.6%, Jim Marchant with 6.5%, Tony Grady Jr. with 5.6%, “None of These Candidates” with 4.2%, William Conrad with 3.5%, Stephanie Phillips with 2.2%, Garn Mabey with 1.1%, Ronda Kennedy with 1.0%, Barry Lindemann with 0.5%, Edward Hamilton with 0.3%, Vincent Rego with 0.2%, and Gary Marinch with 0.1%. 168,767 votes have been counted.

A U.S. Army veteran, Brown retired from military service in 2011 as a Captain. He then founded Palisade Strategies - which provided emergency pharmaceutical support to Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics. In 2022, he ran in the Republican primary for Nevada’s other Senate seat. He lost that race 55.9-34.2 to Adam Laxalt, who went on to lose the general election to Rosen’s fellow Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto.

34 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested in the 2024 general election happening on Tuesday, November 5. Control of the 100-member upper legislative chamber in the U.S. Congress will be decided by the outcome.