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United States Senate election in Nevada, 2012

2006 ← November 6, 2012 → 2018

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Turnout 57.1% (voting eligible)   Nominee Dean Heller Shelley Berkley Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 457,656 446,080 Percentage 45.9% 44.7%

U.S. Senate election results map. Red denotes counties/districts won by Heller. Blue denotes those won by Berkley.

U.S. Senator before election Dean Heller Republican Elected U.S. Senator Dean Heller Republican

Dean Heller
Republican

Dean Heller
Republican

The 2012 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, alongside 33 other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives, and the 2012 United States presidential election. The primary election was held June 12, 2012. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Dean Heller, who was recently appointed to this seat left vacant by resigning U.S. Senator John Ensign, was narrowly elected to his first full term over Congresswoman Shelley Berkley.

Ensign was reelected to the United States Senate in 2006 against Jack Carter, son of former president Jimmy Carter, by a margin of 55–41%. Ensign's reelection campaign was expected to be complicated after it was revealed in 2009 that he had been involved in an extramarital affair with the wife of one of his campaign staffers, allegedly made payments to the woman's family and arranged work for her husband to cover himself.

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