Nevada Democratic Party
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Nevada State Democratic Party
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| Chairperson | Roberta Lange |
| Headquarters | 6233 Dean Martin Drive Las Vegas, Nevada  United States
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| Ideology |
Liberalism Progressivism Social liberalism |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Colors | Blue |
| Seats in the Upper House |
11 / 21
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| Seats in the Lower House |
27 / 42
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| www |
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The Nevada State Democratic Party (NSDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Nevada. It is headed by state chairman Roberta Lange.
The state of Nevada has had 22 political parties over the years. Only six of these parties lasted up until the 2004 elections. These six parties are the Democrats, Republicans, Independent Americans, Greens, Natural Law Party and Libertarians. The Democratic Party and the Republican Party remain as the top two in the state.
With the help of Abraham Lincoln in 1864, Nevada became the 36th state in America. Lincoln’s Republican influence was considerable among the Nevada state citizens during his presidency. The first two general elections in Nevada, held in 1864 and 1867, were dominated by the Republican Party. In 1871, the Democratic Party started to gain momentum and won four of the six constitutional offices: governor, lieutenant governor, state treasurer and attorney general.
Towards the beginning of the 1900s, the Silver Party was formed, bringing many Republicans and Democrats together from the western states. The party was so-named because of the federal government’s shortage of silver coins in 1873. The Silver Party played a prominent role in Nevada’s politics in the 1894 and 1898 elections. The Silver Party later formed the Silver Democratic Party. The Silver Democratic Party was prominent in Nevada until the election of 1906. After the election of 1906, the Democratic and Republican parties became the two primary parties in Nevada.
During the Great Depression of 1929, the two primary parties split many constitutional and federal offices. After the Great Depression, the citizens of Nevada preferred the Democratic Party over the Republican Party. Democrats were well received by Nevada and won most of the statewide and federal races from 1932 until 1995.
In the 2014 election cycle, Anatole Jenkins served as the Coordinated Campaign Field Director, being the first African American to hold that position in Nevada. In 2016, Cory Warfield became the second African American to serve in such a role.
The current platform for the party was ratified in 2010. The topics that are covered are standard to the Democratic Party. Armed service/veterans, civil rights, education, elections and government, environment and energy, foreign policy, jobs and the economy and working Nevadans are the areas that are discussed.
The party has a formal set of by-laws that form the party structure. These by-laws contain nine articles with many sections in each article. A summary of each article is listed below.
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