2012 United States Senate election in Nevada
See also: 2012 United States Senate elections
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| Turnout | 57.1% (voting eligible) | ||||||||||||||||
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Heller: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Berkley: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and the 2012 presidential election. The primary election was held June 12, 2012.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Dean Heller, who was appointed to his seat in May 2011 following the resignation of Senator John Ensign, was narrowly elected to his first full term over Representative Shelley Berkley, despite President Barack Obama carrying the state by 6.7% in the concurrent presidential election. As a result, Heller became the only Republican Senate candidate in 2012 to win in a state that was lost by the Republican presidential candidate. With a margin of 1.2%, this election was the second-closest race of the 2012 Senate election cycle, behind only the election in North Dakota. As of 2023, this is the last time that Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in Nevada.