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Nevada gubernatorial election, 2010

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The 2010 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor of Nevada, who would serve a four-year term to begin on January 3, 2011.

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Despite speculation that incumbent Republican Governor Jim Gibbons would not run for a second term due to problems and low popularity, he ran for re-election and was defeated in the Republican primary by former federal judge Brian Sandoval.

Sandoval defeated the Democratic nominee, Rory Reid, son of former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Democrat Harry Reid, in the general election.

Candidates

A total of five Republican candidates filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada and qualified for the ballot.

Declared

  • Tony Atwood
  • Jim Gibbons, incumbent Governor
  • Stan Lusak, perennial candidate
  • Mike Montandon, Mayor of North Las Vegas
  • Brian Sandoval, former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada and former Nevada Attorney General

    • Withdrew

  • Joe Heck, former State Senator (ran for NV-03 and won)

    • Candidates

    Two Democratic candidates filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada and qualified for the ballot.

    Declared

  • Frederick Conquest, anthropology professor
  • Rory Reid, Clark County Commissioner and son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

    • Declined

  • Barbara Buckley, Speaker of the Nevada Assembly

    • Declared

  • Eugene "Gino" DiSimone
  • Aaron Y. Honig

    • Declined

  • Oscar Goodman, Mayor of Las Vegas

    • Green

  • David Scott Curtis

    • Independent American

  • Floyd Fitzgibbons

    • Libertarian

  • Arthur Forest Lampitt

    • References

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