Nevada Senate, District 2

Map of the Las Vegas Valley with District 2 colored blue
Map of District 2

The current District 2 of the Nevada Senate contains parts of Las Vegas, including a large part of Downtown, a small section of North Las Vegas, and parts of Surnise Manor in Clark County. The inhabitants of the district are represented in the Nevada Senate by Mo Denis.[1]

History

The present second senatorial district came into existence when the senatorial districts were reapportioned after the 2010 Census.[2] The revised borders went into effect on January 1, 2012 for filing for office, and for nominating and electing senators. They became effective for all other purposes on November 7 of the same year. In the Nevada Revised Statutes, the area of District 2 is defined using census tracts, block groups, and blocks.[3]

The first elections in the district were held in 2014, and were won by Mo Denis.[1] In the period between 2012 and 2014, when the new District 2 was in use, it was represented by Mo Denis, who was elected senator of the former District 2 in 2010.[3][4] During the 2013 session, he was the Senate Majority Leader.[5] When Denis was elected in 2010, the second district didn't include Downtown Las Vegas.[6]

District profile and demographics

The second senatorial district has a surface area of 15.9 square miles (41 km2), which makes it the smallest senatorial district in Nevada. The perimeter amounts to 22.4 miles (36.0 km).[7] The area of District 2 exactly matches that of Assembly districts 11 and 28.[8] In 2010, District 2 housed a total of 40,500 registered voters, which is over 30% of the total population and over 45% of the voting age population. No other district in Nevada had such low percentage of registered voters. Of the registered voters, 60% is Democratic, 15% is Republican, and 15% is nonpartisan.[9]

District 2 has a population of 128,715 according to the 2010 Census. That figure is 0.09% above the ideal. Just under 45% of the population of the district is solely white, which makes it the senatorial district with the smallest white population after District 4. Over two-thirds of the district's inhabitants are Hispanic or Latino. As a result, District 2 is the district with the highest percentage of Hispanics and Latinos.[9] Besides, compared to the rest of Nevada, the population of District 2 is younger with over 65% of its inhabitants below the age of 40. The median household income is over $20,000 lower, and 45% of the people over 25 don't have a high school diploma. The poverty rate is with almost 35% over twice as high as in the rest of Nevada.[10]

Elections

2014

In the election on November 4, 2014, voters could choose between Democrat Mo Denis and Louis Baker, who was a member of the Independent American Party.[11] No Republicans filed for the office, and since no other Democrat or Independent American did, no primary was held.[12] Baker was a contractor, auctioneer, and inventor.[13] Denis was the incumbent, and he served as the Senate Majority Leader. Denis won with over three quarters of the votes. He won with the highest margin of all races for the Nevada Senate in 2014 (excluding unopposed races).[14] Denis did not seek for re-election as senate leader of the Democrats after he was re-elected.[15] In the 2017 session, he was the President pro Tempore.[16]

Nevada elections, 2014: Senate District 2[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Mo Denis (Incumbent) 5,683 76.37 –
Independent American Louis Baker 1,758 23.63 –
Majority 3,925 52.74 –
Turnout 7,441 –
Democratic hold

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nevada State Senate". Nevada Secretary of State. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Final District Plans: Congressional, Legislative, and Board of Regents". Nevada Legislature. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 "CHAPTER 218B - LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS". Nevada Legislature. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "State Senate". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "77th (2013) Session". Nevada Legislature. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Nevada State Senate Clark County Senatorial District 2" (JPG). Nevada Legislature. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Nevada State Senate - 2011 Districts: State of Nevada Area Analysis Report" (PDF). Nevada Legislature. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "What's My District Interactive Map". Nevada Legislature. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Nevada State Senate - 2011 Districts: State of Nevada Population Report" (PDF). Nevada Legislature. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  10. ↑ Research Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau (May 2015). "Demographic Profile of Nevada Senate District No. 2 of the 78th Session (2015)" (PDF). Nevada Legislature. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "2014 Election Races". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Nevada State Senate". Nevada Secretary of State. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  13. ↑ Baker, Louis J. "Louis J. Baker". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  14. ↑ Sebelius, Steve (7 November 2016). "Fun with election numbers". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  15. ↑ Whaley, Sean (11 November 2014). "State Senate Democrats choose Ford as minority leader". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  16. ↑ "Nevada State Senate 79th Session" (PDF). Nevada Legislature. Retrieved 25 November 2016.

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