Nevada State Senate District 12

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Julie Pazina Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

Rafael ArroyoRepublican

Last result · 2022 general: Julie Pazina (D) 52.5, Cherlyn Arrington (R) 47.5

Julie PazinaDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first win

Earlier results: Joe Hardy (Republican) won by 23.3 points, 2018, older linesJoe Hardy (Republican) was unopposed, 2014, older lines

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Left column: ArroyoRight column: Pazina

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Past results

Votes for listed candidates: 50,713
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Same as today

Nevada Senate District 12, 2014 to 2022, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJulie PazinaWonName as filed: Julie Ann Pazina	Democratic	26,60952.5%	52.5%
RepublicanCherlyn Arrington	Republican	24,10447.5%	47.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 60,326
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Nevada Senate District 12, 2014 to 2022, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJoe HardyWon(incumbent)	Republican	37,19361.6%	61.6%
DemocraticCraig Jordahl	Democratic	23,13338.4%	38.4%

Nevada Senate District 12, 2014 to 2022, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJoe HardyWon(incumbent)	Republican	28,657100.0%	100.0%

2014 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Only part of this chamber is up in a given cycle. Which districts vote on which date is not on file. Last contest in this district on file: 2022.

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY)Data as of Oct 28, 2026