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2026 Nevada Secretary of State election
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Candidate Cisco Aguilar Jim Marchant
Party Democratic Republican
Incumbent Secretary of State

Cisco Aguilar
Democratic


The 2026 Nevada Secretary of State election will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the Secretary of State of Nevada. Primary elections were held on June 9. Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Cisco Aguilar is running for a second term.[1] He will face Republican Jim Marchant in the general election, making this election a rematch of the 2022 race, where Aguilar narrowly defeated Marchant.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Endorsements

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Cisco Aguilar
Organizations
Labor unions

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Results

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Primary results by county:
  Marchant
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Folkins-Roberts
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Angle
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Marchant 58,863 32.6
Republican Shirley Folkins-Roberts 55,228 30.6
Republican Sharron Angle 47,392 26.2
None of These Candidates 13,135 7.3
Republican Socorro Keenan 6,104 3.4
Total votes 180,722 100.0

Independent and third party candidates

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Candidates

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Declared

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General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Likely D September 9, 2026

Post-primary endorsements

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Cisco Aguilar (D)
Organizations

Polling

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Hypothetical polling
Aguilar vs. Folkins-Roberts
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Cisco
Aguilar (D)		 Shirley
Folkins-Roberts (R)		 Undecided
RightCount Nevada (R)[10] February 23–26, 2026 600 (RV) ± 4.1% 49% 47% 4%

Results

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2026 Nevada Secretary of State election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cisco Aguilar (incumbent)
Republican Jim Marchant
Independent American Brad Lee Barnhill
Libertarian John T. Kennedy
None of These Candidates
Total votes 100.0

Notes

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  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Election 2026: Tracking Nevada candidate announcements". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  2. ↑ "End Citizens United Endorses Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar for Reelection". End Citizens United. March 30, 2026. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  3. ↑ Sheridan, Kevin (April 24, 2026). "Professional Firefighters of Nevada endorse Lombardo, Cannizzaro, others for election". KOLO. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  4. ↑ Robison, Mark (March 13, 2026). "Nevada candidates set: See who will appear on Washoe County ballots". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Sharon[sic] Angle running for Secretary of State". KTVN. April 25, 2025. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  6. ↑ Mueller, Tabitha; Neugeboren, Eric (April 29, 2025). "Are Lombardo's bills being introduced unusually late?". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Seeman, Matthew (March 13, 2026). "Who is running for Nevada governor, attorney general and more? See full list". KSNV. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
  8. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (August 7, 2025). "Previewing the 2026 Secretary of State Races". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved September 10, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Announces New Round of Statewide Endorsements, Backing 40 Statewide Candidates in 15 States". Moms Demand Action. Retrieved September 15, 2026.
  10. ↑ Neugeboren, Eric (March 24, 2026). "Poll: Nevadans oppose nationalizing elections, split on narrowing mail voting law". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
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Official campaign websites

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