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This profile of Nevada's Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Dean Heller, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2012 2 Last election: 2006 3 Nevada congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2012

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Race status

Incumbent:	Dean Heller
Incumbent running?	Yes
Primary challenge?	Incumbent has primary challenger.

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Dean Heller	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	September 6, 2011	Appointed May 9, 2011. This is his first election for the seat.
Ed Hamilton	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	September 6, 2011	Previously ran for NV-01
Shelley Berkley	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	April 14, 2011	Current U.S. Rep. for NV-01

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:
General election winner:	TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: John Ensign

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
John Ensign	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Jack Carter	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	John Ensign, Jack Carter
General election winner:	John Ensign

Nevada congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Dean Heller's district offices
No district office information entered.

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Nevada congressional districts and candidates.
• The full U.S. Senate elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=NV-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/NV-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/NV-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/NV-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=NV-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/NV-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/NV-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/NV-Sen

External articles

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