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2016 Nevada U.S. Senate Election

Nevada · 6 candidates · See every 2016 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 2016 Nevada U.S. Senate Election?

Catherine Cortez Masto won the 2016 Nevada U.S. Senate Election. Catherine Cortez Masto received 521,994 popular votes (47.1%). The main challenger was Joseph J. Heck (44.67%).

See the full head-to-head between Masto and Heck

Masto +2.4 pts · won by 26,915 votes
Catherine Cortez MastoDemocraticWINNER47.1%
521,994 votes
Joseph J. HeckRepublican44.67%
495,079 votes
Tom JonesIndependent American1.55%
17,128 votes
Thomas Tom SawyerIndependent1.28%
14,208 votes
Tony GuminaIndependent0.97%
10,740 votes
Jarrod M. WilliamsIndependent0.62%
6,888 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.8% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.