Dean Heller, U.S. Senator

Dean Heller

U.S. Senator
Born
May 10, 1960
Current age
66
Home state
Nevada
Party
Republican
On the ballot
2006–2018
4-1
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Heller1.4M
Opponents1.4M
5
Elections run

Between 2006 and 2018, Dean Heller ran in 5 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and U.S. Senate), winning 4 and losing 1. Heller's biggest single-election total was 457,656 votes, in the 2012 U.S. Senate election in Nevada.

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How many votes has Dean Heller received?

Dean Heller has received 1,356,255 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 4–1.

Election history

Dean Heller’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
2018U.S. SenateNevadaLost441,20245.38%Jacky S. Rosen
Barry Michaels

Tim Hagan

Kamau A. Bakari
2012U.S. SenateNevadaWon457,65645.87%Shelley Berkley
David Lory Vanderbeek
2010U.S. HouseNevadaWon169,45863.3%Nancy Price
Russel Best
2008U.S. HouseNevadaWon170,77151.82%Jill Derby (head-to-head)
John H. Everhart

Sean Patrick Morse

Craig Bergland
2006U.S. HouseNevadaWon117,16850.35%Jill Derby (head-to-head)
Daniel Rosen

James C. Kroshus
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (H001041) and Wikidata (Q251763). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Dean Heller: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/dean-heller. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.