[2][3] Democratic former State Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Republican U.S. Representative Joe Heck in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Heck won sixteen of the state's seventeen counties; however, since Cortez Masto won Clark County, which comprises nearly three-quarters of the state's population, she defeated Heck statewide by almost 27,000 votes, and became the first female and first Latina senator in Nevada's history.

As of 2023, this would be the last time Washoe County voted for a Republican Senate candidate.

Cabinet members and Cabinet-level officials U.S. senators Statewide officials State legislators Organizations U.S. presidents U.S. senators U.S. representatives Mayors Individuals with Harry Reid with Dina Titus with Catherine Cortez Masto Cortez Masto won her bid to succeed Harry Reid 47% to 45%, or by 2.43%, running 0.01% better than Hillary Clinton.

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