2022 Nevada State Controller election

The 2022 Nevada State Controller election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next Nevada State Controller. Incumbent Democratic Controller Catherine Byrne did not seek re-election to a second term.^[1] Republican candidate Andy Matthews won the election, flipping the seat and marking the best performance for a Nevada Republican in a statewide race in 2022, as all other successful Republican candidates for statewide races won with pluralities of the vote.

2022 Nevada State Controller election

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Nominee Andy Matthews Ellen Spiegel Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 504,703 463,092 Percentage 50.06% 45.93%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Matthews:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Spiegel:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes

State Controller before election Catherine Byrne Democratic Elected State Controller Andy Matthews Republican

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ellen Spiegel, former state assemblywoman (2012–2020)^[1]

Eliminated in primary

• Alex Costa, investor^[2]

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Spiegel	111,989	67.26%
	Democratic	Alex Costa	40,664	24.42%
	None of These Candidates		13,841	8.31%
Total votes			166,494	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Andy Matthews, state assemblyman^[4]

Independents and third-party candidates

Candidates

Nominees

• Jed Profeta (Libertarian)^[5]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Ellen Spiegel (D)	Andy Matthews (R)	None of These Candidates	Other	Undecided
OH Predictive Insights[6]	September 20–29, 2022	741 (LV)	± 3.6%	31%	39%	6%	4%[b]	21%

Results

2022 Nevada State Controller election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Andy Matthews	504,703	50.06%	+3.82%
	Democratic	Ellen Spiegel	463,092	45.93%	−4.67%
	None of These Candidates		25,029	2.48%	-0.69%
	Libertarian	Jed Profeta	15,375	1.52%	N/A
Total votes			1,008,199	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Spiegel won 3 of 4 congressional districts.^[8]

District	Spiegel	Matthews	Representative
1st	50%	46%	Dina Titus
2nd	39%	57%	Mark Amodei
3rd	49%	47%	Susie Lee
4th	48%	47%	Steven Horsford

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Profeta (L) with 4%