Nevada

Incumbent: Jim Gibbons (R) Running for Re-Election

Primary Election: June 8, 2010
General Election: November 2, 2010

STATUS: Incumbent Running, Primary Challenge
RATING: Lean Democratic Pick-Up

RECENT ELECTION RESULTS:
2002 Result: Guinn wins 68%-22%.
2006 Result: Gibbons wins 48%-44%.

Nevada Gubernatorial Race: Headlines

Democrats
Rory Reid Web Site twitter facebook

Republicans
Jim Gibbons (i)       Web Site
Mike Montandon Web Site twitter facebook YouTube
Brian Sandoval      Web Site twitter facebook YouTube

Local News/Blogs
Desert Conservative.com (conservative)
Inside Nevada Politics (Reno Gazette-Journal)
Las Vegas Gleaner (progressive)

Nevada Governor 2010
Muth’s Truths (GOP political consultant)
Ralston’s Flash (LV Sun political reporter’s blog)

State Resources:
Nevada SecState Elections

PollWatch:
Rasmussen: Sandoval job approval numbers dip slightly, 56-28% (10/25/12)
Rasmussen: Sandoval continues strong job approval rating, 62-28% (10/10/12)
Rasmussen: Sandoval remains popular, job approval stands at 63-28% (9/20/12)
Rasmussen: Sandoval extremely popular, with job approval rating of 69-24% (7/27/12)
Public Policy Polling: Sandoval continues to boast strong job approval numbers, 52-28% (6/12/12)
Public Opinion Strategies: Voters approve of Gov. Sandoval’s job performance, 63-25% (2/28/12)
Public Policy Polling: Sandoval maintains positive job approval, 45-38% (11/4/11)
Rasmussen: Sandoval still holds huge lead over Rory, 56-37% (10/17/10)
Mason-Dixon: Sandoval still in control, leads 52-37% (10/12/10)
Rasmussen: Sandoval’s lead at 15-points, 55-40% (10/11/10)
Rasmussen: Sandoval maintains double-digit lead, 53-40% (9/28/10)
Public Opinion Strategies(R): Reid within single digits, 45-39% (9/22/10)
Mason-Dixon: Reid cuts into Sandoval’s lead, 51-37% (9/22/10)
Rasmussen: Sandoval’s lead narrows, still big, 52-39% (9/13/10)
Mason-Dixon: Sandoval keeps large lead, 52-36% (9/9/10)
Rasmussen: Sandoval expands lead, now up 58-33% (9/1/10)
Mason-Dixon: Rory can’t cut into Sandoval’s lead, 53-31% (8/25/10)
Rasmussen: Sandoval cruising over Rory, 52-36% (8/16/10)
Mason-Dixon: Sandoval holds wide lead, 52-36 (8/14/10)
Mason-Dixon: Sandoval crushing Rory, 50-31 (7/30/10)
Rasmussen: Reid cuts Sandoval’s lead to ten, trails 50-40 (7/27/10)
PPP: Sandoval with wide lead over Rory, 52-38 (7/21/10)
Mason-Dixon: Sandoval maintains double-digit lead, 47-36 (7/16/10)
Rasmussen: Sandoval still holds huge lead, 57-36 (7/12/10)
Rasmussen: Sandoval has huge 22-point lead over Rory, 55-33 (6/22/10)
Rasmussen: Sandoval starts general election with huge lead over Reid, 54-31 (6/9/10)
Mason-Dixon: Sandoval leads Gibbons, Reid (6/5/10)
Research 2000/Daily Kos: Sandoval leads GOP primary, up 51-41 over R.Reid (6/2/10)
Mason-Dixon: Sandoval leads Gibbons 45-27 (5/11/10)
Mason-Dixon: Sandoval has double-digit leads in both primary and general (4/1/10)
Rasmussen: Sandoval opens wide lead over Reid, 55-34 (3/31/10)
Rasmussen: Rory Reid trails both Montandon and Sandoval (3/7/10)
Mason-Dixon: Sandoval up by 7 over Gibbons, trounces Reid in general (2/26/10)
Mason-Dixon: Sandoval looks strong in both primary and general (1/10/10)
Mason-Dixon: Sandoval, Goodman, Buckley early guv favorites (August 18, 2009)
Gibbons favorable hits 10% (June 22, 2009)
Mason Dixon: Gibbons re-elect number at 11% (May 14, 2009)