- Lead
- 3,397
- Total
- 50,874
- vs nation
- R+5.2
Nevada 26th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,532
- Total
- 47,775
- vs nation
- R+9.8
- Lead
- 3,868
- Total
- 36,653
- vs nation
- R+12.6
- Lead
- 2,898
- Total
- 32,812
- vs nation
- R+12.7
- Lead
- 10
- Total
- 31,100
- vs nation
- R+7.2
- Lead
- 4,681
- Total
- 28,035
- vs nation
- R+14.2
- Lead
- 4,640
- Total
- 21,704
- vs nation
- R+21.9
- Lead
- 2,942
- Total
- 19,211
- vs nation
- R+23.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+6.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 72,8122024 5-year
- Population density
- 302 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 241 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $130,1922024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25.6 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.4 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Legislative District 4, MD · twin score 79.5
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 26th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1972–2024 · 14 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
48.9%
15,212 votes · D+0.03 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 46.0%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
73.0%
9,965 votes · R+48.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 71.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
23,103votes
45.4% of the vote · R+6.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 21,986 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
26,500votes
52.1% of the vote · R+6.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 24,518 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
−5.2pts D vs U.S.
Place R+6.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · −7.2 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+38.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.4 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +29.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Assembly District 26 sits in the Las Vegas metro area and has posted consistent Republican presidential margins, with the 2024 gap landing at 6.7 points — a figure that makes it competitive enough to draw attention in wave cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 48.4 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.7 points.
A population of 72,812, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $130,192 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Legislative District 4 and State House District 61.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Nevada 26th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/32026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.