2006 Nevada Attorney General election

2006 Nevada Attorney General election
November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07)
 
Candidate Catherine Cortez Masto Don Chairez None of These Candidates
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 339,465 204,816 30,694
Percentage 59.04% 35.62% 5.34%
County results
Cortez Masto:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Chairez:      40–50%      50–60%
Attorney General before election

George Chanos
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic

The 2006 Nevada Attorney General election was held on November 7, 2006, to elect the Nevada Attorney General, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, and other state and local elections. Primary elections were held on August 15, 2006, though both the Republican and Democratic nominees ran uncontested.

Incumbent Republican attorney general Brian Sandoval resigned in October 2005 after being appointed as a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Governor Kenny Guinn appointed attorney George Chanos to serve as attorney general for the remainder of Sandoval's term, though Chanos announced he would not seek a full term in March 2006. Democratic attorney Catherine Cortez Masto won the open seat over former district court judge Don Chairez.


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