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Do Democrats have a supermajority in the Nevada Legislature?

By Austin Tannenbaum on 02/24/2023

NO

Nevada Democrats have a supermajority in the state Assembly, but not in the Senate.

A supermajority is achieved when one party holds two-thirds of the seats in a legislative body.

In the 2022 midterm elections, Democrats gained one seat in the Senate and two in the Assembly. They now hold 28 of the Assembly’s 42 seats — a bare supermajority. In contrast, Democrats hold 13 of the Senate’s 21 seats — one short of a supermajority.

With the election of Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo in 2022, Nevada has a split government. Because Democrats do not have a supermajority in both chambers, they are unable to override a gubernatorial veto.

Democrats also cannot raise state taxes without a two-thirds vote in the Nevada Legislature, as stipulated in a constitutional amendment approved by Nevada voters in 1994.

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