Editing Washoe County, Nevada (section)

==Politics==
{{PresHead|place=Washoe County, Nevada|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], received 1,150 votes, while Socialist candidate [[Eugene V. Debs|Eugene Debs]] received 362 votes.</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|127,443|130,071|6,220|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|116,760|128,128|7,254|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|94,758|97,379|17,772|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|88,453|95,409|3,993|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|76,880|99,671|3,863|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|81,545|74,841|2,693|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|63,640|52,097|6,564|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|49,477|44,915|14,874|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|42,636|39,500|32,535|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|52,654|32,902|3,172|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|50,418|22,321|1,772|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|41,276|15,621|8,059|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|29,264|21,687|2,276|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|33,539|17,106|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|23,492|14,560|4,936|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|18,350|20,170|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|18,833|15,280|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|18,865|9,525|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|19,044|8,888|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|11,323|8,365|500|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|9,024|8,384|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|8,062|9,243|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|4,358|9,514|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|4,333|8,141|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|5,767|3,952|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,549|1,669|2,548|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,189|2,357|319|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|3,225|3,341|532|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|644|1,446|1,512|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,053|1,745|307|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,517|721|314|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|919|1,005|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|513|1,010|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1892|Populist|530|235|863|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|902|655|14|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|716|493|0|Nevada}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|755|828|0|Nevada}}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Washoe County, Nevada|Seat=1|source=<ref>{{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Nevada by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/nevada-senate-results}}</ref>}}
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{{U.S. SenRow|2024|Democratic|115,713|130,841|14,921|Nevada}}
{{U.S. SenFoot}}
Washoe County was rather conservative for an urban county  for much of the late twentieth century. It voted for the Republican candidate all but once between 1944 and 2004 (in the 1964 Democratic landslide). However, starting in the 1990s, it became more competitive, going from a 22-point win for [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1988 to only a three-point win for Bush in 1992. From 1996 to 2004, the Republican candidate tallied a margin greater than four points only once, in 2000. The county swung hard to [[Barack Obama]] in 2008, going from a four-point margin for [[George W. Bush]] in 2004 to a 12-point margin for Obama in 2008. Since then, it has always voted Democratic in presidential elections, albeit by relatively narrow margins consistently under 5%. In 2016 and 2024, [[Donald Trump]] lost the county even as he won the presidency, the first time in 116 years that a Republican won the White House without winning Washoe County.

While Washoe is now more of a swing county federally, it remains very Republican down ballot. Republicans still hold the majority of the county's seats in the state legislature. Democratic strength is concentrated in Reno and Sparks, while the rest of the county remains powerfully Republican.

The county is governed by an elected five-member Board of County Commissioners and an appointed county manager.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Organization Chart|url=https://washoecounty.gov/mgrsoff/about/Organizational%20Chart.php|access-date=April 26, 2023|website=washoecounty.gov|language=en}}</ref> The commissioners serve staggered four-year terms - three are elected during [[United States midterm election|midterm elections]] and two during [[United States presidential election|presidential elections]]. 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Washoe County Board of County Commissioners<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of County Commissioners|url=https://washoecounty.gov/bcc/profile/index.php|access-date=April 26, 2023|website=Washoe County, NV|language=en}}</ref>
!District
!Commissioner
!Party
!First elected
!Last elected
!Notes
|-
|1
|Alexis Hill
|Democratic
|2020
|2020
|Chair
|-
|2
|Michael Clark
|Republican
|2022
|2022
|
|-
|3
|Mariluz Garcia
|Democratic
|2022
|2022
|
|-
|4
|Clara Andriola
|Republican
|2023<sup>1)</sup>
|N/A
|
|-
|5
|Jeanne Herman
|Republican
|2014
|2022
|Vice-chair
|}
<sup>1)</sup> Appointed by [[Governor of Nevada|Governor]] [[Joe Lombardo]].

; Nevada Senate districts
* [[Nevada's 13th Senate district|13th]] (central Reno and Sparks)
* [[Nevada's 14th Senate district|14th]] (northern Washoe County)
* [[Nevada's 15th Senate district|15th]] (Cold Springs, Mogul, Verdi)
* [[Nevada's 16th Senate district|16th]] (Incline Village, Washoe Valley)