# Barbara Cegavske

Barbara Katherine Cegavske (née Jewson; born August 27, 1951) is an American businesswoman and politician, who is the former Secretary of State of Nevada from 2015 to 2023. She was a Republican member of the Nevada Senate, representing Clark County District 8 (map) from 2002 to 2014. Previously, she served in the Nevada Assembly from 1996 to 2001. According to her legislative biography, she was educated at Mayo High School in Rochester, Minnesota, and at Clark County Community College (now known as the College of Southern Nevada) in Las Vegas. With her husband, Tim, she was a 7-11 convenience store franchisee for thirteen years before seeking political office.
Cegavske is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), serving as Nevada state leader in 2012.
Cegavske successfully ran for the office of Secretary of State of Nevada in 2014, defeating Democratic state treasurer Kate Marshall. Cegavske supports voter ID laws and opposes same-day voter registration. She was reelected in 2018, very narrowly defeating Democrat Nelson Araujo. With the defeat of several fellow Republicans in that election, Cegavske became the only member of her party holding statewide elected office in Nevada.
After Joe Biden won the 2020 election and Donald Trump lost while refusing to concede, Cegavske was censured by the Nevada Republican Party for not having conducted an investigation into allegations of fraud and for "dismissive public statements regarding election integrity concerns."

## Electoral history

Cegavske was elected in 1996 to the Nevada Assembly from the Clark County 5th District.
Nevada State Assembly, Clark District 5 Primary Election, 1996 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Barbara Cegavske | 942 | 46.73 |
| Republican | Jeannine Stroth | 799 | 39.63 |
| Republican | Harry Pappas | 275 | 13.64 |
Nevada State Assembly, Clark District 5 General Election, 1996 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Barbara Cegavske | 6,883 | 77.46 |
| Libertarian | Patrick O'Neill | 2,003 | 22.54 |
Nevada State Assembly, Clark District 5 General Election, 1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Barbara Cegavske | 6,392 | 100 |
Nevada State Assembly, Clark District 5 General Election, 2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Barbara Cegavske | 6,457 | 54.63 |
| | Democratic | Kristen Hansen | 5,362 | 45.37 |
Nevada State Senate, Clark District 8 Primary Election, 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Barbara Cegavske | 3,738 | 55.93 |
| | Republican | Tom Christensen | 2,945 | 44.07 |
Nevada State Senate, Clark District 8 General Election, 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Barbara Cegavske | 15,854 | 62.55 |
| | Democratic | Kristin Hansen | 9,491 | 37.45 |
Nevada State Senate, Clark District 8 Primary Election, 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Barbara Cegavske | 3,951 | 62.05 |
| | Republican | Tim Cory | 2,416 | 37.95 |
Nevada State Senate, Clark District 8 General Election, 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Barbara Cegavske | 14,884 | 54.51 |
| | Democratic | Chanda Cook | 12,421 | 45.49 |
Nevada State Senate, Clark District 8 General Election, 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Barbara Cegavske | 17,127 | 55.79 |
| | Democratic | Tammy Peterson | 13,573 | 44.21 |
Nevada's 4th congressional district, Primary 2012 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Danny Tarkanian | 7,605 | 31.51 |
| Republican | Barbara Cegavske | 6,674 | 27.65 |
| Republican | Kenneth A. Wegner | 5,069 | 21 |
| Republican | Dan Schwartz | 2,728 | 11.3 |
| Republican | Kiran Hill | 666 | 2.76 |
| Republican | Diana Anderson | 607 | 2.51 |
| Republican | Mike Dela Rosa | 370 | 1.53 |
| Republican | Sid Zeller | 252 | 1.04 |
| Republican | Robert X. Leeds | 165 | 0.68 |
Nevada State Secretary of State election, 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Barbara Cegavske | 273,872 | 50.41 | +13.11 |
| | Democratic | Kate Marshall | 250,671 | 46.14 | −7.06 |
| | None of These Candidates | None of These Candidates | 18,799 | 3.46 | −6.14 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 543,342 | 100 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |
Nevada State Secretary of State election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Barbara Cegavske | 467,880 | 48.91 | −1.5 |
| | Democratic | Nelson Araujo | 461,551 | 48.25 | +2.11 |
| | None of These Candidates | None of These Candidates | 27,200 | 2.84 | −0.62 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 956,631 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |