Nevada Senate, District 5
The current District 5 of the Nevada Senate contains parts of Henderson and most of southern Paradise. It has been represented by senator Joyce Woodhouse since its creation in 2012.
District 5 came into existence in 2012 after the senate districts were redistricted in the previous year as a result of the 2010 Census. The new districts went into effect for filing for office, and for nominating and electing senators on January 1, 2012, and for all other purposes on November 7 – the day after Election Day, when the new senator terms began. In the Nevada Revised Statutes, the area of the fifth senatorial district is defined using census tracts, block groups, and blocks. Two senatorial elections have been held in the district since its creation.
The fifth senatorial district has a surface area of 26.2 square miles (68 km2), and a perimeter of 34.3 miles (55.2 km). The district occupies the same area as the assembly districts 21 and 29. In 2010, District 5 had almost 75,000 registered voters, which is over 55% of the total population and almost three quarters of the voting age population. Of those registered voters, over 40% were Democrats, and just over 35% were Republicans. Most of the remainder was non-partisan.
128,800 people live in District 5 according to the 2010 census, which is 0.16% above the ideal. Compared to the other senatorial districts, the district has a relatively high solely white population at almost 75%. Moreover, it has a relatively high number of Asian American inhabitants at 11% of the population. The population of District 5 is better educated than the Nevada average. More than 35% of the district's inhabitants have an associate's, bachelor's, or graduate degree. The median household income, which amounts to a little over $62,000, is nearly $10,000 above the Nevada median. The poverty rate is equal to 8.5%, and is close to twice as low as in the rest of Nevada.
Democrat Joyce Woodhouse and Republican Steve Kirk participated in the 2012 senatorial election for District 5. While no other Democrats filed for the office, a primary were held on June 12 in order to determine the Republican nominee. Besides Steve Kirk, who served in the Henderson city council for 12 years, Annette Teijeiro was on the ballot during the primary. Teijeiro, who is Hispanic, had never been elected to public office before. She said that taxes had to be decreased, and that she wasn't sure whether she would support Governor Brian Sandoval's plan to extend a tax increase. Kirk, on the other hand, said he supported the extension of the tax increase, as he didn't want to cut the education budget anymore. Furthermore, he argued he had more local government experience, which he said was necessary in the Senate. Kirk, who received the endorsement of the Senate Republican Caucus, won the primary with over 70% of the votes.
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