There are 52 state legislative seats up for election in Nevada in 2024. Across those, 12 incumbents (nine Democrats and three Republicans) did not file to run for re-election. That is below the average number of retirements per election cycle since Ballotpedia began tracking this data in 2010 (15.9). In 2022, 19 incumbents (seven Democrats and 12 Republicans) did not run for re-election.

Eight incumbents out of the 37 running (21.6%) face primary challengers. That is lower than the average number of contested incumbents in primary elections since 2010 (10.3). The year with the highest number of contested incumbents was 2016, when 17 of 41 incumbents (41.5%) faced primary opponents. The year with the fewest was 2010, when five of 26 incumbents (19.2%) faced primary opponents.

The total number of contested primaries (with more than one candidate) is 33 (16 Democratic and 17 Republican). This is lower than the average number of contested primaries from 2010-2022 (37.7). In total, 31.7% of Nevada state legislative primaries in 2024 are contested – lower than the average rate of contested primaries from 2010-2022 (35.9%).

Nevada has a divided government because Republicans control the governorship while Democrats control both chambers of the state legislature. As of May 29, 2024, there are 23 Republican trifectas, 17 Democratic trifectas, and 10 divided governments where neither party held trifecta control.