Jones, a retired businessman, is running as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada. James Murphy, a retired airline captain, is running as an Independent. Democratic primary John Oceguera, the Speaker of the Nevada Assembly, won the Democratic primary against Stephen Frye, a psychiatrist; James F. Haning II, a businessman; Jesse "Jake" Holder, a former Navy officer and Political Science student at UNLV and ; Barry Michaels, a businessman; and Gerald "Jerry" Sakura, a retired business executive. Former U.S. Representative Dina Titus, who represented the 3rd district from 2009 until 2011 and unsuccessfully sought re-election in 2010, is running in the 1st district. Primary results Republican primary Chris Dyer, a food service employee and Army and Navy veteran, unsuccessfully challenged Heck in the Republican primary. Primary results General election Results District 4 Nevada's 4th congressional district was created for the 2012 elections as a result of reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census. It consists of most of Central Nevada and Northern Clark County, the latter of which contains the bulk of the district's population. Floyd Fitzgibbons, an insurance agent, is running as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada. Joseph Silvestri, a teacher and chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada, is also running. Democratic primary Steven Horsford, the majority leader of the Nevada Senate, received the Democratic nomination for the new seat unopposed. Fellow Democratic state Senator John Lee announced in October 2011 that he would run for the seat, but dropped his bid in November 2011. Republican primary Danny Tarkanian, a businessman who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2010, sought and received the nomination for the new seat. He defeated Diana Anderson, a retired clerical worker; state Senator Barbara Cegavske; Mike Delarosa, a detention officer; Kiran Hill, a translator for the State Department; Robert Leeds, an author and former Merchant Marine; Dan Schwartz, a businessman; Kenneth Wegner, a retired Army veteran and Republican nominee for the 1st district in 2006, 2008 and 2010; and Sid Zeller, a retired Marine intelligence officer, in the Republican primary. In the 2014 midterm elections, Cegavske and Schwartz would be elected to the statewide offices of Secretary of State and Treasurer respectively. Primary results General election Results References External links Election Center at the Nevada Secretary of State United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, 2012 at Ballotpedia Nevada U.S. House from