James Ohrenschall

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 21 · Democratic Party

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634 roll-call votes on record - 619 yes, 5 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Senator, District 21 (Nevada) since Nov 2018. github.com ↗

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The record

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634

Roll-call votes on record.

634 votes · 619 yes · 5 no · 5 not voting · 4 excused · 1 absent. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Jun 2, 2025

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

State Government80 votes · yes on 80, no on 0

State Budget67 votes · yes on 67, no on 0

Education58 votes · yes on 58, no on 0

Health Care55 votes · yes on 55, no on 0

Consumer Protection37 votes · yes on 33, no on 0, 4 other

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESAN ACT making appropriations to restore the balances in the Stale Claims Account, the Emergency Account and the Contingency Account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.AB 558 · Jun 2, 2025

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesLiberal

More liberal than 68% of Nevada Senate members

Details

Score−0.56 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.04 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.60)

Compared with75 members of Nevada Senate members (1997–2022)

Covers2007–2022

● This person Democrats (38) Republicans (36)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 68% of 2022 Nevada Senate candidates

Details

Score−0.63 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.12 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.75)

Compared with47 members of 2022 Nevada Senate candidates

Covers2006–2022

● This person Democrats (17) Republicans (27)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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