District Court Judge, Department 1
Washoe County, Nevada
My vote power
Above average
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Above average · 58 out of 100
This district is a good deal smaller than its state, so each vote here carries more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 497,200 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(3,184,612 ÷ 497,200) ÷ ln(50,000) = 58.58, measured against a statewide vote in NV (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Above average representation → My vote power: Above average.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Housing Affordability, Civil Rights,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · declared
Derek C. Dreiling is a non-incumbent candidate for Washoe County District Court Department 1. The official judicial questionnaire identifies his prior elected service as Reno Township Justice of the Peace and his current judicial appointments.
Nonpartisan · declared
Edmund "Joe" Gorman is a filed candidate for Washoe County District Court Department 2 and the current Second Judicial District Court probate commissioner.
Sources: washoecounty.gov2 · washoelife.washoecounty.gov