On to November!

Now that the primaries are out of the way, we can turn to November’s general election, where control of the Nevada Legislature hangs in the balance.

The usual expectations for turnout may not apply. Donald Trump has introduced plenty of new voters to the system, and it remains to be seen how deftly Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton negotiate for the Vermont senator’s support. A clumsy slip-up there could see liberal Democrats stay home, or vote third-party.

In the Nevada Senate, all eyes are focused primarily on two races:

Senate District 6 pits prosecutor Nicole Cannizzaro against GOP Assemblywoman Victoria Seaman. Cannizzaro has the backing of the state Democratic Party machine, while Seaman upset the establishment by beating Assemblyman Erv Nelson in the primary. But with control of the upper house in the balance, that may yet be forgiven.

In Senate District 5, Democratic incumbent Joyce Woodhouse is defending her seat against charter school principal Carrie Buck. Woodhouse lost this seat in 2010, when then-newcomer Michael Roberson ran in the district. (Redistricting put him in a neighboring district in 2012, when Woodhouse swiftly reclaimed the seat.)

Republican leaders will be concentrating all their resources on defeating Woodhouse again, and a flood of outside money is expected. But Woodhouse has raised a substantial bankroll to fend off those attacks.

In the Assembly, the divide is larger, thanks to the red tide of 2014, in which Republicans took over the lower house for the first time in decades. The chamber currently favors Republicans, 25-17, and Democrats will need to gain a net five seats to win back control.

So far, they think they have at least three: In Assembly District 8, where registration radically favors the Democrats, incumbent John Moore left the Republican party to become a Libertarian. Former Democratic Assemblyman Jason Frierson, defeated in 2014 by the slimmest of margins, is running to re-take his old seat. In Assembly District 10, newcomer Chris Brooks is trying to defeat Republican incumbent Shelley Shelton, and again, registration numbers favor the Democrats. The numbers also bode well for Democrat Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod in Assembly District 34.

In other races, Democrats believe they have a chance at the Assembly District 5 seat left open by Nelson’s defeat, although the party’s endorsed choice, Rory Martinez, lost to teacher Brittney Miller in the primary. They’re also targeting GOP Assemblyman David Gardner — author of the bill aimed at breaking up the Clark County School District — in Assembly District 9, with public defender Steve Yeager carrying the banner. They’re pitting attorney Ozzie Fumo against incumbent GOP Assemblyman Derek Armstrong in Assembly District 21.

Former appointed Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen is trying to reclaim her District 29 seat from incumbent Republican Stephen Silberkraus. Conservative Republican Assemblyman Brent Jones will face Democrat and attorney Justin Watkins in Assembly District 35. And the open Assembly District 41 seat will see a battle between businessman Nick Phillips (who ran unsuccessfully to become chairman of the state Republican Party) and Democrat Sandra Jauregui, who works in real estate for Ticor Title of Nevada.

Oh, and out in Nye County, Assemblyman James Oscarson defeated two Republican primary challengers in Assembly District 36. But now he must face Libertarian Dennis Hof, a brothel owner, in the general. Oscarson voted for the commerce tax in the 2015 session, although that issue didn’t stop him from winning his three-person primary.