"None of These" got 2% in Nevada?

Nevada has a "None of the above" or NOTA law, which specifies that every election must have another option reading "None of the above" or something similar. It's a non-binding NOTA, which means that the candidate with the most votes still wins. (In a binding NOTA, if "None of these" gets the most votes, the election is done over.)

In Nevada -- the only state in the union with this law -- voting for "None of these" is basically just an expression of sentiment that one disagrees with the choices given. In other states, this must be expressed by not voting or by casting a blank ballot.

none of these are the other parties running (independants, libertarians, green party, even socialists).

if you check your ballot, you'll notice a lot of non dem, non rep. canidates.

i'm guessing the nevada candidate was an independant (they are the most popular). and it was probably listed as "none of these" because we use a two party system and anyone running outside of the two main parties is not considered important enough to be given real names.

as a side note, we do have a "none of these" in the senate right now, an independant generally thought to ally with democrats.