Friends and family join Nevada Supreme Court Justice Nancy Becker, center, at her Las Vegas home Tuesday as she watches election results unfold on television. Becker advanced to the general election, where she will face Clark County District Judge Nancy Saitta in the race for Seat G. Photo by Ronda Churchill. Nancy Becker Michael Douglas

The incumbents in two Nevada Supreme Court races made strong showings Tuesday, and each will face a Clark County judge in November's general election.

Justice Michael Douglas and Justice Nancy Becker were the top vote-getters in their respective races. According to nearly complete results, Douglas received about 35 percent of the vote in the Seat F race, and Becker received about 33 percent in the Seat G race.

Voters chose to pit District Judge Nancy Saitta, 55, against Becker, 51, in the general election. About 25 percent of the voters favored Saitta.

Becker said she has "a broader base of support and a better reputation for integrity" than Saitta.

"I think that my record of service -- even if you disagree with some of the decisions the court has made -- my experience, my integrity over a 20-year period, is what people will appreciate," Becker said.

Saitta said voters now should expect the two candidates "to talk about the issues."

"It's time for a change in that court, and I'm certainly ready to make that change," she said. Saitta said she has more "real-life experience" than Becker.

Becker was elected to the Supreme Court in 1998. She previously spent 10 years as a Clark County district judge.

Saitta, who formerly was the state's children's advocate and senior deputy attorney general, was elected to the District Court bench in 1998.

Also in the Seat G race were Clark County Family Court Judge Nicholas Del Vecchio, who had 13 percent, and Las Vegas attorney Thomas Christensen, who received 12 percent of the vote.

Douglas, 58, will square off against Family Court Judge Cynthia "Dianne" Steel, 53, in November. Steel received 31 percent of the vote to edge out Reno attorney John Calvert, who received 14 percent.

The incumbent said he will strive to make voters understand that he has the most overall experience in the race, having spent years as both a lawyer and a trial judge before joining the high court. Steel could not be reached for comment.

Douglas was appointed in March 2004 to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Myron Leavitt. He defeated Las Vegas attorney Joel Hansen later that year for the right to serve out the remaining two years of Leavitt's term.

Steel is making her second bid for the state Supreme Court. She ran in 2004 for the seat vacated by Justice Miriam Shearing. Although Steel survived the primary election, she lost in the general election to Jim Hardesty.

Douglas served as a Clark County district judge from 1996 to 2004. He previously worked for 11 years as a Clark County deputy district attorney. He spent a year in the family support division of the district attorney's office before moving to the civil division.

Steel ran unsuccessfully for a Clark County Family Court seat in 1992, two years after receiving her law degree.

She was elected to the Assembly in 1994 but resigned in February 1996 to become chief of staff for then-Lt. Gov. Lonnie Hammargren.

Later that year, Steel was elected to a new seat in Family Court.