Lee, Titus, Horsford reelected, Rosen hanging on to lead over Brown
All three of Nevada’s Democratic U.S. House incumbents won their races, The Associated Press decision desk announced Thursday. Meanwhile, Nevada Democratic U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen’s lead over Republican challenger Sam Brown got a little bigger after the release of additional ballots Wednesday night., but AP had yet to call the race.
As of Thursday morning Rosen led Brown by 13,000 votes. Her lead when counting ended on election night was merely 180 votes.
Of the three House members, Nevada Democratic Rep. Susie Lee was in the tightest race. But she had extended her lead over Republican Drew Johnson in Nevada’s third congressional district after results announced Wednesday night. And after further release of results Thursday, the AP declared Lee the winner.
Earlier Thursday, the Associated Press declared incumbent Democratic Rep. Dina Titus the winner over Republican challenger Mark Robertson in Nevada’s first congressional district. AP followed up shortly after that by declaring Democratic incumbent Steven Horsford the winner of over Republican challenger John Lee in CD 4.
Going into the election, Rosen’s race was one of several that might have influenced control of the Senate, but enough Democrats lost their bids in other states Tuesday night that Republicans will control the Senate regardless of the outcome in Nevada.
Meanwhile, in Esmeralda County, the Horsford-John Lee CD4 race was left off of ballots in one precinct.
Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar’s office released a statement Wednesday saying the county clerk’s office confirmed that of 70 active registered voters in the precinct, 45 had been cast as of Wednesday.
The statement from Aguilar’s office added that under the U.S. Constitution, disputes in election results for U.S. House seats are addressed by the House.
As of Thursday morning Horsford was leading by more than 26,000 votes.
Across the nation there are multiple races that remain too close to call, and it may take weeks to discover which party will control the U.S. House.
Nevada’s other member of Congress and the only Republican in the state delegation, Rep. Mark Amodie, was declared the winner of his reelection bid Tuesday night.
This story was updated to reflect the AP calling the races for Lee, Titus, and Horsford.