Live Blog: Berkley Wins Las Vegas Mayoral Election; Becker takes over the commission seat

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Former Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) will be the next mayor of Las Vegas, marking a major comeback for the longtime politician.

Las Vegas City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman, who is in the midst of her first full term representing the city's District 2, trailed by more than 5 percentage points through Wednesday. She will continue to serve on the council.

Berkley, 73, a Democratic congresswoman for 14 years representing a district that included much of the city of Las Vegas, will be the first mayor in 25 years not named Goodman when she takes office in January.

Current Mayor Carolyn Goodman's term was limited. She succeeded her husband, Mafia lawyer Oscar Goodman, who began taking over the family in 1999 and assumed the leadership role with flair, often appearing with showgirls and a martini in hand.

Seaman, 66, is a former Republican representative who was elected to the City Council in a special election in 2019 to finish the term of a retiring city council member.

In another local government race in southern Nevada, attorney April Becker becomes the first Republican to be elected to the Clark County Commission in 20 years.

Becker leads Rep. Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (D-Las Vegas) by 7 percentage points in the race to represent District C.

The seat is being vacated by Democrat Ross Miller, who did not seek re-election.

Becker is a lawyer who previously lost two close races — one for the Nevada Senate seat held by Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro (D-Las Vegas) and another for Congress against the representative Susie Lee (D-NV).

Bilbary-Axelrod is a four-term state representative who was first elected in 2016.

Two other county commissioners up for re-election, Marilyn Kirkpatrick and William McCurdy, soundly defeated their challengers.

The District A race remains too close to call. Incumbent Michael Naft has a lead of less than 1 percent over Republican Ryan Hamilton.

— Howard Stutz, 8:53 a.m., November 6, 2024

Trump wins Nevada

Former President Donald Trump won Nevada, becoming the first Republican to win the state since George W. Bush in 2004.

Trump had lost the Silver State by a margin of about 2.5 percentage points in each of his two previous attempts. But helped by strong Republican turnout, improvements in populous Clark County and a landslide in rural areas, the third time proved to be a charm for the former president.

With Nevada emerging victorious, Trump is now expected to win all seven contested states.

Click here to read our full summary of the findings.

— Eric Newborn, 8:15 a.m, November 6, 2024

Races for president, Senate and two House races too close to call

After the first 1 million results for Nevada were released in the 10 o'clock hour on Tuesday evening, the races for key state races were too close to cancel. (See below for the House races we have have called).

As of 11 p.m., former President Donald Trump had a lead of more than 4 percentage points over Vice President Kamala Harris. In Clark County, he trailed by about 13,000 votes, while swinging Washoe County was a dead heat and deep red rural counties gave Trump an early lead. (For the latest results click here.)

The initial results included early in-person voting and mail-in ballots received before Election Day. Registered Republicans had a turnout advantage of about 4 percentage points over registered Democrats, suggesting that nonpartisans — who make up a significant portion of the electorate — were fairly evenly split among presidential candidates.

There are many outstanding absentee and in-person ballots in Clark County, which should help Democrats given their registration advantage there.

In the race for U.S. Senate, Republican Sam Brown had a tiny lead over Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), although he trailed in front-runner Washoe County. He lags behind Trump nationwide both in percentage terms and in terms of the sheer number of votes.

In the House of Representatives, Congressional District 3 is – as usual – the closest race: Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) has a lead of about 1.5 percentage points over Republican challenger Drew Johnson. While the race isn't yet clear, mail-in ballots cast in Clark County on Election Day – which are expected to go in Democrats' favor – won't be counted until tomorrow.

Meanwhile, in Congressional District 1, Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) has gained a lead of 5.5 percentage points over Republican Mark Robertson. Titus, who has held the seat since 2012, beat Robertson in 2022 by a margin of 5.6 percentage points.

Horsford wins

Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) won for the fourth consecutive time representing Congressional District 4 – and fifth time overall.

Horsford, who was the 4th District's first representative when it was created before the 2012 election and then lost his seat in the 2014 Red Wave, made a political comeback in 2018 and has held the seat ever since. After serving as chairman of the powerful Congressional Black Caucus for the past two years, he raised his national profile, strengthened his fundraising ability and made Republicans reluctant to spend money on the race.

This contributed to his significant financial advantage over his opponent, former North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee, in the district that includes Democratic-leaning North Las Vegas and northern Clark County, as well as much of rural central Nevada.

According to the advertising tracking firm AdImpact, Horsford and allied Democratic groups outspent Lee — who received virtually no outside advertising support — by $4.5 million in the general election.

Horsford was recently reappointed to the powerful Ways & Means Committee, the House panel that sets tax policy and will be the key battleground for debates over Trump's expiring tax cuts. If Democrats win the House, his position on the committee is safe – if they lose, the margins will determine whether he keeps his seat or not, although resignations will likely make his position safe unless there are major Republican additions.

Control of the House has yet to be resolved as several districts are still recording votes.

Question 3 fails

Nevada voters have rejected the most significant proposed change to the state's election system since mail-in voting was introduced in 2020.

After the release of the results of early voting and mail-in ballots received before Election Day, Question 3, which proposed adopting open primaries and ranked-choice voting, lagged significantly behind

Only two states — Maine and Alaska — have widespread ranked-choice voting.

Although the measure failed this year, it passed in 2022 by just under 6 percentage points. The proposal's failure came due to fierce opposition from the state's leading Democrats and Republicans.

Question 6 is passed

Nevadans took the first step toward enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution after overwhelmingly passing Question 6.

For more than a year, advocates have been trying to further strengthen abortion rights in Nevada. This is part of a nationwide effort to increase access to abortion through ballot questions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the ruling Roe v. Wade in 2022.

If voters pass the question again in 2026, the state constitution would be rewritten to give Nevadans a fundamental right to abortion.

Abortion is legal in Nevada as early as 24 weeks of pregnancy, and that would not change with this ballot question. However, this would make repeal more difficult because existing laws can be changed by a one-time majority vote of the people, while two majority votes would be required to remove the right from the state constitution.

Question 7 is passed

Nevada is one step closer to requiring voter ID after voters overwhelmingly approved Question 7.

The measure now faces a vote in 2026, when another positive vote would enshrine a voter ID requirement in the state constitution.

The initiative would require all in-person voters in Nevada to present a valid photo ID — such as a driver's license, passport, student ID or permit to conceal weapons — before voting. People who vote by mail would be required to provide part of a personally identifiable number – such as their driver's license or Social Security number – alongside their signature.

The measure's success is no surprise, as limited polls showed strong support for a voter ID requirement. Republicans have been trying to introduce voter ID in the state since at least 2015, but have been blocked by Democrats.

Proponents of the ballot question significantly outnumbered opponents, and Democrats used few tools to oppose the question in the face of overwhelming public support.

Amodei wins

Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) won a seventh full term for the U.S. House of Representatives in Congressional District 2, defeating self-sponsored Greg Kidd, who ran as a nonpartisan candidate.

Amodei has represented the northern Nevada-based district since 2011. When he completes his term, he will be the district's longest-serving representative, surpassing former Rep. Barbara Vucanovich (R-NV).

The Carson City native had never lost an election by a margin of less than 15 percentage points. While some of the votes are still pending, Amodei's lead appears to be similar to previous election cycles.

Kidd spent more than $2 million of his own money on the race and much more on the airwaves than Amodei. But the incumbent, who has been involved in Northern Nevada politics since 1996 and has never lost a race, won anyway.