Republicans win control of US Senate, Rosen tries to stop Brown in Nevada • Nevada Current

Democratic U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada and his Republican challenger Sam Brown were literally neck and neck after early election results were released Tuesday night, and by that point the Nevada race was already irrelevant to Republicans' control of the Senate Democrats had earlier snatched this evening.

With an estimated 74% of votes counted, Rosen was ahead of Brown by just 180 of more than 960,000 votes, and both had 47.8% of the vote.

“We’re not letting up now. We are going to win this race,” Rosen told fans during a watch party at the Aria Resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

“We know that there are still outstanding ballots that have not yet been counted or have not even been received because they are in the mail or in mailboxes,” Rosen said. “There are also thousands of mail-in ballots that need to be cured starting tomorrow.”

“We will win when all the votes are counted,” Rosen added.

Brown, a West Point graduate and Army captain who suffered severe burns from an improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan, had shown himself trailing Rosen by as much as 10 points in recent days in some pre-election polls As the election campaign progressed, he expressed confidence that the gap would narrow.

“Tonight you delivered,” Brown told his supporters Tuesday night at an election watch party at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas.

“We will continue working in the next few days. Check whether your ballot was counted. There are thousands of ballots that were legally cast that need to be resolved in the next few days.”

“Let’s continue our work so I can go to the United States Senate to represent you,” Brown said.

Roses, who educated $46.5 million in the third quarter, Brown criticized in television ads for his inconsistent record on reproductive freedom. Before moving to Nevada in 2018, Brown managed the Texas congressional campaign of a candidate who consistently opposed abortions on the grounds of rape, incest and the mother's health. As a legislative candidate in that state, Brown said he would support a ban on abortion with no exceptions after 20 weeks.

Brown educated $20 million by the third quarter. He also received a last-minute $6 million raise in late October the Senate Leadership Fund, a Republican super PAC, NBC reported.

Rosen, who described herself as the most bipartisan member of Congress, led Brown in the polls throughout the race. Rosen, the former president of a synagogue in Henderson, served one term in the House of Representatives before being elected to the Senate in 2018.

The race is Brown's second run for U.S. Senate. In 2022, he lost the Republican primary to former Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who was defeated by incumbent Senator Catherine Cortez Masto.

Brown, who was endorsed by the former president. Donald Trump refused to support Trump's plan to deport millions of illegal immigrants and advocated for an easier path to citizenship. His campaign focused on the economy, cutting the federal budget and lowering prices for Nevadans.

The Nevada race was one of a few contests across the country to determine which party would control the Senate. But the Senate map heavily favored Republicans throughout the cycle, with Democratic incumbents defending seats in several Trump states, including a seat in West Virginia that Democrat Joe Manchin vacated and was won by Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday. The Democrats' loss of this seat was a foregone conclusion.

Also on Tuesday, Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown lost to Republican Bernie Moreno, giving Republicans at least a tie in the Senate as they await results in Montana, where incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester is trailing Republican challenger Tim Sheehy remained behind. Democratic incumbents also faced major challenges in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

When incumbent Republican Nebraska Senator Deb Fischler was declared the winner over independent candidate Dan Osborne, it sealed Republican control of the Senate.

This story has been updated to include comments from Rosen and Brown.