Cortez Masto draws closer to Laxalt in Nevada Senate race

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Nevada Senate race has continued to tighten in the days since the Nov. 8 election, with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) narrowing Republican Adam Laxalt’s lead late Thursday night.

At the time of writing, the incumbent senator trails Laxalt by just under 9,000 votes, giving him just a 1-point lead over her at 49 percent to 48 percent with 10 percent of votes in the state that still need to be counted. The counties with the highest number of votes still outstanding are Republican-heavy Lincoln County and Democratic-leaning Washoe County.

Democrats were concerned going into the midterms that a favorable political climate for Republicans, as well as the role that inflation has had on the economy in tourism-heavy Las Vegas, would hurt Cortez Masto in the race. Though the election is still too close to call, the senator is now within serious striking distance of Laxalt, raising Democratic hopes that she could still squeeze out a win.

Laxalt, a former state attorney who lost his 2018 GOP gubernatorial race to Gov. Steve Sisolak (D), had been shown leading Cortez Masto in a number of polls leading up to the midterms. Still, many on both sides of the aisle predicted the Nevada race would go down to the wire.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cortez-masto-draws-closer-laxalt-125902851.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Sorry, this sounds to me like we need a Rick Strike sprint from behind

at 80:1 odds

[rso]

2. Nevada

Actually, CNN just reported that the majority of outstanding votes are from Clark County, a Democratic area where Phoenix is located.

[Polybius]

4. Phoenix?

I think you mean Las Vegas.

[GreenWave]

7. Continental drift?

I mean this count is taking a long time.

[rso]

11. Las Vegas

Sorry, yes, Las Vegas.

[Amishman]

5. Pheonix is in AZ. Clark is Vegas

And while Clark is almost certainly the bulk of what is left (it has more votes than the rest of the state combined), the county overall is only slightly blue. It really will matter where and when these ballots are from in Clark.

[lees1975]

9. The last two drops from Clark have favored

Cortez Masto at 63 percent and Washoe has been 58 percent. If that continues, she'll win by about 12000.

[BComplex]

10. From your lips to God's ears!

I sure hope that's how this turns out!

[Amishman]

3. The mention of Lincoln county is somewhat misleading

Lincoln might have the lowest percentage reporting, but the population is tiny. Even at only 79% reporting, that is probably less than 500 votes left.

More significant is Douglas county, which has been +34 R and 22k votes so far, at 90% reporting as well. Carson City is only 81%, and has been +10 R with 20k votes.

That being said, Clark is now 93% in, and Washoe (86% in) has only been running +3 overall (admittedly slightly higher in recent batches).

We need the overall remaining votes to be +10% in our favor, so we need what is left out of Clark and Washoe to be significantly more than +10 D to offset the scraps out of Douglas and Carson City. Definitely possible, but will be agonizingly close from what I see.

edit: go read Ralston's twitter and ignore me. This is looking better than I thought

[Cha]

6. Come On Cortez Masto!! We need you! 🤞🤦‍♂️💕🤞 nt

[DFW]

8. CCM liked her chances far less than I did, was very apprehensive

She knew her situation a lot better, which is a good thing. It means she was going to work down to the wire to keep her seat. I would SO love for her to bring this one home. She gave me a verbal standing invitation to her swearing in party if she made it. That is one I plan to hold her to!!