Decision Desk HQ Projects Winner In Razor-Thin Nevada Senate Race

The U.S. Senate race in Nevada between incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Republican challenger Sam Brown is a nail-biter.

Rosen pulled ahead of Brown early Thursday and leads by about 13,000 votes.

With roughly 95% reporting, Decision Desk HQ projected Rosen to fend off the challenge.

Decision Desk HQ projects Jacky Rosen (D) wins the US Senate election in Nevada.#DecisionMade: 9:24 AM EDT

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However, the Associated Press has yet to call the race.

KLAS 8 News Now reports:

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen pulled ahead of her opponent, Republican Sam Brown, early Thursday as Clark County added about 55,000 votes to its total.

As of midnight Thursday, Rosen led Brown by 12,699 votes — or about 1%. The new batch of votes included Election Day mail and ballots dropped off at voting locations on Election Day, the county said.

As of Thursday morning, the Associated Press had not called the race in either candidate’s favor. 8 News Now believes that at least several thousand mail-in ballots had yet to be processed in Clark and Washoe counties.

NEW: Sen. Jacky Rosen has pulled ahead with a sizable lead in the race against Republican challenger Sam Brown. #RJNow https://t.co/Ac4LQnSU9T

— Las Vegas Review-Journal (@reviewjournal) November 7, 2024

Sen. Jacky Rosen keeps Nevada Senate seat in Democratic hands https://t.co/4Zf6tD1aC2

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Las Vegas Review-Journal reports:

On Wednesday night, Brown had been ahead of Rosen by 2,188 votes, which had been up slightly from his lead of 1,757 votes earlier Wednesday evening and his Wednesday morning lead of more than 6,000 votes. Clark County had been expecting to release results for about another 55,000 mail ballots late Wednesday.

Both Brown and Rosen remained optimistic late Tuesday night.

“We are not letting up now. Not now,” Rosen told supporters at the Aria after midnight. “We’re going to win this race.”

Brown said during a watch party at Red Rock that there is a lot to celebrate.

The closeness of the race is no surprise, with Nevada’s last Senate race in 2022 also a nail-biter. It wasn’t called until four days later, and Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won her re-election by less than 0.1 percentage points.

Rosen encouraged supporters to knock on doors and make calls to help voters cure their signatures. Clark County reported 12,000 ballots needed to be cured Wednesday morning.

Decision Desk HQ has the Senate tally at 52-46 in favor of Republicans.

Arizona and Pennsylvania are the last two undeclared races.

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