Nevada’s first election results started coming in early Wednesday, Nov. 4, after the last voters in line finished casting ballots at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. These are early returns, not final results, and thousands of ballots are still being processed.
Update, 1:45 a.m. Wednesday: Here are the latest unofficial statewide results from the Nevada Secretary of State (last updated 1:21 a.m.). No winners had been projected by the Associated Press. CNN estimated about 72% of the expected governor vote had been counted.
| Race | Leading | Trailing |
|---|---|---|
| Governor | Aaron Ford (D) 51% – 412,076 | Joe Lombardo (R) 45% – 358,109 |
| Lieutenant Governor | Sandra Jauregui (D) 54% – 432,861 | Stavros Anthony (R) 41% – 330,390 |
| Attorney General | Nicole Cannizzaro (D) 56% – 446,378 | Adriana Guzmán Fralick (R) 42% – 331,453 |
| Secretary of State | Cisco Aguilar (D) 57% – 453,459 | Jim Marchant (R) 40% – 316,486 |
| Treasurer | Tya Mathis-Coleman (D) 55% – 436,222 | Drew Johnson (R) 43% – 343,399 |
| Controller | Michael MacDougall (D) 54% – 429,188 | Andy Matthews (R) 44% – 345,795 |
| Congress, District 1 | Dina Titus (D) 60% – 95,109 | Carrie Ann Buck (R) 37% – 58,659 |
| Congress, District 2 | Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D) 51% – 142,274 | David Flippo (R) 44% – 123,977 |
| Congress, District 3 | Susie Lee (D) 60% – 113,984 | Marty O’Donnell (R) 38% – 71,690 |
| Congress, District 4 | Steven Horsford (D) 61% – 102,465 | Cody Whipple (R) 38% – 64,067 |
| Question 6 (abortion rights amendment) | Yes 63% – 493,971 | No 37% – 284,810 |
| Question 7 (voter ID amendment) | Yes 61% – 482,005 | No 39% – 301,976 |
Other candidates and “None of These Candidates” are not shown. Nevada counts mail ballots that are postmarked by Election Day and arrive in the following days, so these numbers will keep changing. We’ll update this story as new counts come in.
Governor’s race
Democrat Aaron Ford was ahead of Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo in early results, 52.3% to 47.7%, according to the Review-Journal. Earlier in the night, Lombardo told supporters at the Republican election night headquarters to be patient and said he expected to keep the governor’s office, KTNV reported.
Congress, Legislature and local races
Democrats led in all four of Nevada’s congressional races in early voting returns, including the 2nd District, which usually votes Republican, the Review-Journal reported. Democrats were also leading in state Assembly and Senate races. In Henderson, Romero and Atlas were ahead in the mayoral and City Council races, and incumbents were holding strong in three Clark County School District board races, according to the newspaper. Early returns on the statewide ballot questions showed voters willing to change the state constitution.
Turnout and ballots still to count
Nearly 1 million Nevadans had cast ballots by about 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, including more than 670,000 in Clark County, KTNV reported. Some Clark County voters waited up to three hours in line, and a handful of vote centers stayed open well past the 7 p.m. poll closing to serve people already in line. Clark County had also flagged 7,139 mail ballots for signature problems on Tuesday evening; 3,521 had been fixed, leaving 3,618 that voters still need to cure before they can be counted.
What it means for locals and visitors
Leads can change as more mail and Election Day ballots are counted over the coming days, so close races may not be decided right away. If you voted by mail and got notice of a signature problem, contact the Clark County Election Department to cure your ballot. Official results are posted by the Nevada Secretary of State and Clark County. Vegas Daily Wire will update this story as new counts come in.
Sources
- Las Vegas Review-Journal: Ford leading Lombardo in early results
- Las Vegas Review-Journal: Democrats lead all four Nevada congressional races in early vote
- Las Vegas Review-Journal: Nevada Democrats lead Assembly, Senate races
- Las Vegas Review-Journal: Henderson mayoral and City Council races
- KTNV: Live updates on Nevada’s 2026 election
- Nevada Secretary of State: unofficial 2026 general election results