Donald Trump won his sixth battleground state of the 2024 election when he took Nevada early on Saturday. The president-elect was declared the winner by the Associated Press after it concluded there were not enough uncounted ballots in the state to overcome the former president’s 46,000-vote lead over Kamala Harris.
Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen won reelection, beating Republican Sam Brown in a tight but unusually quiet race for the battleground state.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory in Nevada was the first for Republicans in a presidential election since 2004.
Donald Trump won Nevada with a majority of the vote and a 3.4-point lead over Kamala Harris. Jacky Rosen was also declared the winner over Sam Brown.
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen will win reelection in Nevada, CNN projects, holding off Republicans from adding to their incoming majority in the US Senate.
Jacky Rosen won reelection early Saturday morning after The Associated Press declared she had beat Republican Sam Brown in a race that turned on Rosen's strong performance in the state's two largest counties — Clark and Washoe.
Incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Democrat, held onto her Senate seat despite facing a significant challenge in swing state Nevada.
Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen won reelection to a second term, keeping a critical U.S. Senate seat in Democratic hands. Rosen defeated Republican Sam Brown, a former Army captain wounded in the Afghanistan War.
Ms. Rosen, the low-key incumbent, hung on, but the race was closer than expected amid President-elect Donald J. Trump’s strength.
A dozen Nevada political strategists, experts and elected officials agreed that the fundamentals of the race — inflation, Trump’s appeal with working-class voters and Biden’s unpopularity — favored Republicans.
Donald Trump has defeated Kamala Harris in Nevada, the first win by a Republican presidential candidate in the state since 2004.