Republican Joe Lombardo has won the race for governor in Nevada, defeating Democratic incumbent Stev

[Polybius]

Source: NBC News

Republican Joe Lombardo has won the race for governor in Nevada, defeating Democratic incumbent Steve Sisolak

Republican Joe Lombardo has won the race for governor in Nevada, NBC News projects, narrowly defeating Democratic incumbent Steve Sisolak.

The victory for Lombardo, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, puts a Republican back in the top job in the pivotal presidential battleground state and could have major implications on the future of education and criminal justice in the swing state.

His projected win comes after days of delays in the processing of ballots in Clark County, the largest county in the state and the one that includes Las Vegas.

Sisolak conceded the race on Friday night.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/republican-joe-lombardo-won-race-governor-nevada-defeating-democratic-rcna55514

[DFW]

1. That is awful, but the Senate seat may yet remain in Democratic hands

CCM 's race is still too close to call, and the last tricklings-in have not been overly negative.

[SouthBayDem]

2. Looks like Lombardo will have a bipartisan cabinet

Because Democrats leading some down ticket races including (thankfully) Secretary of State and Treasurer where the Republican candidates (election denier Jim Marchant and kook Michele Fiore) are incredibly unqualified for those jobs.

https://silverstateelection.nv.gov/NVOther/

Also, Democrats made gains in the state senate and assembly.

So Nevada wants more Democrats in their state legislature and probably will keep their incumbent Democratic US senator, voted for Democrats in state cabinet positions, yet went Republican for governor? The oddest state election I’ve seen this year.

[Polybius]

3. So how did this guy win?

NV rejected election deniers: except for Lombardo. Why did he do better than Laxalt?

[SouthernDem4ever]

5. Probably for the same reason as the people in GA that voted for Walker

the repug ads all were hammering the dems for the economy - as if Lombardo can do anything about it. I guess he could make it illegal for gas to be over a dollar a gallon in Nevada LOL

[brooklynite]

4. "'Fuming' Trump threatened to pull endorsement"

According to a deep dive into the chaos, backbiting and infighting political leading up to the midterms election -- which was a major disappointment for conservatives -- the New York Times is reporting that an angry Donald Trump made a late-night call weeks before the election and threatened Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel.

His problem? One of the key candidates he endorsed in an important battleground state refused to call him a "great president" during a debate earlier that evening.

According to the Times' report, the former president called the GOP chair at midnight on a Sunday evening to complain about Joe Lombardo, the sheriff of Clark County, who was running for governor.

"Someone had sent the former president clips of that evening’s debate in the Nevada governor’s race. The Trump-endorsed Republican nominee, Joe Lombardo, the sheriff of Clark County, had declined to call Mr. Trump a 'great' president and had backed off Mr. Trump’s stolen-election lie," the report states. "Mr. Trump fumed about withdrawing his endorsement, threatening to throw into chaos one of the nation’s most consequential swing states, a place with three competitive House races and a tossup Senate seat. Ms. McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, pleaded with the former president. She asked him for one hour to fix the situation."

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-threat/

[Bucky]

6. A tough loss. But inflation is gonna hit a tourist state like Nevada hard. Republicans run

Republicans run on resentment and vague platitudes about hard work. Not having a plan turns out to be a winning strategy for them.