Conservative candidates including Sigal Chattah, Michele Fiore and Jim Marchant were winning races for AG, treasurer and secretary of state on Tuesday.
2022 election
Nevada’s congressional incumbents were winning their primary races, according to preliminary election results released after midnight Tuesday.
In a Democratic primary race, incumbent Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson appeared to defeat criminal defense lawyer Ozzie Fumo.
Incomplete results for Clark County School Board races showed two incumbents emerging as front-runners on Friday while another was trailing in the three seats up for grabs.
Candidates are vying for a six-year term on the Nevada System of Higher Education’s 13-member governing board.
Henderson, North Las Vegas and Boulder City will get new mayors, according to results from Tuesday’s primary election.
Kevin McMahill had 58 percent of the vote when preliminary results were released Tuesday night in the sheriff’s race.
Voters in Washoe and Nye counties were the last to finish voting, which delayed the release of election results for the primary election.
After two weeks of early voting, and voting by mail, more than 331,000 Nevadans had cast their ballots.
Some races will be winnowed, others could be decided outright in Nevada’s primary election on Tuesday.
A candidate in the Clark County district attorney’s race said that if he is elected, he will not prosecute sex workers accused of prostitution-related crimes.
The liberal senator’s support was expected after Vilela served as co-chair of Sanders’ successful 2020 Nevada caucus team.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said he supports allowing teachers to carry firearms on campus with proper training.
In the first week of early voting for the Nevada primary election, statewide turnout is just 6.5 percent of registered voters.
Incumbent Clark County Recorder Debbie Conway is running for a fifth term, facing a trio of challengers.