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Nevada · Governor

Nevada Governor

Aaron Ford wins. Called. A change from Republican control.

93% counted
CandidateVotesShare
Aaron Ford D won 532,083 51.4%
Joe Lombardo R 458,807 44.3%
Danielle Ford I 29,117 2.8%
None Of These Candidates UNA 15,039 1.5%
Total1,035,046

Last vote update Nov 5, 2:55 PM. Polls closed Nov 3, 8:00 PM.

By county

PlaceVotes Margin2024 president ShiftCounted
Clark 705,502 D +15.5 D +2.7 D +12.8 94%
Washoe 190,872 D +9.1 D +1.0 D +8.1 90%
Douglas 28,445 R +37.0 R +33.6 R +3.5 89%
Carson City 24,937 R +6.8 R +11.6 D +4.7 97%
Lyon 23,982 R +40.3 R +45.4 D +5.2 93%
Nye 18,703 R +39.3 R +43.0 D +3.7 82%
Elko 13,738 R +50.0 R +57.9 D +7.9 77%
Churchill 9,642 R +49.7 R +51.6 D +1.9 89%
Humboldt 5,533 R +50.9 R +56.4 D +5.5 83%
White Pine 3,068 R +55.3 R +58.4 D +3.1 81%
Storey 2,224 R +38.5 R +39.6 D +1.0 81%
Lander 1,996 R +59.6 R +63.8 D +4.2 82%
Lincoln 1,943 R +77.4 R +74.1 R +3.3 82%
Pershing 1,689 R +56.4 R +56.1 R +0.3 87%
Mineral 1,611 R +29.6 R +36.5 D +6.9 78%
Eureka 770 R +83.2 R +79.5 R +3.7 88%
Esmeralda 391 R +60.6 R +67.5 D +6.9 75%

Shift is this race's margin minus the 2024 presidential margin in the same place. Places with votes that look copied or wildly out of line are flagged and left out of the race's overall shift.

Vote updates

TimeUpdateTotal votesMargin
+193 votes1,035,046D +7.4
+2,143 votes1,034,853D +7.4
+3,137 votes1,032,710D +7.5
+31,692 votes1,029,573D +7.6
+3,891 votes997,881D +7.3
+4,713 votes993,990D +7.3
+1,169 votes989,277D +7.5
+3,537 votes988,108D +7.5
+5,175 votes984,571D +7.7
+1,758 votes979,396D +7.8
Aaron Ford wins——
+1,869 votes977,638D +7.9