RENO, Nev. –
Democratic Rep. Susie Lee has survived a stiff problem from Republican April Becker, finishing a sweep of three key southern Nevada districts the GOP had focused nationally as a precedence in its bid to take management of the U.S. House.
Lee joined fellow Democratic Reps. Dina Titus and Steven Horsford in the winner’s circle on Friday.
It means all 4 Nevada incumbents will return to the House subsequent 12 months. Republican Rep. Mark Amodei retained his seat in rural northern Nevada’s 2nd District the place no Democrat has ever gained.
The vote depend took a number of days partly due to the mail voting system created by the state Legislature in 2020 that requires counties to just accept ballots postmarked by Election Day in the event that they arrive as much as 4 days later.
Lee emphasised her staunch assist for abortion rights en path to reelection to her third time period. She gained by simply 3 share factors in 2020 in the third District that stretches out of Las Vegas to the Arizona state line and has bounced between events over the previous decade.
Lee turned persuaded she would win by Thursday evening and issued an announcement that mentioned voters in her district “selected unity and respect over division and extremism.”
Becker, a Las Vegas lawyer, narrowly misplaced her bid two years in the past to unseat the state Senate chief. She was backed by teams that oppose abortion however emphasised that abortion is authorized in Nevada by way of 24 weeks below a voter-approved measure.
Outside pursuits teams on either side sank hundreds of thousands of {dollars} into the race.
Titus, who gained re-election to a seventh time period, held off a problem from Republican Mark Robertson in her occasion’s conventional stronghold of Las Vegas the place the GOP had hoped redistricting would assist it win the first District seat for the primary time since 1998.
Steven Horsford gained re-election to a fourth time period, turning again Republican Samuel Peters in the 4th District that stretches from the sides of Las Vegas by way of suburbs and rural areas to the Utah border.