Nevada
Several winners declared in ‘surprisingly efficient’ Nevada primary election
GOP frontrunner Sam Brown won his Senate primary race Tuesday, bringing about a November match-up between himself and Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen in what is expected to be a closely watched and competitive Senate race.
Brown, who received both Gov. Joe Lombardo’s and former President Donald Trump’s endorsement, had about 59 percent of the votes as of 11:40 p.m., according to The Associated Press, which called the race shortly after 8 p.m. Dr. Jeff Gunter was in second, with former Assemblyman Jim Marchant in third.
“I’m thankful to everyone who propelled us to victory tonight, and I invite all Nevadans to stand with us as we work toward victory in November,” Brown said in a statement Tuesday night.
Nevada’s primary Tuesday saw lower voter turnout than previous primaries, but results were called relatively quickly — a sign the battleground state known for slow production of results could be turning a new leaf.
Besides the Senate race, voters cast their ballots for primary contests up and down the ballot, including in races for Las Vegas mayor, Clark County School Board and a host of other local government seats.
In the Las Vegas Mayor’s race, Shelley Berkley led with 35.3 percent of the vote as on 11:40 p.m. Councilwoman Victoria Seaman trailed by 29.5 percent, followed by Councilman Cedric Crear 18.7 percent. If no candidate receives over 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters will advance to the general election.
Competitive House races also results come in late Tuesday night. Conservative policy analyst Drew Johnson won the primary in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District — which saw a crowded GOP field with some well-known names, including former state Treasurer Dan Schwartz, former state Sen. Elizabeth Helgelien and ‘Halo’ composer Marty O’Donnell. He will face Democratic Rep. Susie Lee in November.
Retired U.S. Army Col. Mark Robertson will get another chance at defeating longtime Democratic Rep. Dina Titus. Robertson, who previously ran against Titus in 2022, won his primary race Tuesday night, receiving 48.4 percent of the vote to restaurateur Flemming Larsen’s 39 percent as of 11:40 p.m.
Former North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee was leading in the GOP primary for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District. He had received 48.1 percent of the votes, while David Flippo received 45.4 percent, as of 11 p.m.
Batches of results were released within about an hour after the polls closed, earlier than previous years.
Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar had made it a goal to release results more quickly and notified county clerks to begin tabulating early votes and mail ballots at 8 a.m. on Election Day, and be ready to release those first batches as soon as all the polls closed.
“I thought today was a much smoother process, you know, getting that information out to Nevada voters,” Aguilar said Tuesday night in a press call. “That’s our goal is constantly looking at state law, looking at the statute and saying, ‘How can we improve these efficiencies? How can we improve these processes so that we’re getting information to the Nevada voter?”
Lower turnout
Nevada saw lower voter turnout than previous years.
In early voting and through mail ballots, 257,344 Nevadans voted, representing 12.9 percent of Nevada’s total electorate. By the close of polls on Election Day, nearly 68,000 more Nevadans had voted, bringing it to about 16 percent of Nevada’s total electorate.
In the 2020 primary, 29.5 percent of registered voters participated, although that election was conducted entirely through absentee ballots. The 2022 primary saw a nearly 26 percent turnout. The 2016 primary saw a total turnout of 18.5 percent and an Election Day turnout of nearly 39 percent.
Aguilar does not know why there was a low turnout, but said everybody has a lot going on.
“I can say the November election is going to be super competitive,” Aguilar said. “Nevada is going to have a significant role in the national election, and I hope Nevadans recognize the value of their vote.”
‘Surprisingly efficient’
Nevadans set out to vote across the valley, where temperatures reached 107 degrees in certain areas Tuesday afternoon.
While voter turnout was lower than in previous years, those who cast a ballot expressed enthusiasm.
Nina Ageef, 97, and her daughter Radha Ageef voted in Tuesday’s primary for Gunter in the Senate race. They said they’re excited to vote in November for Trump.
Former Nevada Gov. Richard Bryan, 86, voted at the Sahara West Library and plans to vote for Rosen and Lee in hopes of securing a Democratic majority in Congress to counteract Trump’s influence if he is elected.
“I think that a threat to our democracy is the overriding, the most important issue to me,” said Bryan, who also served as a U.S. senator from 1989 to 2001.
In Henderson, City Council Ward 2 candidate Monica Larson filmed a video on her cellphone for her supporters after voting at Sun City Anthem’s community center.
Her brief voting experience, she said, was “very efficient, surprisingly efficient, so I really enjoyed it.”
“Painless,” the candidate added.
Larson said people feel powerless when it comes to elected officials’ decisions.
“The only way to create change is to exercise your vote,” she said. “That’s your weapon. Vote.”
Tuesday was some Southern Nevadans’ first time voting, like Las Vegas resident Benjamin Vinocur.
“Democracy is on the line this year,” Vinocur, 18, said.
Vinocur said it’s important for young people to vote because youth are underrepresented in politics. He said he voted because Trump is on the ballot again and Project 2025 concerns him.
Project 2025, also known as the Presidential Transition Project, would aim to reshape the federal government if a Republican wins the 2024 presidential race.
“This Project 25 stuff scares the hell out of me,” he said.
Vinocur listed democracy and reproductive rights as top concerns, and “if I had to say a third one, just because I don’t like Trump,” he said at the Cambridge Recreation Center, 3930 Cambridge St.
Contact Jessica Hill at jehill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @jess_hillyeah on X. Contact Taylor R. Avery at TAvery@reviewjournal.com. Follow @travery98 on X. Staff writers Annie Vong, Ella Thompson and Ricardo Torres-Cortez contributed to this report.
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The American Lung Association in Nevada offered a unique opportunity for participants of the Scale The STRAT event.
For the first time, climbers had the opportunity to practice ahead of the main event scheduled for Feb. 22.
The practice climb took place at Cashman Stadium on Saturday, thanks to a partnership with the Las Vegas Lights.
Deborah Thompson is the Executive Director with the American Lung Association of Nevada. She says, “This is the first time that we actually done a practice climb, and this is an opportunity for people that aren’t sure about doing it, if they’re able to do it and get over their fear.”
Registered participants tested their stair-climbing skills nearly a month before tackling the 1,455 steps of The STRAT Tower.
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Additionally, participants could bring a guest to the practice climb, who can register on-site and receive a $10 discount on the regular registration donation.
Liberty and Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball teams added another thrilling chapter to the powerhouse high school programs’ rivalry Friday night.
Every point mattered in a 32-minute battle, but the Patriots prevailed to remain in first place.
Senior Dante Steward scored 19 points for Liberty and the Patriots, ranked No. 1 in the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Class 5A rankings, held on for a 58-56 home win over No. 2 Gorman after Kameron Cooper’s 3-pointer at the buzzer missed.
“We’re excited,” first-year Liberty coach Keith Ulrich said. “Anytime you could beat Bishop Gorman as a public high school, it’s a special moment. It doesn’t get done often in the city of Las Vegas. We had some great energy before the game in anticipation of it and some really good energy after the win and getting it done.”
The win keeps Liberty (19-5, 6-0 5A Southern League) in first place in the standings entering the final week of the regular season. The Patriots could clinch the league regular-season title and No. 1 seed in February’s 5A state tournament with a win over Henderson rival and third-place Coronado on Monday night at Liberty.
On Friday, Steward’s layup with 1:15 remaining gave Liberty a 57-52 advantage. Gorman’s Tyler Bright answered with a 3-point play to cut the deficit to two points with a minute to play.
Twice, Gorman (15-9, 5-1) had opportunities to tie the game in the closing seconds, but Tyler Johnson missed a layup with 15 seconds left and Bright went 1-of-2 at the free-throw line with nine seconds left.
Holding a 57-56 lead, Liberty’s Tyus Thomas made 1 of 2 free throws with 5.7 seconds left. After he made the second foul shot, Gorman’s Dino Roberts raced up the floor and threw it to an open Cooper, whose deep 3-pointer hit the back of the iron and Liberty escaped with the win.
“(Gorman went to a zone defense), which we knew was a possibility, so our zone offense took us a while to get really acclimated into what we need to do and how we need to attack it,” Ulrich said. “We’re at our best when we’re playing fast. The zone kind of slowed us down, so it took us a while to really settle in and be able to execute and make shots.”
Steward led a balanced Liberty scoring attack and added six rebounds and three assists. After Liberty led the entire first half, Gorman went ahead 40-38 with three minutes left in the third quarter. But Steward hit consecutive 3-pointers, which gave the Patriots a 44-42 lead entering the fourth.
“Dante’s been great,” Ulrich said. “He showed up at 6 in the morning for workouts and it was just laser focus. It was almost like he had been waiting for this game for four years. (It’s) his senior year and an opportunity to get a win against Gorman on the home floor. He was not only good offensively, but it was his best defensive game and his best rebounding game of the year.
“We needed every single one of (those points), obviously.”
Tayshawn Caesar added 18 points and five rebounds for Liberty, which led 29-27 at halftime, and Thomas scored 13 points.
“Tayshawn Caesar was really good today,” Ulrich said. “He had some big shots for us and some nice scoring drives against their defense.”
Bright finished with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Johnson scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half for the Gaels.
Liberty will have a short turnaround to prepare for a talented Coronado team that is another threat among the top three teams in the standings for the state title.
“We knew we had a senior-heavy, experienced team back in August when school started,” Ulrich said. “What makes this group special is not only that they’re talented, but they play as a team and they have each other’s back. They bought into the culture and supporting each other and you can’t win games against Bishop Gorman unless you do that.”
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The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels will hit the road to face off with the Nevada Wolf Pack tonight. It is going to be a huge matchup between two Mountain West Conference in-state rivals. UNLV is an underdog in this game, and the predictions for this game have been reflecting this. This prediction comes from Kim Smith of Picks and Parlays. This is not a favorable prediction for the Rebels, who they do not expect to have much of a chance in this game. This is what they had to say about the Rebels and the game.
Picks And Parlays On The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels
“From a statistical perspective, UNLV averages 78.0 points per game while allowing 77.3. The Rebels shoot 46% from the field, collect 35.8 rebounds per game, and average 14.2 assists. Offensively, they are most effective when they can get out in transition and avoid extended half-court possessions.
One area where UNLV stands out is defensive activity. The Rebels average 8.5 steals and 4.4 blocks per game, showing their ability to disrupt passing lanes and protect the rim. When UNLV forces turnovers, they are far more likely to control tempo and stay competitive against higher-ranked opponents.”
Picks And Parlays Prediction For UNLV Runnin’ Rebels @ Nevada Wolf Pack
“Pick: Nevada -7.5
Nevada’s defensive consistency and strong home-court advantage give them the edge in this rivalry matchup. UNLV has struggled to maintain efficiency against disciplined defenses, and the Wolf Pack’s ability to control tempo should limit the Rebels’ transition opportunities. Over 40 minutes, Nevada’s execution should allow them to pull away…
I’m backing the under here because Nevada prefers a slower pace and emphasizes half-court defense. With both teams capable defensively and the Wolf Pack likely dictating tempo, this game sets up as a more controlled, lower-scoring rivalry battle than the total suggests.
Final Score Prediction: Nevada 76, UNLV 68″
While we do expect Nevada to win this game, we believe this game will be closer than predicted. This rivalry game will finish within five points. The Rebels have proven that they can beat or lose to anybody in the Mountain West on any given night. After a brutal performance in their last loss to the New Mexico Lobos, we expect Josh Pastner to have his team focused and playing much better against their rivals.
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