Republican Joe Lombardo projected to win Nevada governors race-Edison Analysis By Reuters

(Reuters) – Republican Joe Lombardo has unseated Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak in Nevada, one of many few governors races within the nation thought-about a toss-up between the 2 main events’ candidates, Edison Analysis projected on Friday.

Lombardo, the Clark County sheriff and a former soldier, ran on supporting legislation enforcement and reducing authorities spending. Sisolak emphasised defending abortion.

In contrast to most of the unsuccessful Republican candidates for governor in presidential battleground states this 12 months, Lombardo has rejected former Republican President Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread fraud within the 2020 presidential election.

Nonetheless, Lombardo known as it an “honor” when he acquired Trump’s endorsement in Might, and his marketing campaign launched an announcement in October calling Trump a “nice president” and praising Trump’s immigration, fiscal and power insurance policies.

Sisolak’s re-election marketing campaign emphasised defending entry to abortions, schooling, expanded little one care and inexpensive housing.

Each campaigns had stayed largely silent as vote counting continued all through the week.

Nevada legislation requires officers to depend mail ballots acquired by Friday, as long as they had been postmarked by Tuesday’s Election Day. Voters whose ballots had been rejected have till Monday to treatment the error.