Nevada justices certify election results
The Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday certified the results of the November election, making official the Republican Party’s historic victories across the state.
The numbers didn’t change with the final canvass by the court, said Catherine Lu, an aide to outgoing Secretary of State Ross Miller.
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s easy re-election led a Republican sweep of all six statewide offices: Mark Hutchison as lieutenant governor, Adam Laxalt as attorney general, Barbara Cegavske as secretary of state, Dan Schwartz as treasurer and Ron Knecht as controller.
Republican U.S. Reps. Joe Heck and Mark Amodei were re-elected to Congress, while former state Assemblyman Cresent Hardy upset incumbent Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford.
Rep. Dina Titus won re-election and will return to Washington with U.S. Sen. Harry Reid as the state’s top Democratic elected officials.
Voters on Nov. 4 approved creating an intermediate Nevada Court of Appeals, narrowly rejected a question that would have removed a constitutional cap on mining industry taxes, and rejected a ballot measure offered as an education funding mechanism. Question 3 fell after an expensive campaign by opponents who called it a business margins tax.
In the state Legislature, Republicans won a 25-17 majority in the Assembly and an 11-10 edge in the state Senate.
A recount upheld incumbent GOP Assemblyman Randy Kirner’s 11-vote victory over fellow Republican Lisa Krasner in Washoe County.
The secretary of state reported that Nevada voters took part in the election in record-low numbers. Just 45.5 percent of more than 1.2 million active registered voters went to the polls.
The previous low turnout dating to 1950 was 49 percent in 1998.
