President-elect Donald Trump has carried Nevada over Vice President Kamala Harris within the presidential race, NBC News tasks.
Trump misplaced the state’s six electoral votes in each of his earlier runs for the White House. But these defeats in opposition to Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden have been each by lower than 2.5 proportion factors, and Trump and the Republican Party have made vital strides with Latino voters and different voting blocs key to the state since then.
While Nevada elected a Republican governor in 2022 — Trump-endorsed Joe Lombardo — Democrats managed to carry on in different shut races up and down the poll, a recurring theme in recent times. But Trump’s victory is a breakthrough for the GOP in a state that Democrats have principally dominated of late. Republicans hadn’t received the presidential contest there since 2004.
Trump made Las Vegas a frequent cease on the marketing campaign path, repeatedly selling his “no tax on suggestions” pledge, in a state the place a major variety of residents work for tipped wages within the leisure and hospitality industries. Trump introduced the proposal at a Las Vegas marketing campaign rally in June.
Harris additionally backed it and promoted her assist in her visits to the state, together with in August, when she touted backing from the likes of the highly effective Culinary Union. Harris visited Las Vegas a number of instances, too, after she turned the Democratic nominee in the summertime.
Trump received Nevada after six Republican “faux electors” have been indicted final yr on forgery prices over their alleged submission of pretend certificates to Congress declaring Trump the winner within the state 4 years in the past. A Nevada choose dismissed the case in June 2024, ruling that it was filed within the unsuitable venue. Nevada’s legal professional common, Democrat Aaron Ford, appealed the ruling in July.
Nevada depends closely on mail-in voting, which Trump and Republican allies railed in opposition to within the 2020 election and since. But the celebration made a extra concerted effort this yr to encourage voters to make use of mail balloting, with Trump urging his supporters to solid their ballots in any manner potential.