Drew Johnson and Jeff Carter continued to battle it out to be the Republican candidate for Nevada treasurer about 24 hours after polls closed in Tuesday’s primaries.
Johnson was ahead by about 1,828 votes as of 8 p.m. Wednesday, though statewide results did not reflect updated Clark County ballot counts. The winner is likely to face Tya Mathis-Coleman who is leading Joe Dalia in a four-way Democratic primary.
Early Wednesday evening, Johnson expressed optimism that he would advance to November’s midterms.
“I’m honored by the support I got throughout the state,” he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal Wednesday. “The grassroots support that I’ve had has really paid off; it means a lot to me.”
Just over 400,000 Nevadans voted in the primaries or about 19 percent of registered voters, according to the Secretary of State’s office.
The likely outcome for many races became clear shortly after preliminary results began to pour in, but candidates in other neck-and-neck contests haven’t found out where they stand.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal compiled a list of some of those races.
Close races
— Democrats Vinny Spotleson and Gabriela Wyett are vying to be their party’s nominee in the race for Nevada Assembly District 41 in Northern Nevada. Current Assemblymember Sandra Jauregui is running for lieutenant governor.
Spotleson was ahead of second-place Wyett by 87 votes. The winner will likely face Republican Tofuola “Tofu” Alofipo in November.
— Incumbent Assemblymember Howard Watts, who represents District 15 in Clark County, was trailing his only contender, Miguel Davila, by 43 votes. No Republican filed to run.
— In the Democratic primary for Clark County assessor, Tamicka Washington was trailing Melissa Martinet by 1,551 votes with 122,781 votes counted. “While we wait for the rest of the mail in votes to be counted and ballots to be cured, I want to thank you all for your continued support during this campaign,” Martinet wrote on Facebook.
— Luke McCarthy was leading in a three-way race for the open Las Vegas City Council’s Ward 2. Shannon Nordstrom had a 268-vote advantage over third-place Marilyn Booker. McCarthy and Nordstrom are also likely to move onto a runoff.
Voters can track their ballot at myballot.nv.gov.
Contact Ricardo Torres-Cortez at rtorres@reviewjournal.com.
