Sen. Jacky Rosen addresses a Democratic Party watch party on election night. (Photo: Michael Lyle/Nevada Current)
Nevada Democratic U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen’s lead over Republican challenger Sam Brown got a little bigger after the release of additional ballots Wednesday night.
As of Thursday morning Rosen led Brown by 13,000 votes. Her lead when counting ended on election night was merely 180 votes.
Nevada Democratic Rep. Susie Lee had also extended her lead over Republican Drew Johnson in Nevada’s third congressional district. As of Thursday morning Lee had 51.2% of the vote, to Johnson’s 48.8%, with an estimated 95% of votes in the race counted.
Lee’s initial lead after election night vote counting was less than a percentage point.
Although the Associated Press had not declared them victors as of Thursday morning, Democratic incumbents Dina Titus in Congressional District 1 and Steven Horsford in Congressional District 4 both had comfortable leads over their respective Republican opponents, Mark Robertson and John Lee.
Counting of Nevada mail votes postmarked by Election Day resumed Thursday.
Going into the election, Rosen’s race was one of several that might have influenced control of the Senate, but enough Democrats lost their bids in other states Tuesday night that Republicans will control the Senate regardless of the outcome in Nevada.
Meanwhile, in Esmeralda County, the Horsford-Lee CD4 race was left off of ballots in one precinct.
Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar’s office released a statement Wednesday saying the county clerk’s office confirmed that of 70 active registered voters in the precinct, 45 had been cast as of Wednesday.
The statement from Aguilar’s office added that under the U.S. Constitution, disputes in election results for U.S. House seats are addressed by the House.
As of Thursday morning Horsford was leading Lee by more than 26,000 votes.
Across the nation there are multiple races that remain too close to call, and it may take weeks to discover which party will control the U.S. House.