By VERNON ROBISON
The Progress
The Clark County Elections Department official Statement of Votes was certified by the County Commission on November 18.
In addition, the Mesquite City Council approved the Canvass of the election on Tuesday, Nov. 22.
These actions certified the results of the Nov. 8 election, noting any errors or discrepancies and declaring the official outcome in the elections.
With this, the election results were released by precinct. This makes it possible to observe how local precincts in Moapa Valley and Virgin Valley voted in the elections in comparison to the rest of the county or throughout the state.
Voter turnout
The voter turnout for Clark County in this midterm election came in at just under 52 percent. That was 7 percent behind the last midterm election which took place in 2018.
But the turnout in the northeast Clark County communities was significantly higher than that.
The Virgin Valley communities saw 73 percent of registered voters turn out to vote. Moapa Valley precincts lagged that number with 66 percent participating.
All together, that added up to 14,350 voters casting ballots across the two valleys, out of a total of 20,244 registered voters.
Federal races
The local results differed completely with the final results in both of the races for offices in the U.S. Capitol.
In the race for U.S. Senate, Democrat incumbent Catherine Corrtez Masto edged past Republican challenger Adam Laxalt in the state-wide results, winning by only about 8,000 votes.
Laxalt actually won by landslide in every county of the state except for Clark and Washoe counties, Nevada’s most populous.
Laxalt also did well among voters in northeastern Clark County. He won nearly 68 percent of the votes in the two valleys while Cortez-Masto only received 29 percent.
More than 63 percent of Mesquite voters supported Laxalt. In Bunkerville the preference for the Republican was even higher at 82 percent.
Logandale, Overton and Moapa precincts also went to Laxalt. He win by 82 percent in Moapa Valley.
Local voters also favored the Republican candidate in the race for U.S. Congressional District 4. In
Virgin Valley precincts, GOP challenger Sam Peters won with 63 percent of the vote. In Moapa Valley, Peters received 84 percent.
But Democrat incumbent Steven Horsford actually won the election district-wide, with more than 52 percent of the vote.
Nevada Constitutional offices
Republican challenger Joe Lombardo beat incumbent Steve Sisolak by only about 15,000 in the race for Nevada Governor. Lombardo ended with 48.8 percent of the vote statewide.
But among local precincts, voters favored Lombardo with more enthusiasm. Lombardo received 83 percent of the vote in Moapa Valley, 84 percent in Bunkerville and 64 percent in Mesquite.
Stavros Anthony (R) won the race for Lieutenant Governor with 49 percent of the vote statewide. He garnered 83 percent in Moapa Valley, 85 percent in Bunkerville and 65 percent in Virgin Valley.
In the race for Secretary of State, Francisco Aguilar (D) was the clear winner statewide with 49 percent. But the tables were turned among local voters who liked Jim Marchant (R). Mesquite precincts favored Marchant with 62 percent of the vote. In Bunkerville he got 81 percent. And in Moapa Valley Marchant got 81 percent of the vote.
In the race for State Treasurer, Zach Conine (D) beat Michelle Fiore (R) by only one percentage point. But voters in the Moapa and Virgin Valley precincts preferred Fiore with 65 percent of the vote.
Andy Mathews (R) won the State Controller race with 50 percent statewide. Precincts in northeast Clark County gave Mathews 69 percent.
Incumbent Attorney General Aaron Ford was re-elected with 52 percent of the state vote. But local precincts in both valleys favored Republican challenger Sigal Chattah, giving her 62 percent of the vote.
Clark County positions
In all six County Administrative races, the Democrat candidates won the election with over 50 percent of the county vote in each case.
But in communities of northeast Clark County, those results were turned around.
Helen Oseguera (R) got 66 percent of the local vote in the race for Assessor against incumbent Briana Johnson (D).
Bill Young (R) got 57 percent of local votes over incumbent Lyn Goya in the County Clerk race.
John Evans (R) got 70 percent of northeast Clark County voters in his race with eventual winner Debbie Conway for County Recorder.
Mitchell Tracy (R) garned 69 percent of local votes against Ken Diaz (D) who actually won the County Treasurer race.
And in the race for Public Administrator, Patsy Brown (R) was the preference among local voters getting 70 percent of the vote against Rita Page Reid (D) who won the seat.
Ballot Questions
Local voters from both valleys disagreed with the outcome of the election in all three state ballot initiatives.
All three ballot questions prevailed by more than 50 percent of the statewide vote.
But locally, the ‘No’ votes on each question prevailed.
Question 1 was opposed by 59 percent.
Question 2 had 62 percent of the local vote in the ‘No’ column.
A total of 59 percent of local voters opposed Question 3.
