Trump leads Nevada by more than 50,000 votes after polls close

Former President Donald Trump was leading in Nevada by just over 60,000 votes as of Tuesday night following the close of polls.

Trump received about 51.5 percent of votes and Harris received 46.8 percent.

In Clark County, the only county in which Harris is leading, the vice president received 49.6 percent of the vote, while Trump received 48.8 percent.

“We’ve had a phenomenal victory nationwide in Nevada,” Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald said in a statement. The chairman and senior adviser to the Trump campaign said he is proud to lead the team in closing the voter registration gap in Nevada, and “it is thanks to the hard work of our team that put President Trump over the finish line. We look forward to winning Nevada.”

The presidential race was expected to be close in Nevada, a swing state whose six electoral votes could determine who wins the presidency. Both candidates and their surrogates have made repeated trips to the Silver State throughout the election cycle, with both Harris and Trump visiting Southern Nevada last week on Halloween.

Nevada has not elected a Republican for president since 2004 with George W. Bush, and only twice since 1912 has Nevada not picked the candidate who won the White House.

Though Republicans outperformed Democrats in early voting turnout, reflecting the change in Republican get-out-the-vote messaging, Democrats continued its streak of dominating voting by mail.

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