Nevada’s general election was Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
This live blog is a space for Nevada-based updates throughout Election Day from KUNR reporters on the ground in Northern Nevada, as well as results as they become available.
As seen during the 2022 primary election, final results may not be available for some races on election night, and results can continue to change over the coming days as mail-in ballots are received. This blog will continue to be updated after Election Day.
Browse resources from the KUNR newsroom, NPR and around the state below:
Vea las noticias más recientes de KUNR y recursos en español.
Nevada GOP Rep. Mark Amodei easily reelected to 7th term
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022 | Republished at 11:22 a.m. PT
By Scott Sonner, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Six-term Republican Rep. Mark Amodei has defeated Elizabeth Mercedes Krause, as expected, in Nevada’s rural northern district where no Democrat has ever won.
The 2nd Congressional District was considered the only safe seat for either party among the four in the western battleground of Nevada, where three incumbent Democrats faced stiff challenges. All three of those races were too early to call early Wednesday.
View the full story at APNews.com.
Results are pending across the Silver State
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | 11:56 p.m. PT
By KUNR Staff
The Washoe County Registrar of Voters has released preliminary, unofficial results for local races, which can be viewed on the county’s website.
For up-to-date results on federal, state and legislative races in Nevada, as well as ballot questions, visit KUNR’s election coverage page.
Statewide results, including the Nevada Board of Regents races, can also be viewed on the Nevada Secretary of State’s election website.
Mail-in ballots received Tuesday won’t be counted for several days in most populous Nevada counties
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | 9:23 p.m. PT
By Lucia Starbuck
It will take several days to count mail-in ballots in Nevada’s two most populous counties due to there not being enough personnel in Clark County and a large number of ballots being dropped off on Election Day in Washoe County.
Washoe County’s interim registrar of voters, Jamie Rodriguez, said the office is expecting to receive about 16,000 ballots today that were mailed in and dropped off at vote centers across the county, plus about 1,000 received by mail on Monday.
Washoe County is not counting mail-in ballots dropped off at polling locations today. There are just too many of them. They will be processed tonight but counted in the coming days. The mail in ballots dropped off through Sunday will be counted. pic.twitter.com/QO4FKXMVEi
— Kim Burrows (@RenoKimBurrows) November 9, 2022
In Nevada, mail-in ballots must be postmarked by Election Day and are accepted through Saturday. In addition, signature curing, or the process which allows voters to address issues with their signature, will take place until Monday.
Nevada’s races for governor and senator have attracted a lot of attention due to their close margins between major party candidates. The last ballots trickling in could change the outcomes, so it’s unlikely the Associated Press will call the winners of these races on election night.
Washoe County vote centers close, ballots arrive at Registrar of Voters office
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | 8:47 p.m. PT
By Gustavo Sagrero
Gustavo Sagrero
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KUNR Public Radio
Less than an hour after polls closed, all vote centers in Washoe County officially closed, and voters who were in line by 7 p.m. PT were allowed to cast their ballots.
Meanwhile, staff with the Registrar of Voters office in Reno started receiving ballots from locations around Washoe County, and they’ve started placing a small number of ballots into the ballot counting machine after addressing a paper jam.
Washoe County’s ballot counting livestream offers a real-time view of the Registrar of Voters office:
US Senate candidates in Nevada locked in neck-and-neck race
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | Republished at 8:22 p.m. PT
By Rebecca Boone, The Associated Press
RENO, Nev. (AP) — For a swing state, there’s been remarkably little motion in Nevada’s polls. Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican challenger Adam Laxalt have been locked in a neck-and-neck race for weeks.
Both have hit hard on national party talking points, with Laxalt blaming inflation and illegal immigration on Democratic policies, and Cortez Masto promising to block GOP-led attempts at a nationwide abortion ban and to fight for a pathway to permanent citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children.
But those issues aren’t necessarily sure-fire wins. As voters made their choices at the polls Tuesday, the results of the nail-biting race may hinge on nuance.
View the full story at APNews.com.
Polls close in Nevada, uncontested races called by AP
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | 8:08 p.m. PT
By KUNR Staff
Polling sites in the Silver State are now closed; however, voters waiting in line ahead of the 7 p.m. closure can still cast their ballots.
Several state or legislative races in Nevada were uncontested, and the Associated Press called the following races at 7:02 p.m. PT:
- Nevada Supreme Court, Seat A: Linda Bell (NP)
- Nevada Supreme Court, Seat E: Ron Parraguirre (Incumbent, NP)
- Assembly District 19: Thaddeus Yurek (R)
- Assembly District 31: Jill Dickman (Incumbent, R)
- Assembly District 32: Alexis Hansen (Incumbent, R)
- Assembly District 36: Gregory Hafen (Incumbent, R)
- Assembly District 38: Gregory Koenig (R)
- Senate District 14: Ira Hansen (Incumbent, R)
- Senate District 17: Robin Titus (R)
For up-to-date results on federal, state and legislative races in Nevada, as well as ballot initiatives, view KUNR’s results pages:
Nevada polling sites remain open until 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | 6:18 p.m. PT
By KUNR Staff
Polling sites are scheduled to close at 7 p.m. PT in Nevada; however, locations will remain open to those already in line by the closure time.
Click here to view locations and projected wait times in Washoe County, and click here to view polling sites by county on the Nevada Secretary of State’s website. In addition, you can enter your address into this Google widget to find your nearest polling location.
Morning voting runs smoothly at Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, voters discuss democracy, abortion
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | 4:55 p.m. PT
By Jose Davila IV
Jose Davila IV
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KUNR Public Radio
Morning voting ran smoothly at the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony today, according to poll manager Mike Holmes, who told KUNR that the vote center was averaging about a 10-minute wait at the time. There was also indoor space available for voters to wait before casting their ballots, whereas some voting locations in the region saw outdoor lines accompanied by inclement weather.
Several voters leaving the center discussed abortion rights, education and democracy. Some, like Georgie Dressler, also expressed excitement about voting for Democratic incumbents Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto and Governor Steve Sisolak. Dressler said that the two did everything they could to support the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This election cycle, Republican candidates Adam Laxalt, a former Nevada attorney general, and Joe Lombardo, sheriff of Clark County, are running against Cortez-Masto and Sisolak, respectively.
Jose Davila IV is a corps member for Report for America, an initiative of the GroundTruth Project.
Morning voters at Wooster High share concerns about economy, abortion rights
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | 4:11 p.m. PT
By Jose Davila IV
Jose Davila IV
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KUNR Public Radio
Some early morning voters at Earl Wooster High School in Reno shared concerns about the economy and abortion rights as they left the polling site; however, few displayed excitement for the candidates they voted to elect, instead focusing on the issues.
Johnny Supencheck, a shop manager for a local firm, said women’s bodily autonomy was the most important issue to him this election. He also mentioned that getting inclusive language into the Nevada Constitution through Question 1 and increasing education funding were priorities.
Although lines were short in the morning, one poll worker told KUNR that he expected the vote center to get busier later in the day.
Click here to view polling locations and projected wait times in Washoe County.
Jose Davila IV is a corps member for Report for America, an initiative of the GroundTruth Project.
Downtown Reno Library polling location update
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | 1:00 p.m. PT
By Nick Stewart
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KUNR Public Radio
As of 11 a.m. the line at the Reno’s Downtown Library was about to go out the door. Roughly 100 people are casting their votes here and most are attempting to take shelter inside the library while also keeping the line organized.
The polls opened at 7 a.m. today but the library was not swarming until roughly 10 a.m., when the library opened. Snow continues to fall as of 1 p.m. and is expected to last throughout the rest of the day.
UNR polling location update
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | 1:00 p.m. PT
By Nick Stewart
Nick Stewart
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KUNR Public Radio
The UNR polling location in the Joe Crowley Student Union is seeing a massive turnout as of noon, with hundreds of people waiting in line to vote, despite the harsh weather conditions outside.
One student explained that she didn’t vote until today because the campaigning through text messages and phone calls over the last few weeks has become overwhelming, and it discouraged her from getting her vote in.
Polls close at 7 p.m., but anyone in line at closing time is allowed to cast their ballot.
Nevada state website outage restored
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | 12:43 p.m. PT
By Natalie Van Hoozer, Lucia Starbuck and Jose Davila IV
According to the Nevada Department of Administration, the Nevada Secretary of State’s office and other sites hosted by the state experienced a website-related connectivity issue earlier today, but is now restored.
Washoe County Registrar of Voters Jamie Rodriguez said state website delays won’t affect how the county reports results, but could affect the Washoe County results shown on the Nevada Secretary of State’s website.
You can view your nearest polling location by entering your address into this Google widget, in addition to looking at the Nevada Secretary of State’s website with a breakdown by county.
Election Day weather update
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | 11:54 a.m. PT
By Natalie Van Hoozer and Lucia Starbuck
KUNR staff and other reporters on the ground throughout Reno, Sparks and Carson City are seeing lines at polling locations, despite the snowy weather. Washoe County notes that, if lines are long, you may be waiting outside.
Oh the weather outside is frightful! Be sure to bundle up if you plan to vote in person. If lines are long, you may be waiting outside. Be sure to check our wait time tools for your preferred location and have a back up location just in case: https://t.co/c7O2I6ikSf
— Washoe County (@washoecounty) November 8, 2022
If you are voting in Washoe County, you can view polling locations wait times on the Registrar of Voters website.
Below are some on-the-ground perspectives from KUNR’s Nick Stewart and Jose Davila IV, as well as the Reynolds Sandbox:
Now at the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony polling place. Unsurprisingly, inflation and abortion rights were the most important issues to voters I spoke to at Wooster. Let’s see if that carries over to here. 10 min wait most of the day so far here. pic.twitter.com/DJb0CoXwf4
— Jose Davila IV (@joserdavila4) November 8, 2022
Follow KUNR staff on Election Day
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 | 7:00 a.m. PT
By KUNR Staff
It’s Election Day in the Silver State, and polling locations can be found on the Nevada Secretary of State’s website.
Several KUNR reporters will be visiting polling sites in Northern Nevada. Browse the feed below or click here to view Tweets from KUNR staff.
