The Republican candidate in the race for governor of the U.S. state of Nevada, Joe Lombardo, has defeated incumbent Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak after three days of canvassing, making it the first gubernatorial seat to be snatched by Republicans in the midterm elections.
In a statement released on his social networks, Democrat Sisolak has admitted the victory of the Republican candidate despite the fact that there is still seven percent of the votes to be counted, detailing that his candidacy will remain a percentage point away for the victory.
«Serving you as governor for the past four years has been the honor of a lifetime. Thank you to everyone who believed in us and gave their all. It is important that we now come together to continue to move the state forward,» said the former Nevada governor in the letter.
«As votes continue to come in — and we need every vote counted and every voice heard — it looks like we will fall one percentage point or so short of winning. Obviously that is not the outcome I want, but I believe in our electoral system, in democracy and in honoring the will of Nevada voters,» Sisolak said.
The counting of the votes in the state of Nevada has lasted until late on Friday night, totaling almost 72 hours since the polls closed on Tuesday.
This delay in knowing the results is due to the fact that the elections in the state of Nevada — one of the three states where it is not yet known who will win the race for the Senate — are very close, in addition to the fact that it recently switched to a new system of vote by mail that has further delayed the scrutiny.
Yet, up to this point in these mid-term elections, the Republican Party has not been able to wrest any governorships from the Democrats. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party has been able to win the governorships of Massachusetts and Maryland, which were previously in Republican hands.
