What Went Down During The June 14 Primary Elections
It’s early with only about 5 percent of the expected vote reporting, but GOP Rep. Mark Amodei leads challenger Danny Tarkanian 53 percent to 32 percent in Nevada’s 2nd District Republican primary.
Latest count in Nevada’s 2nd District GOP primary
Results of the Republican primary for Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District, as of 12:51 a.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Amodei* | 2,461 | 52.7% |
| Danny Tarkanian | 1,517 | 32.5 |
| Joel Beck | 365 | 7.8 |
| Catherine Sampson | 192 | 4.1 |
| Brian Nadell | 136 | 2.9 |
I had thought that progressive Amy Vilela might be able to sneak up on Rep. Dina Titus in the Democratic primary for the 1st District, but it was not meant to be: Titus currently leads Vilela 84 percent to 16 percent. Our colleagues at ABC News are reporting that the race has been called for the incumbent.
We also have 28 percent of the expected vote counted in the Republican primary for secretary of state, and the race’s biggest Big Lie believer, Jim Marchant, has a 20-point lead. Marchant wants to ban the use of electronic voting machines, mail voting and early voting, and he has also said that he would not have certified the 2020 election.
Latest count in Nevada’s GOP primary for secretary of state
Results of Nevada’s Republican primary for secretary of state, as of 12:43 a.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Marchant | 24,213 | 38.7% |
| Jesse Haw | 11,328 | 18.1 |
| Richard Scotti | 11,072 | 17.7 |
| Gerard Ramalho | 4,165 | 6.7 |
| None of these candidates | 4,118 | 6.6 |
| Kristopher Dahir | 3,363 | 5.4 |
| John Cardiff Gerhardt | 2,924 | 4.7 |
| Socorro Keenan | 1,328 | 2.1 |