For the hundreds of campaign workers currently making the pre-caucus push in Nevada, the holidays can be a trying time. There is a lot of work to be done. Some campaigns are in an intense growth period, while others are struggling to hang on.
But it is also a time in which relative strangers from different corners of the country — people who may have never met otherwise — turn a shared belief in a political candidate into personal bonds that often survive well past Election Day.
Observers reported long lines at some places and electioneering at the polls but most voting went smoothly, according to state and county election officials.
Nevada Assemblywoman Shondra Summers-Armstrong was leading Tuesday night in the race to replace Las Vegas Councilman Cedric Crear.
The Clark County School Board will have at least three fresh faces come January, with the possibility of four if the current president is not re-elected.
Republican attorney April Becker was ahead in her race to fill an open seat on the Clark County Commission.
The current chair of the Nevada Board of Regents, Amy Carvalho, was ahead of her challenger as of Tuesday evening. Two new faces also were leading in their districts.
Here are the results for Mesquite’s mayoral and city council races.
Preliminary results show Larson leading with 55.4 percent of the vote.
Initial results show Henderson voters shooting down property tax increases for fire station and libraries.
Taylor narrowly leads in North Las Vegas City Council race.
