There are roughly 100 ballots in Clark County left to count after Tuesday’s latest update, and some races could be going to a recount
Two weeks after the election, there are still some races too close to call and could be headed to an automatic recount.
The Clark County Elections Office released its latest update at 4 p.m. Tuesday, with a note that an estimated 100 ballots remain to be counted.
Any race that is closer than 2,000 votes or one-half of 1 percent will trigger an automatic recount.
In the race for the state senate seat in the 18th District, Democrat Adrian Cortes (41,989 votes) is now leading Republican Brad Benton (41,627) by 362 votes. That’s 50.1 percent to 49.67 percent.
In the state representative, position 2 race for the 18th District, Republican John Ley (42.345) now leads Democrat John Zingale (40,939) by 1,406 votes. That’s 50.75 to 49.07 percent.
In Clark County, the proposed Charter Amendment 18, which would expand restrictions on proposed initiatives, is still failing, but it remains close. There are 119,454 votes to reject (50.06 percent) to 119,147 (49.94 percent) to approve. That’s a difference of 307 votes.
In the race for the District 4 position on the Clark County Council, Matt Little (23,733) leads Joe Zimmerman (23,675) by 58 votes. It was a 66-vote lead on Friday, the day of the last update from the Clark County Elections Office.
Results updated by the state office of the Secretary of State at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, Republican Paul Harris (43,861, 51.1 percent) now leads Democrat Marla Keethler (41,838, 48.74 percent) by 2,081 votes in the race for the state senate seat in the 17th Legislative District.
For state representative, position 2, in the 17th District, Republican David Stuebe (42,848, 50.4 percent) leads Democrat Terri Niles (42,019, 49.43 percent) by 829 votes.
The next update from Clark County is expected Thursday, Nov. 21.
The election will not be certified until Nov. 26. Turnout for the Nov. 5 general election has reached 80.28 percent of registered Clark County voters.
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