Fetterman Wins, Laxalt Pulls Ahead, Senate Hangs in the Balance | RealClearPolitics
LAS VEGAS Shortly after 1 a. m. PST loud cheering rang out in a section of the Red Rock Casino Resort and Casino, the site of a Nevada GOP election night watch party that had ended with a whimper only an hour and a half before.
In a party town where revelers are used to pulling all-nighters, Tuesday night was a nervous low-key waiting game instead of the red-wave blowout many had planned.
But in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Nevada Republicans finally had something to celebrate. Adam Laxalt, the conservative Republican challenger to Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, had pulled slightly ahead for the first time albeit by only 385 votes. Laxalt s lead eventually grew to 2.7% with 80% of the vote counted, although results remain fluid.
The Silver State s hard-fought Senate race was supposed to be the exciting eye of the storm on election night where control of the Senate could be determined. But results only started rolling in at 10 p.m. PST, and final tallies could take days as mail ballots returned on the final day in the state s largest county may not be counted until early this week.