Update 6-26-18 at 3:00 p.m.:  A recount requested by the losing candidate in a terse Democratic primary for a Clark County Commission seat resulted in his opponent actually gaining two votes to his narrow margin of victory.

Clark County published a tweet Tuesday afternoon indicating that a recount of the county commission primary has resulted in a net gain of two votes for state Sen. Tick Segerblom, with no change in the total for his opponent, union organizer Marco Hernandez.

The change in totals means Segerblom won by 183 votes over Hernandez, who announced last week that he would seek a recount and paid a $420 bond to cover the expense of doing so.

ORIGINAL STORY:

A former candidate for Clark County Commission has formally filed a request for a recount after narrowly losing a primary race last week.

Marco Hernandez, who lost a Democratic primary for the Clark County Commission District E seat to state Sen. Tick Segerblom, formally requested a recount of the election results on Thursday after losing by 181 votes out of more than 12,000 cast.

Hernandez, an organizer with Laborer’s Local 872, indicated last week that he was likely to pursue a recount for the County Commission seat being vacated by Chris Giunchigliani, who is prohibited from running again due to term limits. County spokesman Dan Kulin said the recount will happen on Tuesday, and it could take one to two days to complete.

Hernandez is being represented by the law firm of Hutchison & Steffen, of which Republican Lt. Governor Mark Hutchison is a name partner. Republican attorney general candidate Wes Duncan, who has been endorsed by the union, is also a member of the firm.

Segerblom in an interview last week said he had no problems with a recount being requested, as the election was a “hard-fought battle” and because he didn’t want to “win unfairly.”

State law allows for losing candidates to file for a recount within three days of the official election results being canvassed by local election officials. The candidate must post a deposit for the expected cost of the recount, which is only refunded if the recount results in a change of election results. The estimated cost of the recount is $420.

The law requires a recount to be commenced within five days of the request and completed within five days.

Historically, recounts in Nevada haven’t significantly shifted vote totals. A recount requested by Republican Assemblywoman Jill Dickman after her 2016 election loss resulted in a net change of two votes, and a 2016 presidential election recount requested by independent candidate Rocky De La Fuente turned up 15 erroneous votes between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.