Indy Elections is The Nevada Independent’s newsletter devoted to comprehensive and accessible coverage of the 2024 elections, from the race for the White House to the bid to take control of the Legislature.

In today’s edition: The primary is over! Rather than rest, we break down the field of candidates advancing in federal and legislative races on the November general election ballot. We also round up our primary Election Day coverage and bring you some “have a great summer” responses from candidates who won’t be moving forward.

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By the Numbers: 

• 144 days until the general election
• 236 days until the 2025 Legislature convenes
• 1 vote separates Assemblywoman Alexis Hansen (R-Sparks) from her primary opponent in Elko County (as of Wednesday), but luckily for the assemblywoman, she’s won about 75 percent of all other votes in the district
• 99 percent chance that Nevada GOP Chair Michael McDonald (an indicted fake elector) will blame standard Cox internet outages on The Deep State
• 200 Henderson kids (about) voted for cookies and cream or vanilla in the city’s ice cream election, setting up a deliciously fierce run-off in November.

“The board is set, the pieces are moving.”

By Tabitha Mueller, Gabby Birenbaum and Eric Neugeboren

With results of Tuesday’s primaries mostly in, the board is set for November’s general election — at least, except for the presidential race (can RFK Jr. win a lawsuit or gather more than 10,000 signatures in a month?). 

Click here for a way-too-early roundup of the candidates who will be running in federal and legislative elections, organized by district.

Follow The Nevada Independent for more details about these candidates, their campaigns and policy positions in the coming months.

Primary election day roundups

Legislative elections: Lombardo’s picks win; Culinary, Dem establishment have mixed night by Tabitha Mueller and Eric Neugeboren

• All seven of the Lombardo-endorsed candidates running in competitive legislative primaries on Tuesday prevailed.
• The primary was more uneven for the Culinary Union and Democratic establishment, which both had some of their handpicked candidates lose.

Brown wins primary to face Rosen; Lombardo-backed composer loses race to challenge Lee by Gabby Birenbaum and Eric Neugeboren

• Army veteran Sam Brown cruised to victory in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, while the field is set for the state’s four Congressional districts. 
• The biggest surprise came in Congressional District 3, where tax analyst Drew Johnson prevailed in a crowded primary that saw Marty O’Donnell — a wealthy video game composer backed by Lombardo — finishing fourth.

Berkley, Seaman headed to a general election runoff for Las Vegas mayor by Howard Stutz

• The stage is set for the first Las Vegas mayoral race in 25 years to not feature a member of the Goodman family: Former Rep. Shelley Berkley will face off against Las Vegas City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman in a November runoff 
• City Councilman Cedric Crear finished a distant third place.

Live Blog: Nevada 2024 primary results by The Nevada Independent staff

The Indy called dozens of races on Tuesday. Scroll through our live blog to see which ones.

2024 Primary Election Day live blog: 68,000 voters cast in-person ballots by The Nevada Independent staff

Indy reporters and photographers headed to the polls on Tuesday — but there weren’t many in-person voters, as mail voting reigned supreme.

Soundbytes

• “Building power for workers isn’t about one election or one cycle but a long-term commitment.”
  • Culinary Workers Union Local 226, after one of its two handpicked legislative candidates lost their race on Tuesday.
• “Some really good candidates emerged tonight that are committed to a shared, common-sense agenda focused on lowering costs for Nevada families, adding choice and accountability to our education system, and restoring balance in state government.”
  • Gov. Joe Lombardo after seeing all the legislative candidates he backed move on to the November general election. 
• “It’s on to November, where we’re going to bring back accountability to DC, we’re going to restore good leadership, and we’re going to have something to hope for.”
  • Sam Brown, on winning the GOP primary for U.S. Senate.
• “Because of the law Sam Brown pushed for, I had to leave Texas to get the care I needed.”
  • Valerie, a Texan-turned-Nevadan in a new Sen. Jacky Rosen ad highlighting an issue the Rosen campaign will be attacking Brown on every day from now until November: abortion

The “have a good summer/Thnks fr th Mmrs” hall of fame: 

• “Now we pivot back to family, career, and finishing law school.”
• “Well, I never wanted to be a politician.”
• “I’m now going to lay out my plans on how we can fix schools and send it over to  [Gov. Joe Lombardo].”
• “Thank you all for the immense support.”

We’ll see you next week.

Updated on 6/13/24 at 10:30 a.m. to correct the number of signatures Robert F. Kennedy Jr's campaign must gather.