Laxalt says ‘victory window’ has narrowed in Nevada Senate race as count continues - The Hill

Adam Laxalt, the Republican campaigner for Senate successful Nevada, said connected Saturday that his “victory window” has narrowed, arsenic caller ballot releases person continued to interruption successful favour of incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.).

Laxalt is starring by conscionable implicit 850 votes arsenic of Saturday morning, aft initially taking an assertive pb implicit Cortez Masto successful Tuesday’s midterm elections. On Friday night, the ballot difference briefly dropped beneath 800 ballots.

“Here is wherever we are — we are up lone 862 votes,” Laxalt said successful a tweet connected Saturday morning. “Multiple days successful a row, the mostly message successful ballots counted proceed to interruption successful higher DEM margins than we calculated. This has narrowed our triumph window.”

The Republican campaigner said helium believes the adjacent Senate contention volition apt travel down to astir 20,000 to 30,000 aboriginal ballots that were dropped disconnected successful Clark County connected Election Day. Nevada allows voters to manus successful their absentee ballots in-person connected Election Day.

“If they are GOP precincts oregon somewhat DEM leaning past we tin inactive win,” Laxalt added. “If they proceed to inclination dense DEM past she volition overtake us.”

The Nevada contention volition beryllium cardinal successful determining power of the Senate, particularly aft the Arizona Senate contention was called for Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly connected Friday night. If Democrats triumph Nevada, they volition support their constrictive bulk successful the precocious enclosure with Vice President Harris’s tie-breaking ballot and person a accidental to grow it successful Georgia, wherever Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) and Republican Herschel Walker volition vie successful a runoff predetermination successful December.

However, if Republicans triumph the Silver State, power of the Senate volition erstwhile again travel down to Georgia.