Titus, Lee, Horsford cruise through primary races as top candidates emerge for CD2

Two large enactment candidates to regenerate U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei successful Northern Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District had emerged aft aboriginal superior results were unveiled Tuesday night.

Should they win successful their contests, Air Force seasoned David Flippo would look disconnected against erstwhile Democratic Nevada Assemblymember Teresa Benitez-Thompson, successful November.

On Tuesday night, however, erstwhile Republican Nevada authorities Sen. James Settelmeyer, was trailing Flippo by lone 897 votes arsenic numbers continued coming successful astir 10 p.m. Flippo had 40.8 percent of the ballot to Settelmeyer’s 38.8 percent.

The Republicans divided high-profile endorsements. Gov. Joe Lombardo and Amodei backed Settelmeyer, portion Flippo received the coveted motion from President Donald Trump.

Trump had primitively endorsed Amodei’s re-election bid earlier the congressman announced successful February that helium would alternatively discontinue astatine the extremity of his term. He has represented his deep-red territory since 2011.

On the Democratic side, the Associated Press called the contention for Benitez-Thompson who was up of her nearest contender, Robert G. Kidd, by 24.5 percent points astatine astir 9:40 p.m. Benitez-Thompson had 47.4 percent of the ballot to Kidd’s 23.3 percent.

The AP besides declared incumbent U.S. Reps. Dina Titus and Susie Lee victorious. Titus won 79 percent of the ballot implicit Joy Hoover’s 11.3 percent, portion Lee won 73 percent of the ballot to James A. Lally’s 17.6 percent.

Titus volition look disconnected against Nevada authorities Sen. Carrie Ann Buck, R-Clark County, and Lee volition look award-winning composer Marty O’Donnell successful November.

Shortly aft their victories were announced, the National Republican Congressional Committee enactment retired statements congratulating them.

Rep. Steven Horsford automatically precocious to the midterms due to the fact that nary Democrat challenged him. He volition tally against Cody Whipple, who won the Republican information with 61.1 percent of the ballot implicit Ronda Kennedy’s 22.4 percent.

Contact Ricardo Torres-Cortez astatine rtorres@reviewjournal.com.