Sisolak Concedes; Lombardo Declared Governor of Nevada

In a statement late Friday, Governor Steve Sisolak conceded to GOP challenger, Sheriff Joe Lombardo:

Serving you as governor for the last four years has been the honor of my lifetime.

Thank you to everyone who believed in us and put your all out there.

It’s important that we now come together to continue moving the state forward. pic.twitter.com/mevXCqVZvt

— Steve Sisolak (@SteveSisolak) November 12, 2022

“While votes are still coming in – and we need every ballot tallied and every voice heard – it appears we will fall a percentage point or so short of winning. Obviously that is not the outcome I want, but I believe in our election system, in democracy and honoring the will of Nevada voters. So whether you voted for me or Sheriff Lombardo, it is important that we now come together to continue moving the state forward.”

As reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal:

His defeat ends four years of full Democratic control in Carson City, as the party held both the governor’s seat and both chambers of the state Legislature.

Despite Lombardo retaking the governor’s mansion for Republicans, Democrats look poised to not only hold onto their majorities in the Legislature, but actually expand it in both — including a potential a supermajority in the Assembly.