2026 results · Nevada · Nevada Governor
Aaron Ford, the Democrat, flips Nevada's governorship
Donald Trump carried Nevada by 3.1 points in 2024; this year's count is a 10.7-point move toward the Democrats. The Republicans held it before the election.
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Share of the vote |
|---|---|---|---|
 Aaron FordDemocrat | 562,130 | 51.6% | |
 Joe LombardoRepublican, incumbent | 479,474 | 44.0% | |
| Danielle FordOther party | 31,639 | 2.9% | |
| None of These Candidates | 16,009 | 1.5% |
Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 10:46 AM EST · 98% counted.
About 98% of the expected vote counted1,089,252 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 12:59 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 5:10 PM ESTSource: the official state and county counts, gathered by civicAPI
The map
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What moved most
Scroll through Nevada, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.
What the count shows
Added together, the 17 counties compared moved 10.7 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.
The counties compared cast 73% as many votes as in 2024, from 81% in Douglas County to 67% in Elko County. Where turnout ran higher, the county moved more toward the Republicans (r = −0.82).
Clark County moved most: D+2.6 for president in 2024, D+15.5 this year
The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.
2024 president 2026
Clark County added 87,701 net votes for Ford against the 2024 margin, 68% of the statewide change
Across the 17 counties compared, the margin moved by 128,664 votes toward Ford: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.
- Clark County+87,701 Ford
- Washoe County+14,985 Ford
- Elko County+5,795 Ford
- Lyon County+5,756 Ford
- Nye County+3,698 Ford
- Churchill County+2,305 Ford
- Carson City+1,876 Ford
- Humboldt County+1,803 Ford
What the places that moved have in common
Each of Nevada’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.
Urban, suburban and rural counties
2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).
Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.
Nevada’s ballot
The seats that changed party
StatewideDemocrats won all 6 of Nevada's statewide races.
U.S. HouseBefore the election D 3–1, now D 4–0
won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.
Every count on this page is the official count, from the state and its counties. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes. Photos: Aaron Ford, by United States Mission to Geneva, United States Department of State, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed; Joe Lombardo, by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed.
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