Final Carson City election results: All ballots are counted; canvass of vote Friday
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Wed, 06/19/2024 - 2:29pm
The final counts are in, here are the final unofficial 2024 Primary Election results from Carson City.
Mail-in ballots postmarked by election day were still being counted, which is why results have still been coming in this week. A number of mail-in ballots were also held to be processed after election day to help with voter anonymity, according to Emily Toups, Deputy Clerk of Elections.
"We always wait to run the last batches until after the deadline has passed," Toups said. "The less ballots there are to run means it's easier to (publicly) tie a voter to their vote, and since voting is anonymous in the state of Nevada we keep a couple batches with the cure batches so we have more results to report and you cannot tell who voted for who."
In order to avoid going to the general election, a candidate must receive 50 percent of the vote plus one. Final results will be officially certified during the Carson City Board of Supervisors Canvass of the Vote happening Friday, June 21.
Carson City Results
Mayor Lori Bagwell and candidate Jim Shirk will be heading back to the polls. Bagwell received 45.64 percent of the vote whereas Shirk received 30.68 percent.
Melanie Bruketta has won her bid for Justice of the Peace with 56.23 percent of the vote.
Carson City School Trustee for District 7 candidate Michelle Pederesen received 48.82 percent of the vote, and all face off with John W. Henley who secured 26.48 percent, followed closely by third candidate Joy Trushenski with 24.69 percent.
Statewide Numbers
Sam Brown (R) won his bid for United States Senate with 60.17 percent of the vote, and will take on incumbent Jack Rosen (D) who won her bid with 91.53 percent of the vote.
Mark Amodei has cinched his spot as the Republican selection for Congress, District 2 with 64.22 percent of the vote against Fred J. "Doc" Simon, Jr. with 35.78 percent.
Incumbent PK O'Neill of State Assembly District 40 reestablished his place as the Republican choice with 77.71 percent of the vote.
Incumbent Carol L. Del Carlo has secured her seat for University Board of Regents, District 9 with 62.15 percent of the vote.
Incumbent Angela Orr of State Board of Education District 2 narrowly missed her win with 49.35 percent of the vote, and will be headed to the polls in November against Paul "Doc" Davis who received 20.85 percent.
Of the 40,293 active voters in Carson City, 11.581 (28.74 percent) voted in the primary, the majority of which (65 percent) voted by mail, followed by early voting (18.75 percent) and finally election day (15.91 percent).
This is down slightly from the 2022 primary elections, which brought out 35 percent of active voters to the polls. During the 2022 general election, however, nearly 24,000 residents voted, reflecting 63.02 percent of active voters that year.
To view more statewide election results, please visit https://silverstateelection.nv.gov/
