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General Category => Midterm Elections 2022 => Topic started by: mystery-ak on November 12, 2022, 03:19:50 pm
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Nevada Republican Adam Laxalt’s Senate campaign ‘bracing for a loss,’ prepping for recount: report
By Victor Nava
November 11, 2022 11:16pm
As Republican Adam Laxalt’s lead in the Nevada Senate race dwindles with 93% of the vote counted, his campaign is reportedly “bracing for a loss” and weighing asking for a recount.
Laxalt is ahead of incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto by just 800 votes after 23,000 mail-in ballots were tabulated in Clark County on Friday. The results from the mail-in ballots are favoring Cortez Masto at a 2-1 rate. Clark County, home to Las Vegas, reportedly has about 27,000 mail-in ballots left to be counted.
“The mood is not great,” a Laxalt campaign adviser told the Daily Mail, adding that staffers are looking for someone to blame.
“I’ll say this, internally, the knives are out,” the person said, explaining that publicly the campaign is projecting confidence while behind the scenes staffers are “bracing for a loss.”
The Laxalt campaign is apparently weighing whether or not to seek a recount in the event of a loss, which would require Laxalt’s team to cover the costs involved.
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https://nypost.com/2022/11/11/nevada-republican-adam-laxalts-senate-campaign-prepping-for-recount-report/