Why AP called the Nevada Senate race for Jacky Rosen
Associated PressFollow AP’s coverage of Donald Trump’s transition back to the White House. WASHINGTON — Democratic incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen won reelection early Saturday morning after The Associated Press declared she had beat Republican Sam Brown in a race that turned on Rosen’s strong performance in the state’s two largest counties — Clark and Washoe. Here’s a look at how the AP called this race: CANDIDATES: Rosen vs. Brown and two others plus “None of these candidates.” POLL CLOSING TIME: 10 p.m. ET ABOUT THE RACE: Rosen was one of five vulnerable Senate Democrats running for reelection in a cycle when a loss by any one of them could have cost their party control of the chamber, given the Republican pick-up of the retiring Sen. Joe Manchin’s seat in West Virginia earlier on election night. There’s no precedent in recent Nevada elections for ballots counted late in the process in those counties to back a Republican, and at the time of AP’s race call, there were not enough ballots left in the state’s rural counties to make up for her edge in Clark and Washoe.