A blue bloodbath: 10 big takeaways from Nevada's 2026 midterms

Nevada Democrats had their best election night in decades on Tuesday, flipping seats up and down the ballot as voters rebuked President Donald Trump. The Nevada Independent's reporters break down their top takeaways from election night in Nevada. 1. The blue tsunami delivered historic results for Democrats. Nevada's 2nd Congressional District — created in 1981 — will flip to Democrats for the first time ever. Democrats secured Nevada's six statewide constitutional offices for the first time since 1962. Republicans previously secured all offices in 2014. A Democrat also appears likely to win Assembly District 13, which would be the first time that happened since Shelley Berkley did so in 1982. The three Southern Nevada congressional districts also went to Democrats by eyebrow-raising margins, with all incumbents earning hovering around 60 percent of the vote as of early Wednesday. 2. Being a Republican was enough to sink any candidate.

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