Nevada Democrats win governor's race, sweep other statewide offices in historic night

Attorney General Aaron Ford (D) will be Nevada's first Black governor, bolstered by a blue tsunami that swept the country's midterm elections. Across Nevada's six statewide races, Democrats flipped three Republican-held seats while holding the other three offices. The last time a single party secured all six constitutional offices was the GOP in 2014. Democrats have not held all constitutional offices since 1962; Ford is just the second Democrat to hold the governor's office this century. Democrats surpassed even the most ambitious expectations nationwide in a significant rebuke of President Donald Trump (R). And the results go beyond the statewide offices. Although some legislative races were too close to call as of early Wednesday, Democrats secured a two-thirds supermajority in the Assembly and are one seat shy in the state Senate, with two races offering the potential to flip a seat. A supermajority in both chambers would let them raise taxes and override the governor's vetoes.

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