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| Candidate | Party | Votes | Pct. | Change from ’04 | Electoral votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Winner: Barack ObamaBarack Obama | Dem. | 531,884 | 55.1% | +7.2% | 5 |
| John McCain | Rep. | 411,988 | 42.7 | -7.8 | 0 | |
| None of these candidates | NPD | 6,251 | 0.6 | N.A. | 0 | |
| Ralph Nader | Ind. | 6,140 | 0.6 | N.A. | 0 | |
| Bob Barr | Lib | 4,258 | 0.4 | N.A. | 0 | |
| Chuck Baldwin | IAP | 3,197 | 0.3 | N.A. | 0 | |
| Cynthia McKinney | Grn | 1,408 | 0.1 | N.A. | 0 | |
House of Representatives
Major Ballot Measures
| Measure | Yes | No | Reporting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voter Eligibility | 47.4% | 52.6% | 100% |
| 2 | Eminent Domain | 60.8% | 39.2% | 100% |
| 3 | Tax Exemptions | 60.1% | 39.9% | 100% |
| 4 | Sales and Use Tax | 26.7% | 73.3% | 100% |
State Highlights
Senator Barack Obama won this swing state, which has seen rapid population growth, demographic shifts and a rapidly deflating real estate market. President Bush won the state in 2004.
Dina Titus, a Democratic state senator and a political science professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, beat the incumbent three-term Republican, Jon Porter, in the Third Congressional District, where Democrats have come to outnumber Republicans since the last election.
That race included charges of negative advertising and recriminations over the economy and the Wall Street bailout package, which Ms. Titus opposed and Mr. Porter supported. Ms. Titus, who lost in the governor's race in 2006 and ran against Mr. Porter when another candidate dropped out, worked more actively to court rural voters. She won with 47 percent of the vote, compared with 42 percent for Mr. Porter. (Other candidates won 10 percent of the vote.)
In the State Legislature, control of the Senate shifted to the Democrats. They now have a 12 to 9 advantage, reversing the Republicans' 11 to 10 edge. Democrats already controlled the House. KAREEM FAHIM
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