Donald Trump takes Nevada for first Republican win in state in 20 years
Donald Trump won his sixth battleground state of the 2024 election when he took Nevada early on Saturday.
The president-elect was declared the winner by the Associated Press after it concluded there were not enough uncounted ballots in the state to overcome the former president’s 46,000-vote lead over Kamala Harris.
It marks the first win by a Republican presidential candidate in Nevada since 2004, when George W Bush defeated John Kerry.
Mr Trump had already clinched his second presidential term on Wednesday, when Wisconsin pushed him past the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
He now has 301 electoral votes and has won six of the seven battleground states.
The only swing state left to be called is Arizona, where Mr Trump holds a dominant 200,000 vote lead with 82 per cent of ballots counted.
As well as Wisconsin, Mr Trump had already claimed victories in the swing states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan — all of which voted for Joe Biden in 2020.
He also won North Carolina, where he was thought to hold an advantage over his opponent.
Nevada is a diverse working-class state where the economy has been the number one issue on voters’ minds, according to New York Times/Sienna polling data.
One fifth of the state is also made up of Latino voters, among whom Mr Trump made gains in this election despite coming under fire last month after a warm-up act comedian at his New York rally referred to Puerto Rico as a pile of “garbage”.
Ms Harris visited the state on four occasions during the campaign, making one of her final pitch to voters with a rally in Las Vegas, where she was joined by Jennifer Lopez.
Donald Trump, meanwhile, made five stop-offs in the state on the campaign trail, in his bid to claw back victory after narrow losses there in both 2016 and 2020.
He announced his “no tax on tips” pledge in the state, where a significant number of residents work for tips in the hospitality industry.