The Nevada presidential race remained a dead heat Wednesday with President Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden separated by less than 1% of the nearly 1.2 million votes cast.
Biden hoped to follow in the 2016 success of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who carried the typically left-leaning state. Late mail and provisional ballots from Democratic-leaning areas remain to be tallied. Any ballots post-marked by Election Day will be accepted through Nov. 10.
The number of outstanding ballots was uncertain because the state mailed ballots to all registered voters. No Republican candidate for President has won Nevada since 2004.
Monroe County municipal workers count ballots as vote counting in the general election continues on Nov. 5, 2020, in Stroudsburg, Pa.
Monroe County municipal workers handle ballots as vote counting in the general election continues on Nov. 5, 2020, in Stroudsburg, Pa.
A worker with the Detroit Department of Elections carries empty boxes used to organize absentee ballots after nearing the end of the absentee ballot count at the Central Counting Board in the TCF Center on Nov. 4, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan.
An elections worker rubs his head in the closing hours where absentee ballots were processed at the central counting board on Nov. 4, 2020, in Detroit.
A worker with the Detroit Department of Elections celebrates after hearing the nearly final number of 167,000 absentee ballots that were counted is announced over the loudspeaker at the Central Counting Board in the TCF Center on Nov. 4, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan.
Maricopa County elections officials count ballots on Nov. 4, 2020, at the Maricopa County Recorders Office in Phoenix.
Monroe County municipal workers handle ballots as vote counting in the general election continues on Nov. 5, 2020, in Stroudsburg, Pa.
Sara May-Silfee, left, Director of Elections and Voter Registration, pulls a ballot that appears to have a cigarette burn on it as Monroe County municipal workers look over ballots while vote counting in the general election continues on Nov. 5, 2020, in Stroudsburg, Pa.
A worker with the Detroit Department of Elections inspects an absentee ballot at the Central Counting Board in the TCF Center on Nov. 4, 2020, in Detroit, Michigan.
Claire Woodall-Vogg, executive director of the Milwaukee election commission collects the count from absentee ballots from a voting machine on Nov. 4, 2020, in Milwaukee, Wis. Wisconsin requires election officials to wait to begin counting absentee ballots until after polls open on election day. The Milwaukee count was finished at about 3 a.m.
Workers with the Detroit Department of Elections wait to process absentee ballots at the Central Counting Board in the TCF Center on Nov. 4, 2020, in Detroit, Michigan.
Sealed containers of counted ballots lie in the Lansing City Clerk's office following the end of vote counting on Nov. 4, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan. The morning after the election, Michigan continues to be the main battleground state as votes are tallied statewide.
Election officials count absentee ballots on Nov. 4, 2020, in Milwaukee, Wis.
Philadelphia Commissioners Lisa Deeley and Al Schmidt speak to the media about the vote-counting process in the state of Pennsylvania on Nov. 4, 2020, in Philadelphia, Penn.
Philadelphia Commissioner Al Schmidt speaks to the media about the vote-counting process in the state of Pennsylvania on Nov. 4, 2020, in Philadelphia, Penn. With no winner declared in the presidential election last night, all eyes are on the outcome in a few remaining swing states to determine whether Donald Trump will get another four years or if Joe Biden will become the next president of the United States. The counting of ballots in Pennsylvania continued through the night with no winner yet announced.
A Detroit election worker seeks assistance while working on counting absentee ballots for the 2020 general election at TCF Center on Nov. 4, 2020, in Detroit, Michigan. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States, and the American people waiting for results in key battlegrounds still up for grabs.
Claire Woodall-Vogg, executive director of the Milwaukee election commission is escorted by police from the central count location where absentee ballots were being counted carrying the final count on Nov. 4, 2020, in Milwaukee, Wis.
Workers with the Detroit Department of Elections help organize absentee ballots at the Central Counting Board in the TCF Center on Nov. 4, 2020, in Detroit, Michigan.
Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope stands amidst sealed containers of counted ballots following the end of vote counting on Nov. 4, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan.
Election officials count absentee ballots at a polling place located in the Town of Beloit fire station on Nov. 3, 2020, near Beloit, Wis.
Boxes with absentee ballots wait to be tabulated in the gym at Sun Prairie High School on Nov. 3, 2020, in Sun Prairie, Wis. The entire gym was dedicated to counting the absentee ballots. After a record-breaking early voting turnout, Americans head to the polls on the last day to cast their vote for incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
Election officials begin counting absentee ballots at City Hall on Nov. 3, 2020, in Beloit, Wis.
An election worker carries absentee ballots for counting at the Lansing city clerk's office on election night on Nov. 3, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan. President Trump narrowly won Michigan in 2016, and both he and Joe Biden campaigned heavily in the battleground state in 2020.
Poll worker Rebecca Brandt, center, feeds a voting tabulation machine with absentee ballots in the gym at Sun Prairie High School on Nov. 3, 2020, in Sun Prairie, Wis.
Election officials count absentee ballots at a polling place located in the Town of Beloit fire station on Nov. 3, 2020, near Beloit, Wis. Wisconsin requires election officials to wait to begin counting absentee ballots until after polls open on election day.
Election workers sort absentee ballot envelopes at the Lansing City Clerk's office on Nov. 2, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan.
Election workers sort absentee ballot envelopes at the Lansing City Clerk's office on Nov. 2, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan.
Election workers sort absentee ballot envelopes at the Lansing City Clerk's office on Nov. 2, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan. For the first time, Michigan law is allowing clerks in Michigan cities to expedite the vote-counting process by removing secrecy envelopes from outer mailing envelopes one day ahead of the election. At 7 a.m. on Election Day, they can actually begin to count the absentee ballots.
What’s at stake: 6 electoral votes.
2016: Clinton emerged the winner with nearly 48% of the vote, with Trump trailing by about 2.5% in the final reckoning.
2020 vote:
Biden 588,252 49.3%
Trump 580,605 48.7%
Total votes counted: 86%
What’s next: State officials announced the next voting update would come Thursday at noon. Incoming mail ballots will also still be counted over the next week.
