Early election results for Carson City and beyond: Republicans lead in Quad-County, narrowing gap statewide

Good morning Carson Now readers, here are your election updates for the 2020 General Election which is currently in its early voting period. There have been huge increases in overall voters during this election, which means more and more citizens are taking part in the elections process.

So far, 38 percent of active registered voters in Nevada have already taken to the polls.

In the Quad-Counties, Republican voters are currently in the lead with 25,314 ballots cast compared with 15,427 Democratic votes cast and 10,562 votes cast by all other parties.

In the statewide race, Republicans are closing the gap. Last week early voting closed with a percentage of 44.66 percent Democrat, 33.72 percent Republican, and 21.60 percent all other parties. As of Monday, Oct. 27, this has narrowed to 41.61 percent Democratic votes, 34.91 percent Republican votes, and 22.48 percent all other party votes.

In Carson City, 16,065 total ballots have been cast, which is 43.14 percent of active registered voters.

Of those ballot, 10,085 were returned by mail, which was 62.78 percent of the total turnout.

Democrat mail-in: 4,534
Republican mail-in: 3,343
Other party mail-in: 2,208

In person, 5,980 voters have come to cast their ballots at the Carson City Community Center.

Democrat in-person: 1,305
Republican in-person: 3,551
Other party in-person: 1,124

Carson City total ballots
Cast by Democrats: 36.35 percent
Cast by Republicans: 42.91 percent
Cast by other parties: 20.74 percent

In Douglas county, 18,129 voters have cast their ballots, which is 46.83 percent of active registered voters.

Voters have returned 12,212 ballots by mail, which is 67 percent of the total turnout.

Democrat mail-in: 4,194
Republican mail-in: 5,441
Other party mail-in: 2,577

In-person, 5,917 voters have come to cast their ballots in Douglas County.

Democrat in-person: 956
Republican in-person: 4,099
Other party in-person: 862

Douglas County total ballots
Cast by Democrats: 28.41 percent
Cast by Republicans: 52.62 percent
Cast by other parties: 18.97 percent

In Lyon County, 15,557 voters have cast their ballots, which is 38.94 percent of active registered voters.

Voters have returned 8,885 ballots by mail, which is 57.11 percent of the total turnout.

Democrat mail-in: 3,103
Republican mail-in: 3,568
Other party mail-in: 2,214

In-person, 6,672 voters have come to cast their ballots in Lyon County.

Democrat in-person: 886
Republican in-person: 4,536
Other party in-person: 1,250

Lyon County total ballots
Cast by Democrats: 25.64 percent
Cast by Republicans: 52.09 percent
Cast by other parties: 22.27 percent

In Storey County 1,552 voters have cast their ballots, which is 43.06 percent of active registered voters.

Voters have returned 792 ballots by mail, which is 51 percent of the total turnout.

Democrat mail-in: 307
Republican mail-in: 290
Other party mail-in: 195

In-person, 760 voters have come to cast their ballots in Storey County.

Democrat in-person: 142
Republican in-person: 486
Other party in-person: 132

Storey County total ballots
Cast by Democrats: 28.93 percent
Cast by Republicans: 50.00 percent
Cast by other parties: 21.07 percent

The Quad-County area totals are as follows:

Democrats: 15,427
Republicans: 25,314
Other party members: 10,562

Statewide, 698,979 votes have been cast which is 38.73 percent of total active voters. Of those, 384,986 have been mailed in versus 313,993 which were cast in person.

Democrats: 297,826
Republicans: 244,015
Other party members: 157,138

For more 2020 General Election Turnout statistics for the State of Nevada click here: https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/home/showdocument?id=9054