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2020 General Election Results For M.V. and V.V. Precincts

By VERNON ROBISON

The Progress

The Clark County Election Department official Statement of Votes was certified last week, nearly two weeks after the general election.

The Clark County Commission voted to certify the county-wide statement at a meeting held Monday, Nov. 16. The Mesquite City Council also convened a special meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 17 to certify the results of the city elections.

Voter turnout
The voter turnout in Clark County was high, coming in at 77.6 percent, nearly three percentage points higher than the 2016 presidential elections.
But turnout in the northeast Clark County communities came in significantly higher than that.

The Virgin Valley communities chalked up a whopping 91 percent turnout.

The Moapa Valley communities were close behind with 89 percent of registered voters casting ballots.
All together, that added up to 15,467 voters across the two valleys casting ballots, out of a total of 17,041 registered voters.

Top of the ballot
In most national, state and regional races, the local results varied significantly from the final election outcomes.

In the Presidential race, President Donald Trump was the clear preference for northeast Clark County voters. Trump received 83 percent of the vote in the Moapa Valley communities, 86 percent in

Bunkerville and 64 percent in Mesquite. That put the total results for both valleys at 69 percent for Trump and 29 percent for Democrat candidate Joe Biden.

But Nevada’s electoral votes went to Biden. Biden ended up with 50.06 percent of the statewide vote against Trump’s 47.6 percent.

The Trump campaign has disputed the results of the Nevada vote, along with those of several other states. However, as yet no substantive proof of widespread irregularities or voter fraud have been revealed in the state.

In the race for the U.S. Congressional District 4 seat, Democrat incumbent Steven Horsford was the clear winner with 50.67 percent of the district-wide vote.

But northeast Clark County voters came out overwhemingly in support of Republican challenger Jim Marchant. Marchant received 70 percent of the vote in the two valleys.

In the Moapa Valley, Marchant prevailed with 79 percent of the vote. Bunkerville gave Marchant 84 percent of its vote. And 66 percent of Mesquite voters liked Marchant.

Regional races
The differences in election results continued into the regional races.

In the race for Clark County Commission District B, incumbent Marilyn Kirkpatrick (D) won the election by a clear margin with 54 percent of the district-wide vote.

But the majority of northeast Clark County residents voted for Republican challenger Kevin Williams. Williams garnered 60 percent of the vote in Moapa Valley, 61 percent in Bunkerville and 62 percent in Mesquite.

The local results were split in the race for Clark County School District Trustee District B. Moapa Valley voters liked its favorite son candidate Jeff Proffitt, who lives in Logandale. Moapa Valley gave 65 percent of the vote to Proffitt. Bunkerville also preferred Proffit with 52 percent of its vote. But Mesquite gave 60 percent of the vote to Las Vegas candidate Katie Williams.

That result ended up turning the northeast Clark County results toward Williams, who won 52 percent of the overall vote in the two valleys.

Williams ended up decisively winning the seat with nearly 61 percent of the district-wide vote.

Utility districts
There were four utility district seats up for grabs between the two valleys in the election.

The Moapa Valley Water District had two seats being decided: one in Logandale and the other Overton.

The Logandale seat was won by incumbent Lindsey Dalley who officially ended up with 49 percent of the vote, compared to 39 percent for Stan Hardy and 12 percent to Bryan Dorsey.

The Overton seat had four candidates. It was won by Derek Campbell with 32 percent of the vote. Behind him was Kelby Robison with 26 percent, Mitch Tobler with 23 percent and Scott Farnsworth with 19 percent.

The Virgin Valley Water District board had one seat up for election. It was won by Randy Laub who took 56 percent of the vote.

One of the Mesquite seats of the Overton Power District Board was up for election. It was clearly won by incumbent Mike Young who took 72 percent of the vote.

Mesquite City seats
The results of the Mesquite City elections were given a final review by the City Council last week.
The final official results remained the same as had been determined in the first days after the election.

Al Litman was re-elected as the Mayor with 66 percent of the vote compared to 34 percent for challenger Bob Sweetin.

Wes Boger prevailed in the race for City Council Seat 5 with 58 percent of the vote. That compared with 42 percent received by Karen Fielding.

Ballot questions
The northeast Clark County results went only 2 for 5 in agreeing with the rest of the state on the Ballot Questions appearing on this year’s ballot.

On Question 1, which dealt with the election and duties of Board of Regents for the State University system, the state-wide results came in with 50.15 percent voting ‘no’. In Moapa Valley 68 percent agreed with this. Bunkerville voters had 61 percent also voting ‘no’. But 52 percent of Mesquite voters approved of Question 1. Despite this, the total results for both valleys ended up with 54 percent rejecting the proposition.

The state-wide results were overwhelmingly in favor of Question 2 which removes any existing provisions against same sex marriage in the state. More than 62 percent voted in favor of the provision state-wide.

But northeast Clark County voters were opposed to Question 2 with 53 percent voting ‘no’ on the measure. In Moapa Valley 66 percent voted ‘no’. In Bunkerville it was 71 percent who voted ‘no’ on the measure. But in Mesquite, 52 percent voted ‘yes’ on Question 2.

Question 3 dealt with the State Board of Pardons Commissioners and it was approved by 61 percent of Nevada voters. Similar results came from local voters with 57 percent voting yes in the two valleys.
Interestingly Moapa Valley voters were split almost down the middle on Question 3. The measure prevailed in the community by a margin of only 22 votes.

In Mesquite the ‘yes’ votes won with 60 percent of the vote.

The majority in Bunkerville did not like Question 3 with 53 percent voting against it.

Question 4, which would guarantee specific voting rights to all qualified and registered voters in the state, won by the biggest statewide margin. It received 64 percent of the state’s vote.

But local voters didn’t like Question 4, with 55 percent voting no across the two valleys. In Moapa Valley it was 66 percent who voted ‘no’. In Bunkerville, 67 percent voted ‘no’. The vote was almost evenly split in Mesquite with the ‘no’ vote receiving 41 more votes than the ‘yes’.

Question 6, which requires electric utilities in the state to meet a minimum 50 percent portfolio threshhold of renewable energy, was soundly rejected by the northeast Clark County communities. Sixty-five percent of the voters in the two valleys voted ‘no’ on the measure.

Mesquite had the closest margin in this election with 59 percent voting ‘no’ on the measure.
Both Moapa Valley and Bunkerville rejected Question 6 with 77 percent of their respective votes.

Still, the measure prevailed in the state with nearly 58 percent voting ‘yes’ on the proposal.

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