CNN Projection: Republican Joe Lombardo Will Be the Next Governor of Nevada

RUSH TRANSCRIPT We have ░░░░░░░░ major projection to make ░░░░░░░░ now CNN can project ░░░░░░░░ Republican Joe Lombardo will ░░░░░░░░ the next governor of ░░░░░░░░ Lombardo defeats Democratic incumbent ░░░░░░░░ Sisolak Sisolak served one ░░░░░░░░ Joe Lombardo is the ░░░░░░░░ Clark County sheriff but ░░░░░░░░ he will become the ░░░░░░░░ governor of Nevada Thanks ░░░░░░░░ This sort of bucks ░░░░░░░░ trend of what we ░░░░░░░░ seen in the governors ░░░░░░░░ since Election Day which ░░░░░░░░ Democrats have done well ░░░░░░░░ is not one This ░░░░░░░░ an incumbent Democrat who ░░░░░░░░ actually been defeated in ░░░░░░░░ state that was hit ░░░░░░░░ hard by Covid because ░░░░░░░░ course Las Vegas in ░░░░░░░░ is so tourist and ░░░░░░░░ focused Right And one ░░░░░░░░ the challenges going into ░░░░░░░░ as we ve been ░░░░░░░░ when it comes to ░░░░░░░░ Senate race is that ░░░░░░░░ unions which are a ░░░░░░░░ part of how Democrats ░░░░░░░░ out the vote It ░░░░░░░░ a huge part of ░░░░░░░░ constituency A lot of ░░░░░░░░ workers were hit hard ░░░░░░░░ ways that are hard ░░░░░░░░ define the numbers The ░░░░░░░░ came back but not ░░░░░░░░ ones they had before ░░░░░░░░ was a lot of ░░░░░░░░ with how that went ░░░░░░░░ Nevada I think people ░░░░░░░░ probably wondering why would ░░░░░░░░ incumbent governor sisolak concede ░░░░░░░░ now when we are ░░░░░░░░ counting votes And we ░░░░░░░░ saying actively that it ░░░░░░░░ possible that the Senate ░░░░░░░░ is winnable for Democrats ░░░░░░░░ it s partly because ░░░░░░░░ is running at the ░░░░░░░░ about 14 000 votes ░░░░░░░░ Catherine Cortez Masto So ░░░░░░░░ s just a tougher ░░░░░░░░ for him to climb ░░░░░░░░ he put out a ░░░░░░░░ conceding really I think ░░░░░░░░ know he probably didn ░░░░░░░░ have to But he ░░░░░░░░ I think seeing the ░░░░░░░░ on the wall Yeah ░░░░░░░░ he said just mentioning ░░░░░░░░ cortez masto who is ░░░░░░░░ locked in this very ░░░░░░░░ close race over the ░░░░░░░░ of my term excuse ░░░░░░░░ He said while it ░░░░░░░░ I will come up ░░░░░░░░ in the polls I ░░░░░░░░ excited senator cortez masto ░░░░░░░░ on a path to ░░░░░░░░ That s what he ░░░░░░░░ As I talk about ░░░░░░░░ I also want to ░░░░░░░░ about the governor s ░░░░░░░░ as it relates to ░░░░░░░░ next election which is ░░░░░░░░ presidential year And Nevada ░░░░░░░░ a very important state ░░░░░░░░ you have a Republican ░░░░░░░░ You do And it ░░░░░░░░ out I mean this ░░░░░░░░ be one of the ░░░░░░░░ examples where we have ░░░░░░░░ swing state I guess ░░░░░░░░ will also have a ░░░░░░░░ governor although we saw ░░░░░░░░ Brian Kemp conducted himself ░░░░░░░░ 2020 We have more ░░░░░░░░ about how that might ░░░░░░░░ out Governor elect lombardo ░░░░░░░░ said it s possible ░░░░░░░░ is election fraud but ░░░░░░░░ has not indulged in ░░░░░░░░ kind of election denialism ░░░░░░░░ ve seen from people ░░░░░░░░ Kari Lake and Doug ░░░░░░░░ That perhaps bodes well ░░░░░░░░ s distinctly different from ░░░░░░░░ things are It s ░░░░░░░░ interesting to me that ░░░░░░░░ is running behind cortez ░░░░░░░░ And I think that ░░░░░░░░ statement he put out ░░░░░░░░ re now talking excuse ░░░░░░░░ about the current governor ░░░░░░░░ who is conceding In ░░░░░░░░ ways it reads to ░░░░░░░░ like he is trying ░░░░░░░░ set an example and ░░░░░░░░ okay not all the ░░░░░░░░ are counted I see ░░░░░░░░ this is going I ░░░░░░░░ what s going on ░░░░░░░░ should trust what s ░░░░░░░░ on in the Senate ░░░░░░░░ because we may get ░░░░░░░░ about to question that ░░░░░░░░ s where we are ░░░░░░░░ think a lot of ░░░░░░░░ has to do with ░░░░░░░░ fact that the economy ░░░░░░░░ such a huge issue ░░░░░░░░ Nevada in particular Gas ░░░░░░░░ were very high in ░░░░░░░░ state Inflation was such ░░░░░░░░ central issue and that ░░░░░░░░ him as well He ░░░░░░░░ a lot of the ░░░░░░░░ he made during the ░░░░░░░░ some of the shutdown ░░░░░░░░ In his concession statement ░░░░░░░░ masto s race is ░░░░░░░░ so much more to ░░░░░░░░ national it has so ░░░░░░░░ more national implications which ░░░░░░░░ explain presumably why she ░░░░░░░░ running a bit ahead ░░░░░░░░ sisolak here and maybe ░░░░░░░░ could explain why some ░░░░░░░░ democratic Senate candidates are ░░░░░░░░ ahead of the gubernatorial ░░░░░░░░ like in Arizona for ░░░░░░░░ where