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NEVADA’S LARGEST NEWSPAPER
DECISION DAY |DECISION DAY | ELECTION 2010ELECTION 2010
SENATE U.S.
Harry Reid (D)4
50%
SharronAngle (R)
45%
U.S. HOUSE
Joe Heck (R)4
48%
DinaTitus (D)
47%
GOVERNOR
Brian Sandoval (R)4
53%
Rory Reid (D)
42%
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U.S. SENATESCORECARD
Democrats
51Republicans
46Seat change:GOP+6
U.S. HOUSESCORECARD
Republicans
234Democrats
181Seat change:GOP+59
▶VOTERSWEIGH INON BALLOTMEASURESPAGE 2A▶BERKLEY,HELLEREASILY WINRE-ELECTIONPAGE 5A
Three states in play
20 seats in play
SUNNY▶ PAGE 17A
82/58 Almanac 17A | Classified 1F | Comics 4D | Crosswords 6E | Legals 2F | Lotteries 3A | Movies 7E | Obituaries 10BOpinion 12B | Scoreboard 8C | Taste 1E | Television 8E © 2010, Stephens Media LLC | Vol. 106, No. 217, 76 pages
Disgusted, deflated: Voterstake their badmood to polls
GOVERNOR
ANEW FIRSTRepublican Brian
Sandoval is the newgovernor, defeatingDemocrat Rory Reid.▶ PAGE 1B
CONGRESS
CLOSE CALLRepublican Joe
Heck narrowlydefeats incumbentDemocrat Dina Titus.▶ PAGE 4A
NEW BALANCE OF POWER
CHALLENGE FOROBAMAWith the electoral gains made Tuesday
by Republicans nationwide, the GOP hasshut President Barack Obama’s openingto enact sweeping policy changes.▶ PAGE 9A
By DAVID ESPOTHEASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Resurgent Republicanswon control of the House and cut deeplyinto the Democrats’ majority in the Senatein midterm elections shadowed by reces-sion, ushering in a new era of divided gov-
ernment certain to complicate the next twoyears of President Barack Obama’s term.House Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner,
voice breaking with emotion, declared short-ly before midnight Tuesday that the resultswere“arepudiationofWashington,arepudia-tion of big government and a repudiation ofpoliticianswho refuse to listen to the people.”
Republicansroll to big gains
▶ SEEREPUBLICANS PAGE 8AJubilant GOP wins House, falls short of Senate
NATIONAL
JOHN LOCHER/LASVEGAS REVIEW-JOURNALSen. Harry Reid addresses supporters at the Aria on Tuesday night after his big wins in Clark andWashoe counties assured his re-election.
REIDWINS
JOHN GURZINSKI/LASVEGAS REVIEW-JOURNALSharron Angle looks to the future even as she concedesdefeat this morning at The Venetian.
By LAURAMYERSLASVEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Themachine worked.The full-throttle, get-out-the-vote engine
the Democrats built in Nevada in 2008roared to life again, this time to re-electHarry Reid to his fifth term in the U.S. Sen-ate on Tuesday.
Reid comfortably defeated Republicanopponent Sharron Angle, whose passionatebut disorganized following of conservatives
and Tea Party supporters was no matchfor the traditional Democrats, minorities,unions and “Republicans for Reid” powerbrokers the incumbent aligned for victory.“Harry! Harry! Harry!” his supporters
shouted at the Aria on the Strip, whereDemocrats gathered to watch returns aftertwo weeks of early voting and Election Dayefforts put him over the top.“Today, Nevada chose hope over fear,”
Reid said in a late-night victory speech towild cheers and applause. “Nevada choseto look forward and not backwards. Nevadamade this choice because we know it’s notabout us versus them, it’s about every Ne-vadan, all of us, in this together.”Reid, who has survived close races be-
fore, thanked those who helped him turnout enough voters tomake the difference inone of the hardest fought andhighest stakescontests in the country.“You never gave up because you know
Nevadans never give up,” Reid said. “I
Senator looks to‘next round’ of ‘fight’
▶ SEEREID PAGE 6ASenate majority leader acknowledges hard times
GOP rides tide to House takeover, picks up 6 in Senate
Heck takes down Titus; Sandoval is new governor
U.S. SENATE
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