'One of the biggest upsets in history' flagged as seat never held by Dem goes blue
Democrat Teresa Benitez-Thompson won Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District, flipping a northern Nevada seat that has never been held by a Democrat, according to a race call by The Nevada Independent.
“One of the biggest upsets in Nevada history, a district never held by a Democrat in its 45 years of existence and a Trump+14 district,” wrote Jon Ralston, CEO and editor of The Nevada Independent.
With all 13 counties reporting, Benitez-Thompson had 50.37% of the vote to Republican David Flippo’s 44.45%, according to results from the Nevada secretary of state’s office shared by Axios congressional reporter Andrew Solender. Independent American Party candidate Lynn Chapman took 5.18%. Benitez-Thompson led by 16,124 votes out of more than 272,000 counted....