Democrats Look to Pick Up Two Seats in Nevada
A district judge must approve the plan next week before it can move forward, and then the state Supreme Court will hear arguments on the redistricting process as a whole in a Nov. 14 hearing.
The map isn’t final, but the preliminary lines have allowed the Congressional candidates and their districts to coalesce.
Democrats have five candidates running in the three Clark County districts, one of which was added in reapportionment. They hope the new map allows them to win the open 1st district of Rep. Shelley Berkley (D), who is running for Senate; the new 4th district located in North Las Vegas and rural counties to the north; and GOP Rep. Joe Heck’s 3rd district, which includes the southern half of Clark County.
Republicans expect to hold the 2nd district that Rep. Mark Amodei won in last month’s special election. They hope to hold Heck’s district and, if everything went their way, possibly even compete in the 4th. But under the proposed lines, a 2-2 split in Nevada’s Congressional delegation would be a win for the GOP as the Democrats aim to take three of the four districts.