BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Republican Mark Amodei won the Sept. 13 special election for the U.S. House of Representatives District 2 seat. He won with 58 percent by receiving 74,976 votes. Amodei was sworn into his new seat on Sept. 15.
Democrat Kate Marshall received 36 percent, which equaled 46,669 votes. Independent American Timothy Fasano received 2 percent or 2,415 votes, and Independent Helmuth Lehmann received 4 percent or 5,354 votes, according the Secretary of State's Web site.
The numbers available are the unofficial results until the canvass is completed, it states on the Web site. Official results will be available toward the end of October, according to the Secretary of State's Office.
Amodei will be filling the vacancy left when Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed Republican Dean Heller to the U.S. Senate. The district covers all 16 of Nevada's mostly rural counties and a slice of Clark County in southern Nevada.
Lander County saw a total of 808 voters, according to the county clerk's office. There were 306 early voters, 29 absentee voters and 473 mail-in voters and election day voters. The number of election day ballots and mail-in ballots was tallied together, reported the clerk's office.
Lander County residents cast 597 votes for Amodei, 131 votes for Marshall, 29 votes for Fasano and 50 votes for Lehmann. One ballot was not voted.
The early voters cast their ballots at the voting booth set up in the county clerk's office inside the courthouse building. The early voter turnout averaged about 20 people per day. Early voting for Lander County was held from Aug. 27 to Sept. 9.
The mail-in ballots and the absentee ballots were unsealed after the polls were closed on election day, according to the clerk's office.
All election day voting was held at the Civic Center from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. There were mail-in ballots for Precincts 6, 7, 8 and 9. Mail in ballots were due by 7 p.m. on Sept. 13.
According to the Associated Press, Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller reported almost 6,200 ballots were cast on the first day of early voting.
Lander County has a total of 2,446 active registered voters. There are 563 Democrats, 1,443 Republicans, 341 Nonpartisans, nine Libertarians, one Green Party, 82 Independent American Party and seven listed as other.
The Nevada Board of Examiners approved reimbursing counties for the cost of the special election as requested by Miller, reported the Associated Press.
Nevada lawmakers have allocated up to $540,000 for the special election. The Las Vegas Sun reported Aug. 31 that the Legislature's Interim Finance Committee unanimously approved reimbursing counties for their election costs.
According to Lander County Clerk Sadie Sullivan, the reimbursement will not be for the full amount of the election. Sullivan said she would not be aware of how much the special election would cost the county until after the Sept. 13 election. The clerk's office said Sept. 14 that they did not know yet how much the special election would cost or how much the county will be reimbursed by the state.
Miller initially estimated the cost of the special election at $1.3 million but said better information from counties has reduced the amount.
Counties will have to verify their expenses when they seek reimbursement.
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