Some 2024 General Election takeaways: Bad for libraries, good for Gov. Veto

Election workers secure ballot drop boxes at the Clark County Election Department the evening of Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis/Nevada Current)

The presidential election was far from the only thing being decided by Nevada voters last week. Here’s a look at some other takeaways that have emerged as the dust settled on the 2024 general.

Lombardo remains Gov. Veto

Democrats appear to have slipped further from obtaining a veto-proof supermajority, though they remain in healthy control of the Nevada State Legislature, unofficial election results show.

Going into the general election, Democrats had a supermajority in the Assembly and were one seat shy of a supermajority in the Senate.

In the Nevada State Senate, where 10 of 21 seats were up this year, the makeup will remain the same as it was going into Election Day.

Democrats successfully flipped Senate District 15 . Democrat Angie Taylor, who served one term in the state Assembly, defeated Republican Mike Ginsburg for a seat formerly represented by Republican Heidi Seevers O’Gara (formerly Seevers Gansert), who opted not to run for re-election.

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