Joe Lombardo has gained the Republican main election for Nevada governor, according to The , setting up a normal election between him and incumbent Gov. Steve Sisolak, who received the Democratic most important.

Lombardo, currently the Clark County sheriff, was endorsed by former President Donald Trump as properly as former Secretary of Condition Mike Pompeo. He defeated 14 other GOP candidates, with Joey Gilbert in next position with 26.1% of the votes compared to 37.8% for Lombardo with approximately 75% of votes counted Wednesday early morning.

"Joe Lombardo is the leader Nevada requires, and he has my Entire and Full Endorsement for Governor!" Trump claimed in an April assertion saying the endorsement.

Clark County Sheriff and Republican applicant for Nevada governor Joe Lombardo, heart, fulfills with supporters at an election night time social gathering Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Las Vegas.  (WHD Picture/John Locher)

FILE - Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak (L) talks to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo in the course of a news meeting on the mass taking pictures at a region audio competition on Oct. 4, 2017, in Las Vegas.  (Ethan Miller/Getty Photos)

One particular of Lombardo's marketing campaign claims was to push for election reform by means of laws that incorporates ending common mail-in voting, in which each registered voter immediately gets a ballot in the mail. Trump strongly opposed this apply prior to the 2020 election.

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Lombardo was not the only Trump-backed candidate to succeed on Tuesday. The previous president supported previous Nevada Legal professional Common Adam Laxalt, who cruised to victory in Nevada's Republican primary for Senate.

Trump also scored a acquire in South Carolina, as his decide on for the state's seventh congressional district, Russell Fry, demolished incumbent Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C. As of Wednesday morning, with practically 99% of votes counted, Fry had extra than double the range of votes as Rice, who drew Trump's ire by being 1 of 10 Republican Household customers who voted to impeach him just after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Not all of Trump's preferred candidates received their races. In South Carolina's initial congressional district, incumbent Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., fended off a problem from previous Rep. Katie Arrington. 

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Trump backed Arrington to exchange Mace soon after the congresswoman came out versus him soon after the Capitol riot. Mace, in the meantime, appreciated the aid of former South Carolina governor and Trump's ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley.