Veteran reporter Jon Ralston says that even though there were more Democratic ballots sent in overnight from Clark County, which has a lot of people, it wasn’t enough to cut into the GOP’s lead in early voting, where Republicans have sent in 40,000 more ballots than Democrats, a 5.3% lead. The GOP has a 5.7% lead over the Democrats in the state, with 40,000 more votes cast than the Democrats.

“This has never happened, not even close, in The Reid Machine Era,” Ralston wrote about Harry Reid, the strong Senate leader who has since died.