SPORTS | SECTION C Silver State Carpet Care CSN pursues Carpet Cleaning - 4 Rooms Disgusted, deflated: Voters $100 voucher for $45 take their bad mood to polls investigation DECISION DADAYY| | ELECTION 2010 LAS VEGAS U.S. SENATE NEVADA’S LARGEST NEWSPAPER 75 CENTS ONE DOLLAR ★★★ a WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010 Harry Reid (D) 4 REID WINS 50% Sharron Angle (R) GOP rides tide to House takeover, picks up 6 in Senate 45% ▶ PAGE 1A Heck takes down Titus; Sandoval is new governor U.S. HOUSE Joe Heck (R) 4 48% Dina Titus (D) 47% ▶ PAGE 4A GOVERNOR Brian Sandoval (R) 4 53% JOHN LOCHER/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Rory Reid (D) Sen. Harry Reid addresses supporters at the Aria on Tuesday night after his big wins in Clark and Washoe counties assured his re-election. 42% Republicans Senator looks to ▶ PAGE 1B U.S. SENATE roll to big gains ‘next round’ of ‘fight’ SCORECARD Democrats By DAVID ESPO By LAURA MYERS 51 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Republicans WASHINGTON — Resurgent Republicans The machine worked. won control of the House and cut deeply The full-throttle, get-out-the-vote engine 46 into the Democrats’ majority in the Senate the Democrats built in Nevada in 2008 Seat change: GOP+6 in midterm elections shadowed by reces- roared to life again, this time to re-elect Three states in play sion, ushering in a new era of divided gov- Harry Reid to his fifth term in the U.S. Sen- ate on Tuesday. U.S. HOUSE NATIONAL Reid comfortably defeated Republican SCORECARD opponent Sharron Angle, whose passionate ernment certain to complicate the next two but disorganized following of conservatives Republicans years of President Barack Obama’s term. House Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner, U.S. SENATE 234 voice breaking with emotion, declared short- Democrats ly before midnight Tuesday that the results and Tea Party supporters was no match were “a repudiation of Washington, a repudia- for the traditional Democrats, minorities, tion of big government and a repudiation of unions and “Republicans for Reid” power 181 politicians who refuse to listen to the people.” brokers the incumbent aligned for victory. Seat change: GOP+59 JOHN GURZINSKI/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL “Harry! Harry! Harry!” his supporters 20 seats in play ▶ SEE REPUBLICANS PAGE 8A Sharron Angle looks to the future even as she concedes shouted at the Aria on the Strip, where Jubilant GOP wins House, falls short of Senate defeat this morning at The Venetian. Democrats gathered to watch returns after two weeks of early voting and Election Day ▶ VOTERS efforts put him over the top. WEIGH IN “Today, Nevada chose hope over fear,” ON BALLOT Reid said in a late-night victory speech to MEASURES wild cheers and applause. “Nevada chose PAGE 2A to look forward and not backwards. Nevada ▶ BERKLEY, made this choice because we know it’s not HELLER about us versus them, it’s about every Ne- EASILY WIN vadan, all of us, in this together.” RE-ELECTION Reid, who has survived close races be- PAGE 5A fore, thanked those who helped him turn out enough voters to make the difference in GOVERNOR CONGRESS NEW BALANCE OF POWER one of the hardest fought and highest stakes ▶ COMPLETE NEVADA A NEW FIRST CLOSE CALL CHALLENGE FOR OBAMA contests in the country. RESULTS “You never gave up because you know INSIDE PAGE 4B Republican Brian Republican Joe With the electoral gains made Tuesday Nevadans never give up,” Reid said. “I Sandoval is the new Heck narrowly by Republicans nationwide, the GOP has ▶ AND ONLINE LVRJ.COM/ governor, defeating defeats incumbent shut President Barack Obama’s opening ▶ SEE REID PAGE 6A Democrat Rory Reid. Democrat Dina Titus. POLITICS to enact sweeping policy changes. Senate majority leader acknowledges hard times ▶ PAGE 1B ▶ PAGE 4A ▶ PAGE 9A SUNNY 82/58 Almanac 17A | Classified 1F | Comics 4D | Crosswords 6E | Legals 2F | Lotteries 3A | Movies 7E | Obituaries 10B ▶ PAGE 17A Opinion 12B |Scoreboard 8C | Taste 1E | Television 8E © 2010, Stephens Media LLC | Vol. 106, No. 217, 76 pages.