This year’s election has been quite eventful. With the advent of COVID-19, more people were voting early through mail-in ballots or in person and votes were taking longer to count. Some results were not announced until almost a week after Election Day (November 3, 2020), and they are still not finalized. As of November 20, 2020, here are the results of the 2020 election for both the United States and Nevada.

United States

President-elect: Joe Biden (Democratic Party)

Former Vice President Joe Biden of the Democratic Party was elected president over President Donald Trump of the Republican Party. His victory was announced almost a week after Election Day when he was projected to win Pennsylvania, providing him 20 more electoral college votes and allowing him to surpass the 270 votes he needed to win. Biden won some states, such as Arizona and Georgia, by a very small margin; for example, 49.5% of Arizonians (1,672,143 people) voted for Biden while 49.3% (1,661,686 people) voted for Trump. As of November 20, 2020, Biden has 306 electoral college votes while Trump has 232. In addition to Pennsylvania, Biden also flipped four other states that voted for Trump in 2016–Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, and Georgia–solidifying his victory over Trump. However, Trump has filed multiple lawsuits against many states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, and Georgia, asking for a recount of the ballots due to issues in the counting processes conducted in each state. The Republican Party is willing to fund these recounts.

Vice President: Kamala Harris (Democratic Party)

Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party is elected Vice President over Mike Pence of the Republican Party. She has made history as the first female Vice President, the first African-American Vice President, and the first Asian-American Vice President of the United States.

Senate: Republican Party

As of November 20, 2020, the Republican Party holds the majority of seats in the Senate. It has won twenty seats–losing one seat compared to the 2016 election–and kept 30 seats due to no election in those states, giving the Party 50 seats total in the Senate. The Democratic Party has won thirteen seats–gaining one seat compared to the 2016 election–and kept 33 seats due to no election in those states, giving the Party 46 seats total in the Senate. Other Parties continue to hold two seats in the Senate, with neither facing an election until the next cycle. The last two seats are held by Georgia, who has issued two runoff elections to be scheduled in January. A runoff election is an additional election held when none of the candidates met the requirements for winning. In this case, a candidate must gain 50% of the votes in order to win.

House of Representatives: Democratic Party

As of November 20, 2020, the Democratic Party holds the majority of seats in the House of Representatives. The Democratic Party won 222 seats but lost seven seats compared to the 2016 election. The Republican Party won 205 seats and gained eight seats compared to the 2016 election. However, these results are not finalized because of runoff elections held for seats in states such as Louisiana. 

Nevada

Governor: Steve Sisolak (Democratic Party)

There was no state governor election this year; the Nevada gubernatorial election to elect the Governor of Nevada will take place on November 8, 2022. 

Representatives: Democratic Party

Dina Titus of the Democratic Party won 61.8% (137,868) of the votes in District 1, Mark Amodei of the Republican Party won 56.5% (216,078) of the votes in District 2, Susie Lee of the Democratic Party won 48.8% (203,421) of the votes in District 3, and Steven Horsford of the Democratic Party won 50.7% (168,457) of the votes in District 4.

Senators: Democratic Party

There was no US Senate election in Nevada this year. Catherine Cortez Masto of the Democratic Party won 47.1% (521,994) of the votes in the general election in 2016; she was sworn into the Senate on January 3, 2017, and her term will be up on January 3, 2023. The general election for her Class III seat in the Senate will take place in 2022. Jacky Rosen of the Democratic Party won 50.4% (490,071) of the votes in the general election in 2018; she was sworn into the Senate on January 3, 2019, and her term will be up on January 3, 2025. The general election for her Class I seat in the Senate will take place in 2024. 

As of November 20, 2020, Joe Biden has won the presidency for the United States, and Kamala Harris has won the vice presidency for the United States. The Democratic Party holds the majority for the House of Representatives, and the Republican Party holds the majority for the Senate. In Nevada, the majority of the Representatives and both of the Senators are part of the Democratic Party.