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March 28, 2024

Poll: Clinton holds lead vs. Trump in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District

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Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and congressional candidate Jacky Rosen are leading in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, according to a poll released today.

The survey, taken by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, shows Rosen leading Republican candidate Danny Tarkanian by six points in the race to replace Republican Rep. Joe Heck in congress. Clinton, meanwhile, holds an eight-point lead over the Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump.

The poll sampled 341 likely general election voters in the district on June 18 and 19 and has a margin of error of 5.3 percent.

The poll found Rosen leading among nonpartisans, by about five points, and with Hispanic voters by about 37 points.

It also found that voters in the district have a more unfavorable than favorable view of Tarkanian, 35-percent to 22-percent. They also have a 59-percent unfavorable view of Trump, who Tarkanian has endorsed.

The 3rd district, which includes Summerlin, Henderson, and the southern tip of Clark County, has only once been represented by a Democrat since it was created in 2003. However, it swung for President Barack Obama in both the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections.

Democrats currently have a narrow 5,000-person voter registration advantage in the district of about 350,000 voters, which includes about 70,000 nonpartisans.

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