Joe Lombardo (R) will become Nevada’s next governor, making the unconventional leap from county sheriff to the state’s top executive office after unseating first-term Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) by a razor-thin margin, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Lombardo Ousts Sisolak as Nevada Governor
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