A Republican main candidate for Nevada's governor race has cried foul over the poll he misplaced.

Joey Gilbert, a Reno lawyer and former skilled boxer, was defeated within the GOP gubernatorial main race on Tuesday by Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo.

With 95 % of the votes counted, Gilbert was defeated by Lombardo by 11 share factors, 38.4 % to 27.6 %.

However Gilbert, who was endorsed by the state Republican Get together, raised questions concerning the poll. "Seems like @joeygilbertinc is already claiming voter fraud", tweeted Nevada Impartial journalist Tabitha Mueller subsequent to a screengrab of Gilbert's social media posts.

One of many posts thanked supporters and stated that "we're being instructed it might be days not hours till there are official outcomes." The submit on the Gilbert for Governor Fb web page, which isn't publicly obtainable, additionally stated that there had been "conflicting experiences" that mail-in ballots "wouldn't be counted for 3 days."

Nevada GOP candidate Joey Gilbert
Republican gubernatorial candidate Joey Gilbert (proper) fills out his poll for the Nevada main on the Washoe County Registrar of Voters workplace on June 14, 2022 in Reno, Nevada. He has cried foul over the election which he misplaced to Joe Lombardo.Trevor Bexon/Getty Photos

"I can solely think about why that's, —so 'they' know the vote totals from the early voting and the Election Day voting after which can use the 'mail-in ballots' ballots to make up the distinction the place wanted."

In a screengrab of one other submit, Gilbert stated he "will concede nothing" and insisted Lombardo had not received. "Perhaps the institution and swamp rats forgot who they're coping with," Gilbert stated.

Gilbert attended former Donald Trump's "Cease the Steal" rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, by which supporters of the previous president referred to as for the overturning of the election outcomes. Gilbert has opposed COVID mandates and pledged to take management of public faculties by way of a state of emergency have been he to take up workplace.

"I scent a lawsuit as a result of this stinks," he wrote, "we repair our elections, and we repair every part," he added, with out specifying how. Newsweek has contacted the Nevada Republican Get together for remark.

Lombardo's spokesperson, Elizabeth Ray, instructed Newsweek in an announcement, "each professional information outlet has referred to as this race for Sheriff Joe Lombardo, and it is clear that the folks of Nevada have spoken."

Lombardo, who was endorsed by Trump, now advances to the overall election on November 8 to face Governor Steve Sisolak, who has posted record-breaking fundraising totals, could also be susceptible due to unpopular shutdowns and mandates throughout the COVID pandemic.

He additionally could also be damage on the poll field resulting from inflation and President Joe Biden's waning reputation.

Polling has proven Lombardo and Sisolak neck and neck within the state that Biden received two years in the past by simply 2.4 share factors, whereas the Cook dinner Political Report has rated Nevada's gubernatorial race a toss-up.

Replace 06/16/22, 9 a.m. ET: This text has been up to date with remark from Joe Lombardo's spokesperson.