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Jack Carter, son of the former President, easily wins the Democratic nomination to face U.S. Senator John Ensign - also an easy winner tonight - in November.

Tessa Hafen was also winning going away for the Democratic nomination to oppose Rep. John Porter in Nevada's 3rd CD. Porter had no primary opposition. Hafen used to be on Sen. Harry Reid's staff. Porter will be heavily favored in the fall.

In the 1st CD, Rep. Shelley Berkeley [D] was handily renominated. The GOP primary was too close to call between Monroe, Wegner, and Mickelson - watch for updates later on. This is considered a "safe Democratic" seat, though.

In the 2nd CD, Secretary of State Dean Heller led early returns in the GOP primary to replace Republican Rep. Jim Gibbons, who is running for Governor. He is facing Gibbons' wife, Dawn, and Assemblywoman Sharon Angle. The winner will face Jill Derby, unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Election Projection considers this race a "Weak GOP hold."

More information as it comes in . . .

UPDATE 11:22 p.m.: The official results are posted HERE, but they are not completely up to date.

UPDATE 12:00 a.m.: Mickelson has won the 1st CD nomination for the GOP and will face Berkeley, who easily won the Democratic nod.

2nd CD, Republicans have made it closer, as Sharron Angle's strong showing in Washoe has brought her within 1000 votes. Heller leads 37.01% - Angle's 33.41% with Gibbons trailing. The official site doesn't make it clear which precincts are still out, though, so this might be a final result.

3rd CD, Tess Hafen has won the Democratic nomination to oppose Sen. Ensign. UPDATE CORRECTION 1:09 a.m.: As reader Denise points out in Comments, Hafen will oppose Republican incumbent Rep. Jon Porter. Jack Carter will carry the Democratic flag against Sen. Ensign. Sorry.

Governor: Kathleen Hennessey reports in the Las Vegas Sun:

Democratic state Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus and Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons each won their party's nominations Tuesday to be the next governor of Nevada.

Titus, a political science professor and 17-year veteran legislator, led Henderson Mayor Jim Gibson by 54 percent to 36 percent, or about 12,000 votes, with more than half of the expected vote counted in Tuesday's primary election.

The five-term Reno congressman led state Sen. Bob Beers, an anti-tax advocate from Las Vegas, by 15 percentage points. Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt trailed with 17 percent of the 71,000 Republican votes counted.

Read more at link above. I will try to check on this - I had some early info that an unusually high number of absentee/early votes were recorded in Beers' home county, but I don't know if they were included in the totals above yet or not. One report claimed that 70% of the absentee/early vote in the entire state was from that county.

UPDATE 12:15 a.m.: Still not sure if the totals include the absentees, but Gibbons leads Beers by over 12,000 votes of those tallied, 47.19% - 29.99%, so it appears Gibbons has won.

[UPDATED 2:12 a.m. to add]: This is for the Republican nomination for Governor. The seat is open due to term limits. Gibbons is the "five term Reno congressman" in the last paragraph. His wife was in the primary to succeed him tonight but finished third.