Former Vice President Joe Biden told Democrats to stop moping, lift their heads up and “remember who the hell we are” over the next two weeks in Nevada. Biden, at a morning rally the first day of early voting in Nevada, told Democrats that the American idea was being “shredded” but that he is more optimistic than he has ever been about the country’s potential

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller repeatedly questioned his Democratic challenger, Rep. Jacky Rosen, about her California donors and thin congressional record, while she attacked his cozy relationship with President Trump and health-care stances during a televised debate Friday evening.

Gov. Brian Sandoval says money projected to come from a growing economy in the next two years is already spoken for, and gubernatorial candidates who are going to propose new spending will either have to raise taxes or “make some pretty massive cuts.”

The Clark County School District announced Friday that staff and administrators will begin conducting random searches of students using metal-detector wands to combat the recent spike in firearms found on campuses.

A California-based political advertising firm running the campaign for a major energy ballot question backed by the Las Vegas Sands and Switch made an unusual half-million dollar contribution to a political action committee run by the Clark County teachers’ union. Left Hook Communications reported making a $500,000 contribution to the “Nevada Leads” PAC on Oct. 10, according to the PAC’s most recent campaign finance report. Nevada Leads is the political PAC of the Clark County Education Association (CCEA), and has run numerous ads attacking Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt and boosting Democratic candidate Steve Sisolak.

Trump is scheduled to rally supporters Saturday morning at the Elko Regional Airport to bolster Republican candidates in Nevada on the first day of early voting and less than three weeks before Election Day. Elko, with a population of about 20,000, is the largest town in Northeastern Nevada and has become a regular stop for statewide and national candidates.

Now up: A side-by-side overview of the two candidates running for the U.S. Senate, Republican incumbent Dean Heller and his Democratic challenger Rep. Jacky Rosen.

Reno mayoral candidate Eddie Lorton and Mayor Hillary Schieve painted two different pictures of the city during a debate at the Peppermill Resort Hotel Thursday night. Schieve, who identifies as a non-partisan, is widely considered the favorite in the race, having won 63 percent of the vote in the primary. Lorton, a Republican, won 18 percent of the vote.