Our spreadsheet and rolling updates show who is in and who is out for races across Nevada.

Candidate filing is still months away — next March for those seeking a statewide, legislative or local government seat — but campaign season is already chugging along, with Republicans and Democrats announcing for public office.

Though judicial candidates cannot file until Jan. 5, and candidates for local government, the Legislature and statewide elections cannot file until March 2, some individuals seeking to attain or maintain a seat have already announced their candidacy and begun fundraising.

To keep you up to date on who has announced a bid for office, staff at The Nevada Independent is using this page to track announcements for public offices in Nevada.

For a full breakdown of who has announced so far, check out our tracker and live updates below. 

Where applicable, candidates who are incumbents are denoted with a star, and party is indicated with colors and a letter following the name of the candidate, red for Republicans (R), blue for Democrats (D) and gray for nonpartisans (NP).  Third-party candidates are marked similarly. Races without declared candidates are not yet listed.

It’s worth noting that nothing is official until candidates actually file for office, so this tracker will likely change. 

Read further below for details on candidate announcements and how races are playing out.

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Live Updates:

Republican Adriana Guzmán Fralick announces bid for attorney general

Adriana Guzmán Fralick announced she is running for attorney general Wednesday, pledging to work with Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo to “ensure Nevada never becomes a sanctuary state.”

Guzmán Fralick serves as the chair of the Cannabis Compliance Board; she was appointed by Lombardo. She has practiced law for more than 20 years and previously worked as general counsel for Republican former Gov. Jim Gibbons. 

“I will stand shoulder to shoulder with our law enforcement to roll back dangerous, soft-on-crime policies passed by [Attorney General] Aaron Ford and his career politician friends,” Guzmán Fralick said in a press release Wednesday morning.

The day before her campaign announcement, Guzmán Fralick submitted a resignation letter to Lombardo’s office. She said that serving on the board was a privilege and she would resign after the board’s next scheduled meeting on Nov. 20.

“As I embark on a campaign for the office of Nevada Attorney General, I believe it would be inappropriate for me to continue serving in this role during the course of the election,” she wrote. “Therefore, I respectfully submit my resignation.”

Guzmán Fralick will likely square off against Douglas County Commissioner Danny Tarkanian in the June 2026 GOP primary for attorney general. The seat is open as Ford, who is termed out, launched a bid for governor in December. 

Democrats including Treasurer Zach Conine and Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro (D-Las Vegas) are vying for the seat as well.

— Tabitha Mueller, 10/15/2025 at 9:03 a.m.

Family court judges Ritchie and Teuton won’t seek re-election

Two longtime Clark County Family Court judges will not seek re-election in 2026.

Judge Art Ritchie, who held his Department H seat for 27 years, and Judge Robert Teuton, who has been the Department D judge since 2010, confirmed to The Nevada Independent that they will not be on the ballot next year but plan to finish out their current terms.

There are 26 family court departments in Clark County, all of which will be on the 2026 ballot. Filing for judicial elections takes place from Jan. 5 to Jan. 16.

Ritchie was first appointed to his seat in 1999 by Republican Gov. Kenny Guinn. He had previously been a private practice attorney. 

Teuton had been a team chief in the criminal division of the Clark County District Attorney’s Office before serving as director of the Clark County Juvenile Court Services. He was appointed to his judicial post by Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons in 2010.

— Howard Stutz, 10/14/2025 at 10:16 a.m.

Blayne Osborn and Jason Patchett recommended to fill open Republican Assembly seats

Ahead of a likely special session this fall, Republican Assembly Caucus leader Greg Hafen (R-Pahrump) is recommending replacements for two vacated GOP seats.

For the opening in Assembly District 19, previously represented by Assm. Toby Yurek (R-Las Vegas), Hafen is recommending Jason Patchett, a deputy district attorney with the Clark County District Attorney’s office. Yurek resigned on Oct. 10 to take on a role helping Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo with his re-election campaign.

Hafen wrote that Patchett was instrumental in passing a law that increased penalties for fatal car accidents involving excessive speed after his son was killed by a speeding driver while walking home from school.

Blayne Osborn, president of the Rural Hospital Partners, is Hafen’s recommendation to fill the Assembly District 39 seat, which was represented by Assm. Ken Gray (R-Dayton). Gray, who resigned in July to take up an appointment as senior adviser to the National Cemetery Administration, defeated Osborn in the 2022 Republican primary for the seat.

“I believe both Patchett and Osborn would bring a wealth of knowledge regarding state politics, statutes and regulations and would be great assets to the caucus and Legislature,” said Hafen in the press release.

Under state law, county commissions who overlap with legislative districts fill the vacant seats. Newly appointed lawmakers must be of the same political party as their predecessor. 

— Tabitha Mueller, 10/10/25 at 11:48 a.m.

Toby Yurek resigns from Assembly to help Lombardo re-election campaign

Assm. Toby Yurek (R-Las Vegas) is resigning from the Assembly and won’t run for re-election, instead taking on a role helping Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo with his re-election fundraising. 

In a statement Friday, Lombardo said Yurek would become one of his special policy advisers and “serve as a member of our statewide finance committee.”

Spokesperson Eric Roberts later clarified that Yurek’s new finance role will be with Gov. Lombardo’s 2026 re-election campaign.

Yurek was first elected to his Southern Nevada Assembly seat in 2022 and was re-elected in 2024. Both general election races were uncontested. Assembly District 19, which leans Republican by registration, includes northeastern portions of Clark County, including Moapa, Mesquite and parts of Henderson.

Yurek spent 20 years as an officer with the Henderson Police Department before becoming a lawyer, receiving his Juris Doctor from UNLV. He is currently a managing partner at a Las Vegas-based law firm. 

The announcement makes Yurek the fourth Assembly Republican to resign or announce plans to run for a different office. Assm. Ken Gray (R-Dayton) resigned in August after being appointed to a position with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Assm. Philip “P.K.” O’Neill (R-Carson City) will retire from the Assembly when his term ends next November and Assm. Heidi Kasama (R-Las Vegas) is running for an open seat on the Clark County Commission.

Four Democratic state assemblymembers have announced they are not running for re-election. 

— Kate Reynolds, 10/3/25 at 12:05 p.m.

23 Assembly Democrats announce re-election bids

Twenty-three Democrats in the Nevada Assembly announced Thursday that they will run for re-election, leaving only four incumbents in the caucus who do not intend to run for their seats next year.

In the 2024 election cycle, 10 Democratic assemblymembers did not run for re-election.

The three highest-ranking members of the caucus are among those not seeking re-election: Speaker Steve Yeager (D-Las Vegas), Majority Leader Sandra Jauregui (D-Las Vegas) and Speaker Pro Tempore Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D-North Las Vegas). Monroe-Moreno is running for mayor of North Las Vegas, while Yeager and Jauregui have not announced if they will seek another office.

The fourth to not run for re-election is freshman Assm. Joe Dalia (D-Henderson), who is eyeing the open treasurer position.

— Eric Neugeboren, 10/2/25 at 3:10 p.m.

City Councilmember Devon Reese announces Reno mayor bid

Devon Reese, a Reno city councilmember in his second full term, announced his bid for mayor of Reno Tuesday, adding another candidate to an increasingly crowded race to replace termed-out incumbent Hillary Schieve. 

Reese, a lawyer who specializes in representing labor unions, small government entities and families, has served on the council since 2019, first as an appointee and then as an elected representative of the at-large seat, and now as elected representative of Ward 5 after the at-large seat was eliminated during redistricting. His appointment made him the first openly gay member of Reno’s City Council, and a year later, he became Reno’s first openly gay vice mayor.

Reno council and mayor races are nonpartisan, meaning that candidates do not declare their political party, but Reese is registered and previously ran for office as a Democrat, according to the secretary of state’s website. 

His policy priorities include building a park along the river, expanding affordable housing and small business opportunities, increasing protections for drinking water and natural resources, and opening a police substation in each region of the city, according to his campaign website. 

Former Nevada Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall and Ward 1 Councilmember Kathleen Taylor are also running for mayor. Local businessman and frequent mayoral candidate Eddie Lorton has also tossed his hat in the ring. 

— Isabella Aldrete, 9/16/25 at 11 a.m.