Gov. Joe Lombardo raised more than $3.2 million in 2024 and has more than $5.5 million in cash on hand as the Republican governor gears up for his second legislative session and a high-profile re-election campaign.

Trump lost the Silver State in 2020, but his allies hatched a plan to try to overturn the election results in part by identifying themselves as their states’ true electors. Foyr years later, the fake electors have not faced any significant repercussions.

The charges relate to accusations that the GOP fake electors knowingly forged documents purporting to be the state’s true 2020 electors. The Nevada attorney general’s initial prosecution was dismissed in Clark County this year over concerns about the jurisdiction. 

Ford, who is termed out from his role as the state’s top lawyer, said he is considering running in 2026, the first Democrat to openly do so. Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo plans to run for re-election in 2026.

Although the ballot question would have only removed the constitutional guarantee of the board’s existence and not repealed any other existing laws, it marked the latest tension point between Nevada lawmakers and the Board of Regents. 

A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections.

As in 2022, state Democrats argue that Nevada is the only state that meets the DNC’s professed preferences for a state that is racially and economically diverse, politically competitive and feasible for candidates and the party, both from a cost and technical competence perspective. Given Democratic losses in 2024 with Latino voters and working class voters, state party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno wrote that the DNC should elevate a state that possesses those kinds of voters in droves.

Democrats largely benefitted from the new boundaries — particularly in swing Assembly districts and Congressional District 3 — but the new districts hurt them in the races that cost them a chance of a supermajority.

On top of separating loved ones, immigration advocates say that a mass deportation campaign could be widely disruptive to Nevada’s economy and cultural fabric. 

Inflation, concern about border security and unfocused Democratic messaging all contributed to Trump’s increasing success with Nevada Latinos.

In an interview with The Nevada Independent, Aguilar said many of the ballot counting difficulties likely stemmed from staffing levels in Clark and Washoe counties, despite efforts by both counties this year to accelerate ballot processing. 

Culture war issues centered in the Clark County School Board’s races will likely be a source of tension next year as two former members of a conservative parents group join the 11-member board.

A conservative group challenged more than 30,000 voters’ eligibility, but state law requires familiarity with individual cases to try to nullify a registration.

In Nevada, nearly 1.5 million ballots were cast, exceeding 2020 levels. That year, Trump had warned expanded mail balloting would forever sideline Republicans.

The freshman senator attributes her success to localizing the Senate race, emphasizing her Nevada roots and commitment to bipartisanship and painting Brown as too extreme for the state. This allowed her to win even in a national environment that favored Republicans and keep enough registered nonpartisan and soft Republican Trump voters from picking Brown as well.

Voters failed to approve 30 years of funding for Washoe County libraries. Now, the system could face massive cuts if commissioners direct the money elsewhere.

The Clark County Commission unanimously approved the results, while Washoe County Commissioner Jeanne Herman, a Republican, was the only vote against certification amid complaints from residents alleging widespread fraud.

In a Friday letter sent to Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, the county said the votes were stuck in the “duplication stage” of the counting process, but have now been counted and were always under county control.

Gaming company executives and the Culinary union find an unprecedented common bond in supporting the idea brought up during the presidential campaign.

Many LGBTQ+ teens worry about what a second Trump term will mean for their lives, especially after the president-elect's allies spent heavily on ads with anti-transgender messages, including on Nevada airwaves.