2026Election Stories

Fact checkers say Latinos fared similarly under Biden and Trump, with one expert calling it "a tie."

In an hourlong conversation over Zoom, a group of five men of color (all are nonpartisans) living in Nevada expressed their concerns about eroding reproductive rights and political polarization.

In a freewheeling, nearly 90-minute speech, Trump urged attendees to vote as soon as possible and promised sweeping action on energy prices and immigration.

Obama will stump for Harris and down-ballot Democrats and encourage early voting, the Harris campaign said. The former president held a rally in Pittsburgh on Thursday night, the first of several swing state events he plans to headline in the final month of the campaign. 

Two years ago, Dina Titus (D-NV) defeated Mark Robertson, a retired Army colonel, by more than 5 percentage points. National Republicans have ignored the race, but Robertson thinks he has better odds this time around.

Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for a town hall in Las Vegas on Thursday with undecided Latino voters who lamented a "broken" immigration system and the rising cost of housing, health care and groceries.

Vastly outspent by Democrats in the U.S. Senate race in Nevada, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has scrapped an ambitious spending plan and is now taking a different approach.

The error labels an Independent American Party candidate in the 2nd Congressional District race as a Democrat. Those who have already voted by mail are asked to do so again with a corrected ballot.

With former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris proposing to crack down on illegal immigration, a majority of Nevadans support opening more pathways to legal citizenship for undocumented people, according to new polling.

For the first time since 1998, no Democrat is running for the reliably Republican Northern Nevada district. Instead, Amodei is facing a nonpartisan challenge.

Rosen entered October with $4.8 million in cash on hand. Her campaign has spent nearly $64 million through Tuesday, per political ad tracking firm AdImpact, and has over $5.6 million in reservations booked through the end of the year.

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe announced its support, citing Harris' commitment to protecting its sacred society and vital funding.

The Nevada Independent spoke with 10 attendees at events with Sen. Bernie Sanders last week. Many of them are longtime Sanders supporters and were steadfast in supporting Harris, mostly because of who is running against her.

In separate interviews, La Rue Hatch and Sande addressed their goals for office and answered questions across 14 different policy areas.

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is making a play for a group of Nevada voters who have long been the safest of bets for Republicans — members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Harris campaign is launching a Latter-day Saints (LDS) for Harris-Walz Advisory Committee, following an identical effort in Arizona. …

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Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) and former North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee have known each other for years. Their careers are crossing paths, but this time, they're opponents. Lee, now a Republican, is challenging Horsford.

Democrats argued the state already has a robust process for ensuring noncitizens do not vote and accused Republicans of seeking a "drastic change" in the home stretch of the election cycle.

A recent poll found more than 30 percent of Nevadans are not confident in the security of American elections this year. However, more are confident in the integrity of Nevada's elections.

The poll, created in collaboration with The Tarrance Group — a leading Republican polling firm — found that support for ballot Question 7 cuts across party lines.

Bipartisan majorities of Nevadans opposed raising tariffs on other countries by 10 percent to 20 percent — a policy proposal that former President Donald Trump has embraced on the campaign trail, repeatedly saying that higher tariffs will fix a range of U.S. economic problems including high prices, the federal deficit and the cost of child care.