2026Election Stories

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.

The signatures on more than 23,000 mail ballots were successfully cured in this month's election, while more than 9,000 mail ballots had inadequate signatures and were not counted. 

Voters in Nevada and two other states voted last Tuesday to advance protections for abortion rights in their state constitutions while also electing Donald Trump for the White House.

The lack of certification drama so far this week is a return to how the typically routine process worked before Trump lost his bid for re-election four years ago.

Project 2025, the blueprint for a hard-right turn in American politics, calls for getting the federal government out of the student loan business and doing away with repayment plans that pre-date the Biden administration.

A dozen Nevada political strategists, experts and elected officials agreed that the fundamentals of the race — inflation, Trump's appeal with working-class voters and Biden's unpopularity — favored Republicans. 

Based on the assumption that Harris won 95 percent of registered Democratic votes and 5 percent of votes from registered Republicans in Clark and Washoe counties, she likely only received about 53 percent of the nonpartisan vote, The Indy found.