2026Election Stories

At least 20 PACs or political nonprofits have registered in the state since the last reporting deadline.

Now retired, living in Southern Nevada since 2021, and worth as much as $74 million, O'Donnell is attempting to use the wealth he acquired from his musical ambitions to make his political ones possible.

Of the states that will decide the 2024 election, Nevada has the highest percentage of its population who are veterans — a civically minded voting bloc of an estimated 200,000 with the power to swing a swing state. 

The races include a Culinary-backed food server, Reno woman in the energy industry and chiropractor facing establishment-backed candidates.

In Northern Nevada's fast-growing and politically swingy Washoe County, races for seats on the county commission are heating up, with the political lean of the panel — currently divided 3-2 with a Republican majority — hanging in the balance.

Washoe County Commissioner Mariluz Garcia says she expected some mudslinging when she ran for her District 3 seat as a Democrat in the 2022 election. What she didn't expect was the severe harassment.

Opponents, represented by a group of Nevada and Washington, D.C.-based attorneys who typically champion Democrat-backed causes, had compared voter ID requirements to an unconstitutional poll tax.

A House Republican leadership-connected super PAC has announced its initial fall ad reservations — a sizable $141 million buy across the nation. But Las Vegas, a market that it has poured millions into in prior cycles, was left out.

Allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior are notable given that the Legislature has weathered its own share of sexual harassment allegations.

With three weeks to go until the June primary election, Nevada Senate candidate Sam Brown is supported by more than half of Republican primary voters and has a 38 percentage point lead over his next closest opponent, according to a new internal poll commissioned by the Brown campaign and shared with The Nevada Independent.

Group awaits signature verification after submitting more than twice the number needed for ballot proposal to enshrine rights into the state's Constitution.

Why housing? It's the rare cost of living issue that voters seem to reward Democrats on. In an April poll conducted by Emerson College and The Hill, housing was ranked as Nevada voters' number four issue, behind only the economy, immigration and education. 

While the union has diverged from Democrats on other issues, recent tensions stem from the repeal of a 2020 COVID-era law that mandated frequent room cleaning.

Clark County is upping its number of mail ballot counters and flash drive readers. Washoe County plans to use a new vote sorting device in November to automatically check signatures.

Las Vegas mayoral candidate Shelley Berkley's campaign manager Tom Letizia called opponent and city Councilwoman Victoria Seaman a "bitch" to her face after a debate last week, according to a video obtained by The Nevada Independent.

Former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV), City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman and City Councilman Cedric Crear debated their qualifications, proposed city policies and leadership visions

It marks the most public split yet between legislative Democrats and the labor group widely considered to be one of the most politically powerful in Nevada.

How does Brown win over Jewish voters — already a difficult task given their status as one of the most consistently liberal identity groups in the U.S. — when their current senator shares their faith?

The Biden campaign is getting involved in another Nevada election lawsuit, challenging the legal merit and intent of a Republican effort to object to the deadline for how long mail ballots can be accepted after Election Day in the Silver State.

There are 10 potential ballot questions that may end up before Nevada voters this year or in 2026, but a key signature deadline is June 26 and some initiatives are in legal jeopardy.