2026Election Stories

A Democratic state senator who supported a bill last year the ended daily hotel room cleaning requirements is facing a union-backed challenger because of her vote.

Gov. Joe Lombardo said he is "very worried" about the potential for a Democratic supermajority in both houses of the Legislature, which could give Democrats the ability to override any of his vetoes in next year's session.

The Biden campaign held two events with Black community members in Southern Nevada last month. It hopes to focus on the president's achievements and character, as polls show dwindling enthusiasm.

The first-term Republican governor gave himself a "B+" grade after 14 months in office, and previewed an endorsement of Sam Brown for U.S. Senate.

Pharmaceutical companies gave more than $7.5 million to politicians and PACs since 2017. Republicans received more than Democrats, but access to politicians drives spending more than policy agendas.

Martin O'Donnell, who worked on the Halo and Destiny video game series, could bring a significant amount of money into the bid to unseat Lee.

With the attention of the presidential election shining on Nevada and specifically on Black voters, Horsford sees 2024 as an opportunity to promote his party's record to voters and start laying out what he calls a Day One agenda for a second Biden administration

First Lady Jill Biden will visit Las Vegas on Saturday as part of a weekend-long tour to engage women voters in swing states, sources confirmed to The Nevada Independent.

The front-runner for the GOP nomination for Nevada's Senate seat said he would not support a national abortion ban. In response, Democrats continued to label him as an anti-abortion extremist.

Voter ID as a concept has been unsuccessfully proposed numerous times in Nevada, despite polls showing significant support for it

Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said a centralized voter system going live in a few weeks should prevent future errors.

Rosen's donor base lives in all 50 states and frequently donated to other Democratic senators in swing states. Brown's base is less robust, but experts expected to increase if he becomes the GOP nominee.

During an NBC interview, Sam Brown said states should be allowed to set their own rules around abortion access, and he will not support a national abortion ban.

Reproductive Freedom for All formally endorsed Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) on Tuesday and named Nevada as one of its four battleground target states.

Officials said they fixed coding errors that created problems with the state's online voting records, primary election results not affected.

Ethics cases can cover a wide range of campaign activities: from police and fire chiefs using their uniforms to campaign and endorse other candidates, using public employees' staff time toward a re-election bid or using a county law enforcement notification app for political promotions.

During the Esmeralda County Board of Commissioners's Feb. 5  meeting, Mary Jane Zakas presented a letter from the Esmeralda County Republican Central Committee requesting to recall Elgin. Commissioners also discussed possible budget cuts to the elections department.

The organization backing the petitions, Fair Maps Nevada, began pushing the proposed ballot measures late last year — the third attempt by the group to put an independent redistricting commission before voters in as many election cycles.

On the Democratic side, primary turnout reached nearly 135,000, beating the 2008 caucus record of 118,000. On the Republican side, primary turnout surpassed 80,000, topping the 2016 caucus record of 75,000.

It's not everything, but an analysis of fundraising since 2016 revealed more than two thirds of winners had an early fundraising lead.