2026Election Stories

As the third-term congressman filed to run in the New Hampshire primary on Friday, Phillips campaign advisor Steve Schmidt told Politico of Nevada's Democratic primary: "We cede that race. Doesn't matter."

We are launching the 2024 edition of our Elections Guide, featuring information voters need to know ahead of Nevada's upcoming presidential primary contests this February.

Silva granted a motion to dismiss the case from defendants Gov. Joe Lombardo, who signed the bill into law, and Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, who pursued the legislation after making it a campaign priority to increase protections for election workers.

Miller, 43, shared the news with The Nevada Independent in an interview Friday, saying his growing family and a plan to move was the motivation behind the decision. He will be the 13th lawmaker so far who is not expected to return to their legislative seat in 2025, either because of term limits, a resignation or a run for another office. 

Uygur filed to run on Oct. 11, but on his declaration of candidacy, crossed out references to the Constitution's qualifications for the presidency clause and replaced "natural born" citizen with a handwritten "naturalized" citizen.

Candidates agreed that public safety and keeping police funded was important to run a "world-class city," and that addressing homelessness is one of the city's major pressing concerns, with most of the speakers suggesting that people sleeping on sidewalks hurt business and tourism.

The divide comes via the Nevada GOP's decision to hold a caucus two days after the Feb. 6 primary — and to use the results of the caucus to determine presidential delegates.

The only incumbent to be outraised by an opponent was Rep. Dina Titus, (D-NV) who saw a Republican opponent, Flemming Larsen, loan his campaign $200,000 of his own funds in the third quarter. Titus reported raising just over $122,000 in the quarter.

The caucus filing period closed Sunday, while Monday marks the final day for candidates to file for the primary. 

Despite skipping out on an opportunity to win delegates, running in the primary could provide Scott, Pence and other candidates with an opportunity to win a statewide presidential nominating contest that does not include Trump on the ballot.

Harris' visit to the College of Southern Nevada (CSN) comes as part of a nationwide "Fight for our Freedoms College Tour," a series of campus events aimed at young voters and concentrated so far in a handful swing states — including Nevada, Arizona and Georgia — and states with elections this year, such as Virginia. 

The former vice president's decision to skip the caucus means he will not be eligible to win Nevada delegates, which will be awarded based on the results of the caucus and will be used to determine the party's presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention this summer.

Neither Bush's 2004 win nor the long string of Democratic victories that followed were inevitable. Strategists and political experts said a combination of an impressive data operation, successful voter registration strategies, get-out-the-vote efforts and a national mood that favored Bush powered Republicans' success in the 2004 campaign. 

Friday and Saturday mark the start of IndyFest, The Nevada Independent's fourth annual two-day conference focused on policy and politics.

Sen. Jacky Rosen's (D-NV) campaign will report having $8.8 million on hand after the third quarter of fundraising in 2023 came to a close, giving her a state record haul for this point in the cycle, according to her campaign. 

The Nevada GOP is charging a ballot access fee of $55,000 and barring candidates from participating in both elections, meaning some candidates — most notably former President Donald Trump — are set to run in the Republican caucus, rather than the primary.

In 2011, Lee nearly ran against Horsford in the Democratic primary for the newly created Congressional District 4.

Ramaswamy has mounted an insurgent campaign this year as a political outsider, a pharmaceutical industry entrepreneur who has built his message around reshaping the federal government and following in former President Donald Trump's footsteps. 

Legislators approved a slate of new election regulations ahead of the state's presidential primaries in February. Five candidates have made appointments with the secretary of state's office to file for the race.

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) called Tuesday morning for indicted Sen. Bob Menendez's (D-NJ) resignation, joining a raft of vulnerable incumbents in distancing herself from the beleaguered New Jerseyan.