2026Election Stories

Relative to the rest of the GOP field, DeSantis made an early splash at last weekend's Basque Fry. But relative to prior Republican contests, Nevada has been little more than an afterthought to the growing presidential primary field, even though there are fewer than eight months remaining until the state's Feb. 6 primary.

In a 50-minute stump speech, he cast Florida as a conservative model for the nation and railed against "leftist" Democratic governments "destroying" cities and states — and avoided direct mention of his top competitor for the GOP nomination, former President Donald Trump.

Nevada Latinos in the 2022 election supported Democrats at nearly identical levels as they supported President Joe Biden in 2020, per a new report from Equis Research.

With nine major Republicans declared to run for president, I looked through their past statements to see what they think of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository — long a political barometer in the Silver State.

An 80-page external audit calling for an overhaul of the Washoe County Registrar of Voters office was the topic of discussion at a contentious Friday meeting of the county's audit committee. 

Attorneys for the governor have vehemently pushed back against the commission attorney's legal analysis that cited Lombardo for 34 distinct violations of two state ethics statutes, for a total of 68 violations.

Jeffrey Ross Gunter, a health care executive and former Trump-appointed U.S. ambassador to Iceland, has launched a website hinting at a potential run for U.S. Senate in Nevada.

The Nevada GOP filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the state over a 2021 law dropping its presidential caucus and establishing a presidential primary in the state.

While not unprecedented, Lombardo's use of a nonprofit to manage his inaugural ball marks a departure from past practice.

Republican April Becker has filed an election integrity violation report alleging Democratic Clark County Commissioner Ross Miller violated campaign finance law several times.

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, is recruiting retired U.S. Army Captain Sam Brown to run for Nevada's U.S. Senate seat in 2024, according to a national Republican strategist.

Ford said he would continue to assist the federal Department of Justice in its investigation into the matter.

According to court filings, Juncaj is alleged to have made four threatening phone calls to an employee of the Nevada Secretary of State's Office on Jan. 7, 2021 — the day after the attempted insurrection in Washington, D.C.

Judge Jessica Peterson's order, issued Thursday, states that Nevada Republican Party Executive Director Alida Benson failed to clear the burden of proof for the anti-SLAPP motion, a law that allows defendants in defamation cases to avoid extensive litigation in cases where a lawsuit might otherwise silence their speech.

Though Lombardo's proposed voter identification implementation measure and roll back of vote-by-mail options bill, SB405, received an exemption from legislative deadlines, Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager said "There's no plans for a hearing on that bill." 

Jim Marchant, a former Republican state assemblyman and one of the state's most prominent election deniers, is planning to run for Nevada's U.S. Senate seat in 2024.

While Biden's approval rating in Nevada remains underwater, a new Nevada Independent / Noble Predictive Insights poll indicated that voters indeed prefer Biden to the Republican alternatives. Among likely voters, Biden leads former President Donald Trump by a substantial 8 points, 48 percent to 40 percent, and edges out Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by a 43 percent to 42 percent margin.

During the 2022 election cycle, Nevada lawmakers raised a record $13 million through thousands of big-money contributions (those greater than $200) from a variety of groups and entities including unions, real estate developers, major companies and lawyers.

Still, even among smaller categories of donors, such as the mining industry and education groups, politically powerful organizations helped drive six-figure contributions across dozens of campaigns.

Assemblywoman Tracy Brown-May (D-Las Vegas) presented the bill and said the measure was intended to "address the inadequacies in accessibility for people with disabilities to be able to cast their votes."