2026Election Stories

The Republican nominee for vice president held events in Las Vegas and Reno, where he encouraged early voting and blamed an influx of undocumented immigrants for many of the problems facing Americans.

South Point Casino Resort, which is closer in proximity to Henderson than it is to Las Vegas City Hall, made the maximum campaign contribution - $10,000 - to both candidates for Las Vegas mayor.

Brown's desire to represent Nevadans — to be a politician — was formed even before he arrived, in the destabilizing tribulations of a military leader with a belief in service whose near-death experience in Afghanistan left him without a constituency to guide and a conviction that his life has divine purpose.

A Republican pollster said Nevadans are confident their votes will be counted accurately in the general election. The comments came in the opening panel Friday at IndyFest 2024.

In a ruling issued Friday afternoon, Judge Cristina Silva determined that Republicans had again failed to establish standing while arguing that high voter registration rates in five Nevada counties had harmed their overall mission and campaign work.

In remarks lasting about 45 minutes, Obama touted Harris' record and proposals to address still-too-hig costs, while spending much of his speech denigrating Trump as a man who only looks out for himself.

Each of the 10 people The Nevada Independent interviewed expressed that this was the most important election of their lifetimes.

Assembly District 41, which straddles St. Rose Parkway and includes parts of Henderson and unincorporated parts of Clark County, has long leaned Democratic.

Saturday marks the start of in-person early voting — a method that, along with universal mail voting, vastly expands the window of opportunity for Nevadans to cast their ballot and has been newly embraced even on the conservative end of the political spectrum.

Across the 10 contests most likely to determine whether Democrats secure a two-thirds supermajority in both chambers, the Democratic candidate in six of those races outraised their Republican opponent from July through September.

Much of the funding driving the marquee ballot questions is coming from large, out-of-state groups that are working to advance these policies via ballot measures in multiple states and are fueling high-dollar TV ad blitzes.

Although former President Donald Trump won the district in 2016, Lee has represented it since 2019, winning re-election in 2020 by 3 percentage points and by 4 points in 2022, after it was redrawn to be more favorable to Democrats.  

Moderators asked questions on a slew of policy areas, but the two frequently did not answer questions directly, with Rosen often touting her record, and Brown switching gears to criticize Rosen for helping pass the Biden administration.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada man who was arrested over the weekend with guns at a security checkpoint outside a Donald Trump rally in the southern California desert has filed a lawsuit accusing the sheriff of falsely characterizing his arrest as a thwarted assassination attempt for his own personal gain. The man, identified as …

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The Indy reached out to the candidates for Assembly District 21 to learn about their policies. Republican April Arndt agreed to an interview, while Assemblywoman Elaine Marzola did not after multiple requests, citing a lack of availability.

From July through September, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) raised about $3.5 million more than her GOP opponent, Sam Brown. In the three House races in Southern Nevada, Democrats raked in hundreds of thousands more than their opponents.

A website launched last month by Republican Assembly candidate Brandon Davis alleges his Democratic opponent, Hanadi Nadeem, a practicing Muslim, supports and admires Taliban sympathizers.

In a 50-50 presidential election, the vote from those younger than 35 could be more meaningful than ever. But campaigns have to get them to turn out.

The Nevada Independent explore's Harris' and Rogich's views on key legislative issues in a race that could be key to Democrats gaining a supermajority in the Senate.

Victoria Seaman, who is in the middle of a four-year term on the Las Vegas City Council, is seeking to win election as Las Vegas mayor. She faces Shelley Berkley a 14-year member of Congress, in the November general election.