2026Election Stories

Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager is proposing new voter ID requirements as part of a potential deal with Gov. Joe Lombardo to resurrect a vetoed effort to increase the number of ballot drop boxes in the days leading up to an election.

Speaking at a bitcoin conference in Las Vegas, Vance urged the crypto executives and enthusiasts to keep pressure on Congress.

In what is likely the most consequential election proposal so far this session, Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager's (D-Las Vegas) proposal would significantly expand the voting options of the largest voting bloc in Nevada.

Conine, a Democrat, is the first major candidate to enter the race.

Democrats will pick their next presidential nominee in 2028, but before that happens, the party will have to decide which state gets to go first on the nominating calendar.

For four straight election cycles, Republicans have come up empty in the three Las Vegas-area House seats.

Looser campaign finance rules enable legislative PACs to receive unrestricted funds to funnel directly to lawmakers and allied groups.

As Democrats take uneven steps toward rebuilding — with differing opinions across the party about how often to challenge Trump and some voters calling for candidates willing to fight — Cortez Masto wants moderate senators to lead the charge.

The Nevada Justice Association, through its political arm, donated more than $320,000 directly to state lawmakers during the 2024 cycle, in addition to nearly $500,000 to PACs associated with prominent Democratic legislators.

Like clockwork, the Federal Election Commission first quarter fundraising deadline came this week, reminding elected officials (and tired journalists) that the 2026 cycle is officially underway.

The pharmaceutical industry was responsible for about $300,000 of the total contributions, while health care groups — defined as anything from hospitals and insurers to patient advocacy groups — donated about $1.4 million.

The total represents an increase from the amount of money given to state legislators during the 2022 election cycle. Similar to prior election cycles, organized labor overwhelmingly donated to Democrats.

Senate Republicans have decided to move forward with a controversial budget technique that could increase the likelihood of honoring Trump's campaign promise of "no taxes on tips."

The attorney general and secretary of state in Nevada, a presidential battleground, defended their state's elections as fair, secure and transparent.

O'Donnell ran in the crowded Republican primary for Congressional District 3 seat in 2024 but came in fourth with 21 percent of the vote.

It is the second straight cycle where the industry was the second-highest category of donor to state lawmakers, slotting in behind gaming groups, but this year's haul had much more of a Republican lean than the 2022 cycle.

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said the order calls for safeguards that already exist in Nevada and that his office is determining how to proceed.

It's the first time since the 2018 cycle that casinos and other gaming groups donated more than any other industry, and the most they have donated in a single cycle since The Indy began tracking contributions to lawmakers in the 2016 election cycle.

Legislators raised more than $17.3 million from high-dollar donors in the 2024 election cycle, with Democrats making up more than two-thirds of the haul.

Several voting rights groups warn the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act will pose a barrier for millions of American women and others who have changed their legal name.