2026Election Stories

More than two weeks after a Carson City judge ruled against former Republican gubernatorial candidate and Reno-area lawyer Joey Gilbert in his bid to undo his primary loss to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, Gilbert has yet to file a promised appeal of the decision to the state Supreme Court as of Monday afternoon.

Douglas County Clerk-Treasurer Amy Burgans told a top state elections official in a September 2021 email that Laxalt had approached her during a local event with a request for the county to audit ballot signatures.

If voters give the seal of approval to Question 2 on the November ballot, a $12-per-hour minimum wage will be enshrined in the state Constitution.

The first ballot question before Nevada voters in November aims to close the loop on the fight for equal rights that began decades ago.

Before and since the passage of Nevada's sex trafficking law, which she spearheaded, Cortez Masto has cast herself as a crusader on the issue of sex trafficking.

Mark Wlaschin, the deputy secretary of state for elections who oversaw the adoption of the regulation, said the amendment essentially establishes requirements only for officials planning to strictly hand count ballots.

Throughout her campaign, Becker, a Republican, has railed against Democrats for high inflation, raised the alarm about excessive government spending and often tied Lee to unpopular national Democrats.

Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) casts herself as a pragmatic lawmaker who can deliver results as she makes her case to voters for re-election.

As Democrats celebrated President Joe Biden's announcement Wednesday of wide-reaching student loan forgiveness, Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto broke party rank, criticizing the president's actions.

Though the new complaint was only filed with the secretary of state Wednesday, state officials are expected to close out their investigation into the first complaint filed by Haw by the end of this week.

For Sisolak and other state Democrats, facing the unfavorable midterm headwinds of President Joe Biden's unpopularity and rising inflation, the issue of abortion access has opened an unexpected political opportunity.

In a statement, Lombardo's campaign said that Democratic control of the Legislature and governor's office over the last two legislative sessions had "forced law enforcement to minimize the negative impacts of unhelpful legislation."

It's been an eventful four years for the seven council members. Now, three incumbents are running for re-election in this midterm election cycle.

A Spanish-language TV ad funded by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) claims Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) is soft on crime and pointed to her stint on the state pardons board.

The ad is part of a $2 million buy and will run for two weeks in Las Vegas starting Saturday. It was produced by Club for Growth Action, the Super PAC associated with the conservative Club for Growth. 

The lean-Republican district is a tough one for Democrats; in 2020, Democrat Patricia Ackerman lost to Amodei by about 16 percentage points. 

In a muggy Las Vegas last Friday with legislative victories fresh in hand, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) was ready to energize a crucial part of her Democratic base. 

During the meeting last week, Wlaschin said the average number of registered voters in jurisdictions across the country that solely hand count ballots is typically fewer than 800.

Nevada GOP candidates urge unity after bruising primaries, as the party continues to be split between moderate and extremist wings.

Activists want to see ballots available in Chinese to accommodate the thousands of Chinese-American voters in Clark County with limited English speaking and writing skills.