2026Election Stories

Fresh off likely the most consequential legislative accomplishment of the year — passage of a massive budget measure through the U.S. Senate — and on the heels of apparently cooling inflation and surging jobs numbers, Harris spent most of her day touting the White House's successes. 

District Court Judge James Wilson issued the ruling for summary judgment in favor of Clark County sheriff and Republican gubernatorial nominee Joe Lombardo from the bench on Wednesday, blocking the election contest from proceeding further. 

News of the FBI's unprecedented search spurred calls to action and even language of violence from various Nevada Republicans running for higher office.

Two comments during the last few months, however, have provided a window into at least a part of Laxalt's stances on environmental issues.

But as Democrats have enthusiastically taken credit for the bill, Republicans appear just as eager to let them.

Nevadans are roughly split on whether stricter gun laws would reduce mass shootings, but vast majorities support gun control policies such as universal background checks, according to a new poll.

But Trump's comment mischaracterizes recent shifts in crime in the Silver State, as the latest crime data do not indicate any statewide increases in overall violent crime over the past few years.

Noble highlighted how Nevada voters' intense focus on the economy above all other issues primarily benefits Republicans, especially as Democrats control the presidency and both chambers of Congress.

Laxalt pushed hard on the notion that Latinos were fleeing the Democrats, and cast the GOP as a party that would "represent a set of values that attract the standard voter, not just for this year, but for a generation."

Others didn't turn in their signatures on time because of a misunderstanding about the timeline and processes nonpartisan candidates have to do to gain ballot access, said Deputy Secretary of State for Elections Mark Wlaschin.

Driving those fundraising totals were out-of-state donors — an analysis of more than 35,000 itemized contributions to Cortez Masto's campaign found sums totaling more than $4.8 million, and another 2,700 contributions to Laxalt totaling more than $2.1 million.

Nine in 10 Nevadans believe abortion should be legal in some way, shape or form. The Nevada Independent breaks down the polling results and details where voters and top candidates stand.

Marchant said his plan with Kampf involves using "paper ballots with anti-counterfeit measures," conducting voting and counting "on a precinct-level basis" and livestreaming — though he did not specify what would be streamed. 

The ranked-choice ballot question comes after a protracted campaign and legal battle to qualify for the November ballot.

The losses haven't necessarily scared the industry away from continued involvement in legislative races

KLAS 8 News Now in Las Vegas and UNLV announced Monday they would jointly host debates for Nevada's hotly-contested governor and U.S. Senate races — though it was not immediately clear if any of the four major campaigns have committed to attending those debates. 

Laxalt has repeatedly touted campaign outreach among Latino voters, looking to capitalize on what could be a continued trend of such voters peeling away from their historic associations with the Democratic Party. 

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) took to the Senate floor to debunk a "deliberately misleading" ad from a conservative dark-money group that claimed she supports "stripping $300 billion from Medicare." 

Here's a look at how fundraising shook out in the first half of the year, and how financially prepared the winners of major local government races are for the November general election.

More than a week after Republican gubernatorial candidate and Reno-area attorney Joey Gilbert filed a formal challenge to his primary loss against Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, it remains unclear precisely when a judge will hear the case.