2026Election Stories

On three major cases, Republican Senate candidate and former Attorney General Adam Laxalt — who has been endorsed by key gun groups, such as the National Rifle Association, and anti-abortion groups such as National Right to Life — claimed some version of either a "historic" or "tremendous" victory. 

Earlier this month, Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Attorney General Adam Laxalt called the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision "a joke" and said it's "sad" that Nevada is not anti-abortion.

Deputy Secretary of State for Elections Mark Wlaschin said Gilbert filed the required paperwork and payment for the recount, and was the only candidate to request a statewide or multi-county recount shortly before Wednesday's deadline.

A few thousand Nevadans had their primary election ballots flagged for missing or mismatched signatures that needed fixing; several did not respond and their ballots were ultimately disqualified.

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled on three major election cases Tuesday that reshape the November ballot, allowing an initiative proposing open primaries and ranked-choice voting to proceed while voiding another measure proposing a voucher-style education program.

Elected officials across Nevada met to canvass the votes from the June election on Friday, giving their seal of approval to the results even as dozens of public commenters gathered to try to block certification.

The Supreme Court issued an expected opinion Friday overturning a 50-year constitutional right to abortion and igniting an issue that could play a significant role in the November midterm elections. 

In a follow-up email, campaign spokesman Paul White said that Gilbert "100% believes he received the most votes" and is working through all possible legal channels with the goal of overturning the results.

Nevada Democratic Party Chair Judith Whitmer and three other state Democrats made the case to national party officials Wednesday that the Silver State should hold the first presidential primary.

It's one of the first major third-party ad barrages against Sisolak, who faces a tough re-election campaign against Republican Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo this November.

Candidates who already hold elected office dominated in many local races, winning re-election outright in certain Las Vegas and North Las Vegas council races and getting promotions in Henderson and Boulder City.

Less than 12 hours had elapsed between Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt's primary victory on Tuesday night and the launch of the first salvo of negative ads Wednesday morning, as one of the most critical Senate contests in the country shifted its focus toward November. 

A primary challenger boosted by a far-right political activist ended an incumbent's re-election hopes to the Washoe County Commission, while other primaries set the stage for several high-profile general election matchups.

Though McMahill emerged as the establishment-backed candidate, he maintained that he would not be following anyone else's playbook as sheriff, noting that he spent the majority of his law enforcement career on the "uniform side of the police department."

With the primary election dust starting to settle, legislative race results began to shed light on which candidates will be in the spotlight come November.

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo is essentially tied with Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak, according to a poll commissioned by the influential conservative super PAC Club For Growth. 

The 30-second spot targets Laxalt for an effort he made in 2016 to block a multi-state investigation into Exxon-Mobil following news reports that the company had sought to minimize its own research on the role of fossil fuels on climate change. 

Nevada's 2022 primary election, held Tuesday, also set the stage for a trio of nationally watched general election congressional matchups.

Down the ballot, far-right Republican candidates largely trounced more moderate (and oftentimes better-funded) primary rivals.

Primary Election Day came and went with little pizzazz — only a few snaking lines and no major snafus reported by the time polls closed Tuesday evening.