2026Election Stories

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo described the public health care option approved by Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak last year as "bullshit" during Tuesday's forum of GOP governor candidates.

Dubbed the "Rise Up" rally, Wednesday's event took clear aim at the culture war, rousing the crowd of more than 1,000 people with not only attacks on Democratic economic, energy and immigration policies, but also "woke" culture and the "radical left." 

"As governor, Joe will fiercely protect our under-siege Second Amendment, oppose sanctuary cities, support our Law Enforcement, veto any liberal tax increase, protect life and secure our elections," Trump wrote.

Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) represents a reliably red district in Northern Nevada, but he faces a challenger — Douglas County Commissioner Danny Tarkanian — in his re-election bid this year.

One judge ruled that the voter ID proposal's description of effect — a 200-word summary — was argumentative and needed to be rewritten, effectively scrapping all signatures collected at this point.

The position of lieutenant governor yields little institutional power and often does not translate to other office afterward. Despite the limited responsibilities, 14 candidates have entered the crowded race.

Well-funded Democratic incumbent Steve Wolfson is defending his work as two challengers for the powerful Clark County district attorney position allege sentencing inconsistencies, poor leadership and lack of progress toward criminal justice reform on Wolfson's watch.

A majority of Nevada voters disapprove of President Joe Biden's handling of Russia's attack on Ukraine, according to a new Nevada Independent/OH Predictive Insights poll.

Nye and Esmeralda counties could soon be joined by two more rural jurisdictions, Elko and Lyon, whose commissioners are set to discuss alternatives to electronic voting machines later this week.

Nevada's congressional incumbents led their respective fields in fundraising during the first quarter of a contentious midterm election year, even as several Republican challengers made major strides.

Mike Noble, chief of research and managing partner of OH, cautioned that those results put Sisolak in a good but not great position, as support for the incumbent Democrat remains below 50 percent.

52 percent of Nevada voters said they disapproved of the job Biden has done and 43 percent approved. Asked how they viewed Trump, 51 percent said they viewed him unfavorably and 46 said they viewed Trump favorably.

Amounting to almost $2.3 million, the funds represent a significant investment in an initiative largely aimed at giving Nevada's growing nonpartisan voters a greater voice in the election process. 

Lombardo's campaign confirmed the fundraising total and said the candidate has $2.95 million in cash on hand, ahead of the state's Friday deadline for candidates to turn in first quarter fundraising reports. Lombardo ended last calendar year with $2.65 million cash on hand and raised $3.1 million through 2021.

Republican Las Vegas attorneys Sigal Chattah and Tisha Black battle for the chance to face Democrat incumbent Aaron Ford in November for the title of Nevada's "top cop."

The DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee adopted a proposal Wednesday that could result in Nevada improving its third-place spot on the nominating calendar.

Sisolak's campaign said the governor has already raised more than $10 million this cycle, which it called the most ever raised for a gubernatorial candidate in state history.

Officials with the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District said they plan to review their room rental policy after a private event Sunday held at the Clark County Library featured a racist slide in a presentation from the founder of the group Vegas CCW.

Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) announced Wednesday that she raised more than $575,000 through the first three months of 2022, boosting her cash on hand above $2.1 million ahead of a difficult re-election contest this year.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) helped derail an effort to revamp an 1872 mining law in the Democrats' agenda bill. The move has raised concerns with environmentalist ahead of a tough re-election campaign.