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The number marks a slight dip from the $1.4 million Laxalt raised in the third quarter, making Laxalt the only one of the three major Senate candidates to raise less money in the fourth quarter than they did in the third. 

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown reported the second straight quarter of roughly $1 million in fundraising, further cementing his upstart challenge to presumed Republican frontrunner Adam Laxalt. 

Tuesday marked the first major campaign finance deadline of the 2022 election cycle, with candidates required to submit their contribution and expense reports for the past calendar year.

Sisolak announced on Tuesday that he has raised $4.5 million in the calendar year 2021, and has $8.28 million cash on hand. Lombardo reported raising $3.1 million since launching his campaign in June .

But heading into the 2022 midterms, Democrats no longer have a clear advantage in voter registration, as non-major party voters surpassed Democratic and Republican voters for the first time in state history last August.

In the race for the chance to challenge Cortez Masto, the issue of guns — and how much say the government has over them — could help mobilize Republicans. 

Backlash against COVID mitigation measures prevailed from the start of the event, including when attorney general candidate Sigal Chattah introduced herself and joked about "snowflakes with masks" in the venue.

The ruling was issued Thursday evening and rejected all three claims raised against the initiative, and the judge concluded that changes to primary and general elections did not violate the single-subject rule for ballot initiatives.

False claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election remain a threat that could incite further violence, Attorney General Aaron Ford and three other Democratic attorneys general said Wednesday as they marked the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection in the U.S. Capitol.

The battle over the fate of gaming and sales tax ballot initiatives proposed by the Clark County Education Association is headed to court.

Cano Burkhead also confirmed that she planned to run for a full term after finishing out the remaining year in Marshall's term because "I think we can get so much work done if I have a full term."

According to his financial disclosure, Laxalt reported income of $2.2 million through the law firm as a "partnership distribution." As attorney general, Laxalt brought in a salary of $141,000.

Nearly 60 percent of nearly 5,000 votes tabulated in the special election voted against the measure proposing the Elko County School District take out $150 million in general obligation bonds for capital improvement funding.

Having Cano Burkhead in the role could complicate the prospects of two other Democrats who have announced their intentions to run for lieutenant governor — Henderson Mayor Debra March and rural Democratic Party organizer Kimi Cole.

The initiative was filed Thursday with the secretary of state's office by College of Southern Nevada professor Sondra Cosgrove, who headed the 2020 effort.

The suit claims the proposed initiative violates three state constitutional requirements: the single-subject rule, addition of a cost without a funding source, and a deficient "description of effect."

Should the Elko County School District take out $150 million in bonds to build, repair and maintain educational facilities during the next six years?

Experts warn that district drawing is not destiny, and while Republicans will now face more of an uphill battle under the new maps, it doesn't necessarily mean that Nevada will lose swing state status.

In a statement, the group said it was filing the initiative to "address the deficiencies of the primary election system" and attempts to give the growing cohort of nonpartisan voters a greater say in elections.

The bill, SB1, already passed on party lines in the Senate and is expected to be signed by the governor in spite of complaints from Republicans that it skews maps too far in favor of Democrats.