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All Republicans voted against the measure, which makes three of the state's congressional districts lean toward Democrats. Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro defended the arrangement.

Opposition to the proposed maps came from Republican lawmakers, upset at the prospect of a decade-long stay in the political wilderness, and advocates who said the maps divide many communities of interest.

The Thursday announcement gives state lawmakers less than a day to pack their bags and head up to Carson City. Officials hope to have the process wrapped up in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The proposed maps would make all three of the congressional districts that include at least part of Clark County tilt toward Democrats. Each encompasses an area that Biden won by between 6 and 8 percentage points in the 2020 election. 

Vargas, 32, told The Nevada Independent on Monday that "absurd issues" with the Democratic Party, including rising inflation under the current federal administration, made him rethink his prior party affiliation.

Anthony made it official on Thursday, saying he hoped that in the part-time post, he could "stop the continuation of the catastrophic policies of this administration."

"If you're not voting for me, you're voting for Steve Sisolak," Lombardo said at the event at the Ahern Hotel in Las Vegas. 

Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice James Hardesty plans to leave the job at the end of his term in 2022, saying it had been an "unimaginable honor and distinct privilege" to serve over the past 24 years.

"I would welcome the responsibility of being the chief executive of my home state," Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) said. But he does not want "to just go cartwheeling [into the gubernatorial race] in the current context."

Former U.S. Sen. Dean Heller blamed Gov. Steve Sisolak for putting the state "at the top of every bad list" in the country but refused to attack his Republican gubernatorial opponents during a Wednesday TV appearance.

Fiore's uncompromising take on a variety of subjects — including racism, Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak's handling of the pandemic and voter fraud — came during a Tuesday TV appearance.

Former U.S. Sen. Dean Heller drew a line in the sand between himself and fellow Republican gubernatorial candidate Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo Thursday evening, referring to Lombardo as a "liberal."

Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore announced her bid for governor Tuesday, vowing to ban vaccine mandates and critical race theory in schools on her first day in office and launch an audit of the 2020 election.

Three key races in Nevada — including a seat in the Senate and two in the House — may prove decisive as Republicans seek to gain and Democrats fight to keep control of a bitterly divided House and Senate.

Among the Republicans running for office in 2022, a new orthodoxy has not only emerged but become entrenched: The 2020 election was rife with fraud favoring the Democrat, President Joe Biden.

Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) continued to refill her campaign coffers through the third quarter after raising more than $660,000, boosting her cash on hand to more than $1.44 million, according to a Friday announcement from her campaign. 

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) raised more than $3.15 million during the third quarter this year, boosting her campaign war chest to roughly $8.3 million, her campaign announced Wednesday.

Early fundraising totals come as Democrats and Republicans nationwide look to wrest control of a Senate currently split 50-50.

The sum fell short of his second-quarter fundraising haul, more than $570,000 and remains a far cry from his overall quarterly fundraising record of $634,000,set during the third quarter of 2020. 

Last year, the United States recorded the largest single-year increase in the murder rate since national record-keeping began more than 60 years ago. In Nevada, the murder rate rose 27 percent from 2019 to 2020.