2026Election Stories

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said the order calls for safeguards that already exist in Nevada and that his office is determining how to proceed.

It's the first time since the 2018 cycle that casinos and other gaming groups donated more than any other industry, and the most they have donated in a single cycle since The Indy began tracking contributions to lawmakers in the 2016 election cycle.

Legislators raised more than $17.3 million from high-dollar donors in the 2024 election cycle, with Democrats making up more than two-thirds of the haul.

Several voting rights groups warn the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act will pose a barrier for millions of American women and others who have changed their legal name.

The top Democrat and Republican in the Assembly are joining forces on a bill that would require all sample ballots to be sent to voters before mail ballots are distributed. An amendment also would provide a clearer timeline for when mail ballots must be sent to voters.

The bill would require the addition of at least 10 drop boxes in Clark County and five in Washoe County. It's the latest effort by legislative Democrats to speed up ballot counting without shortening the time frame on when mail ballots can be received.

On Thursday, the Democratic National Committee asked a federal appeals court to deny an appeal filed in a nearly yearlong legal case brought by state and national Republicans seeking to end Nevada's practice of accepting mail ballots as many as four days after an election, as long as they were postmarked by Election Day. 

With the party locked out of power and having lost the popular vote for the first time in decades, Blanco (who has worked in Nevada since 2009) ran for DNC vice chair with a motto of "back to basics" — a return to the organizing principles she learned under former DNC Chair Howard Dean and the late Nevada Sen. Harry Reid. 

The secretary of state's office is eyeing reforms to the process, as the only way that state officials could force the fines to be paid is through a resource-intensive lawsuit.

The change marks an important symbolic victory for the Nevada GOP, less than three months after winning a presidential election in the Silver State for the first time since 2004.

More than $40 million was raised by backers of the abortion and ranked-choice voting ballot questions in 2024, primarily from groups that do not have to disclose their donors.

A viral Reddit post accusing Republicans of switching votes in Nevada from Kamala Harris to Donald Trump has been viewed thousands of times, but it fails to account for other factors that easily explain certain highlighted disparities in voting data.

Gov. Joe Lombardo raised more than $3.2 million in 2024 and has more than $5.5 million in cash on hand as the Republican governor gears up for his second legislative session and a high-profile re-election campaign.

Ford, who is termed out from his role as the state's top lawyer, said he is considering running in 2026, the first Democrat to openly do so. Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo plans to run for re-election in 2026.

Although the ballot question would have only removed the constitutional guarantee of the board's existence and not repealed any other existing laws, it marked the latest tension point between Nevada lawmakers and the Board of Regents. 

A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial disparities in Native American turnout, particularly for presidential elections.

As in 2022, state Democrats argue that Nevada is the only state that meets the DNC's professed preferences for a state that is racially and economically diverse, politically competitive and feasible for candidates and the party, both from a cost and technical competence perspective. Given Democratic losses in 2024 with Latino voters and working class voters, state party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno wrote that the DNC should elevate a state that possesses those kinds of voters in droves.

Democrats largely benefitted from the new boundaries — particularly in swing Assembly districts and Congressional District 3 — but the new districts hurt them in the races that cost them a chance of a supermajority.

On top of separating loved ones, immigration advocates say that a mass deportation campaign could be widely disruptive to Nevada's economy and cultural fabric. 

Inflation, concern about border security and unfocused Democratic messaging all contributed to Trump's increasing success with Nevada Latinos.