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Jim Marchant — the one-time assemblyman now running to be the Republican candidate to take on Democrat Rep. Steven Horsford in Congressional District 4 — announced Wednesday that his campaign raised more than $156,000 in the last quarter of 2019, pushing his cash on hand to just over $209,000 and pushing his yearly fundraising total above $330,000.

Democratic presidential contender and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders launched a trio of television ads in Nevada on Monday, marking the candidate's first foray into the advertising race with just over three weeks until the state's third-in-the-nation nominating contest.

Former state Treasurer Dan Schwartz, one of two Republicans jockeying for the chance to challenge Democratic incumbent Susie Lee in the state's 3rd Congressional District, announced he raised more than $565,000 through 2019, leaving his campaign with more than $447,000 cash on hand.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) launched a seven-figure ad buy Monday looking to pressure congressional Republicans and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for their opposition to Democratic-led legislation that would seek to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

The surge of well over 6,000 new voters in Clark County during the first 10 days of January was close to the average amount the county saw in an entire month under the prior system. The increased registrations appear to be because under the new law, people who complete DMV transactions automatically have their voter records updated unless they opt out.

Freshman Democratic Rep. Susie Lee is once again the target of a well-funded ad campaign looking to pressure the congresswoman over her decision to vote in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump last month.

Details from the 2019 contribution and expenses reports, due on Jan. 15, detailed how much legislative incumbents and candidates raised over the last calendar year and painted a more hopeful picture for Republicans in several "swing" Assembly races, with a more mixed view in competitive state Senate seats.

At the Native American Presidential Forum on Wednesday, Democratic presidential hopeful Tom Steyer accused the Republican Party of "doing everything it can" to take voting rights away from Americans, especially Native Americans. The forum, hosted at UNLV by the voting rights advocacy group Four Directions and Nevada's tribes, was the second-ever of its kind. Though the first Native forum was hosted in Sioux City, Iowa last summer, organizers wanted to hold another event in a state with a significant Native population and that will be primary a focus for get-out-the-vote efforts in 2020.

Sisolak's Contributions and Expenses report was released on Wednesday and shows the incumbent governor's campaign spent $164,000 throughout the year while pushing his cash on hand total to more than $2.3 million. The report covers all contributions and expenses in 2019.

The Clark County Education Association is seeking to raise the state's gaming tax rate on the largest companies from 6.75 percent to 9.75 percent by placing a measure on the 2022 ballot.

Fundraising totals for incumbent Democratic Rep. Susie Lee surged to more than $600,000 in the last quarter of 2019 amid a Republican-backed, big-money advertising campaign that has sought to pressure the freshman congresswoman over her vote last month in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump.

Freshman Democratic Rep. Susie Lee is among 17 swing-seat Democrats being targeted in a $2.2 million advertising campaign from House Majority Forward, a non-profit group linked to the Democratic Party's House majority super PAC.

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The ballot question would change the status quo, which is that the Legislature draws electoral maps every 10 years after the census. In Nevada, Democrats have a firm hold on the Legislature, and Democrats including Gov. Steve Sisolak have criticized the proposed policy change.

Though Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg had sought to woo the non-white voters of Las Vegas this weekend — three of his four campaign stops were round-table style discussions with communities of color — it was skepticism that awaited him during a stop with a number of black community leaders in North Las Vegas.

The likely House impeachment of President Donald Trump and subsequent Senate trial could jolt Nevada, where voters showed up in droves in the last midterm and presidential elections.

The lawsuit argues that the proposed redistricting commission is not truly independent because legislative leaders could still appoint their preferred members to the group. While it excludes certain politically involved members — such as lawmakers or lobbyists — campaign volunteers might qualify, the plaintiff argued.

Victory for the Democratic presidential nominee runs through Nevada, according to the Democratic National Committee, which has designated the Silver State as a crucial swing state that could be decided by a relatively small number of votes.

According to paperwork filed with the secretary of state's office last month, a public school teacher in Beatty named Benjamin Pennington has filed documents signaling an intent to begin collecting signatures for a proposed initiative petition that would reduce the terms for state senators from four to two years and align their districts with the boundaries of the state's congressional districts.

Clark County Regents Kevin Page and Trevor Hayes have said that they will not run next year for re-election to the NSHE Board of Regents, which has jurisdiction over eight Nevada colleges and universities and more than 107,000 enrolled students. Regent Sam Lieberman confirmed over the phone on Friday that he will run for re-election. Washoe County Regent Rick Trachok said on Thursday that he was undecided.