2026Election Stories

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.

Associate Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court Kristina Pickering will seek re-election in 2020. Chief Justice Mark Gibbons will not. The chief presiding criminal judge for Clark County's District Court, Douglas Herndon, confirmed last week that he will seek a seat on the high court in 2020.

"An opt-in opportunity to register relies on affirmation of one's citizenship and an inadvertent false affirmation of citizenship for the purpose of registration is not only a federal crime but [also] grounds for deportation or denial of a naturalization application," said Oliker-Friedland.

Former Democratic Secretary of State Ross Miller, who lost a high-profile bid for attorney general in 2014, is making a political comeback in a campaign for Clark County Commission. He will go up against at least three contenders for District C seat.

Buck, who ran against Woodhouse in 2016 and announced her intent to run for the term-limited senator's seat again last week, was listed on documents filed by recall organizers in late 2017 as the candidate to replace the incumbent in a drawn-out and ultimately failed recall effort.

Patients for Affordable Drugs Now, an advocacy group seeking policies that would lower the price of prescription drugs, announced a six-figure digital ad buy supporting Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford, who has cosponsored a bill that would allow the government to negotiate lower prices through Medicare.

Democratic presidential hopefuls pocketed more than half a million dollars in itemized contributions from Nevadans in the third quarter of the year as they prepare for a final push ahead of the early nominating contests in February.

Two businessmen born in Eastern Europe have been indicted on charges that they lied to the federal government to make large contributions to candidates — including Republican gubernatorial hopeful Adam Laxalt — in a failed attempt to advance the political interests of Ukraine and win a recreational marijuana business license in Nevada.

Kirk, 25, has 1.3 million Twitter followers, and his recent posts defend President Donald Trump against impeachment efforts, criticize Democratic lawmakers and cite statistics about food insecurity in Venezuela with the hashtag #SocialismSucks.

Following an earlier speech Sanders gave on his housing plan, the town hall at UNLV dove into some of the Latino community's most pressing issues — racial profiling of Hispanics in the El Paso shooting, immigration, criminal justice reform and foreign policy.

Summers-Armstrong has served as chief steward for Regional Transportation Commission. Since May, she has been an executive board member of SEIU Nevada, which represents thousands of health care workers and public employees in the state. According to her campaign announcement, advocating for cash bail reform is one reason Summers-Armstrong decided to run for office.

Joe Biden raised nearly a half a million dollars from Nevadans in the first half of 2019, almost $175,000 more than any other candidate seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, according to an analysis of contributions during that timeframe.

An analysis from the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center (CLC) found that the majority of states require a person to pay their legal financial obligations — including restitution to victims, fines and fees to agencies involved in their prosecution — in order to regain their right to vote. The fees can take years to pay off — or be nearly impossible to pay.

Las Vegas real estate agent and small business owner Tiger Helgelien officially announced a bid for Congressional District 3 Monday, joining a handful of Republicans looking to tip the swing district away from one-term Democratic Rep. Susie Lee in 2020. 

A rule change posted to the Nevada Republican Party's website and up for adoption at the party's fall meeting in September would establish an "Alternative Presidential Preference Poll" that would allow the party's central committee to dole out delegates and avoid a large-scale presidential preference caucus.

Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald will face at least two challengers in his bid for another term leading the state party, including a recently elected Mesquite city councilwoman and a former congressional candidate.

Businesswoman Randi Reed announced a run for Nevada's 4th Congressional District Tuesday, becoming the seventh candidate so far to announce a bid and the third to do so in the last week. 

Former Miss Nevada and small business owner Lisa Song Sutton officially entered the race for Congressional District 4 Monday, joining a growing field of Republican hopefuls looking to flip the seat after two cycles of Democratic control. 

Steve Sisolak – a longtime commissioner in Clark County, which includes Las Vegas – became the first Democrat to win the Nevada governorship in two decades, defeating Republican Adam Laxalt by four percentage points in 2018.

Presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks to a large crowd of potential voters during a June campaign stop at the Doolittle Community Center in Las Vegas.