Brown's desire to represent Nevadans — to be a politician — was formed even before he arrived, in the destabilizing tribulations of a military leader with a belief in service whose near-death experience in Afghanistan left him without a constituency to guide and a conviction that his life has divine purpose.

From pandering about tossing out taxes on workers' tips to vilifying migrants, he battled a balky Teleprompter and unleashed a dizzying, apparently off-the-cuff spiel that somehow appealed to his congregation.

Here's a selection of reactions to the verdict from Nevada political leaders.

Almost all the GOP candidates running for the Legislature or Congress in Nevada are not running on election integrity. In 2022, the GOP nominees for key statewide races echoed election conspiracies.

The GOP presidential primary race is down to just two people: Donald Trump and Nikki Haley. So what does that mean for Nevada, where they aren't even on the same ballot?

The schedules provide insight into Nevada's constitutional officers' meetings and priorities during the 2023 legislative session.

Republican voters deserve far better than a sorry collection of MAGA opportunists who have tried to turn the party into an extension of the former president's campaign operations.

As the aftershocks of Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster continue to reverberate around the Capitol, we ask one of our favorite questions: What does this mean for Nevada?

Relative to the rest of the GOP field, DeSantis made an early splash at last weekend's Basque Fry. But relative to prior Republican contests, Nevada has been little more than an afterthought to the growing presidential primary field, even though there are fewer than eight months remaining until the state's Feb. 6 primary.

The targets of the proposed policy are the transgender students of the Douglas County School District — or cisgender children who express their birth gender nontraditionally. Think boys in kilts, girls in pants, that sort of thing ...

Judge Jessica Peterson's order, issued Thursday, states that Nevada Republican Party Executive Director Alida Benson failed to clear the burden of proof for the anti-SLAPP motion, a law that allows defendants in defamation cases to avoid extensive litigation in cases where a lawsuit might otherwise silence their speech.

In the weeks before Election Day, Republicans across the country and in Nevada appeared poised for significant victories, buoyed by polls indicating GOP wins up and down the ticket. But the much-hyped red wave never materialized.

Treasurer Zach Conine is being challenged in his re-election by Republican nominee, Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore.

Alaska's election gives us a sneak preview of the voting system being proposed in the Better Voting Nevada Initiative, which is the only initiative petition eligible to reach our ballots this year.

As the presidential caucus has drifted into the past and with no statewide offices up for grabs in 2020, a pair of hotly contested congressional primaries on June 9 may draw battle lines for the coming push by the major parties to take or keep control of the House in November.

As the presidential caucus has drifted into the past and with no statewide offices up for grabs in 2020, a pair of hotly contested congressional primaries on June 9 may draw battle lines for the coming push by the major parties to take or keep control of the House in November.