Changes abound for Southern Nevada’s local governments, including the start of a new political career for the former congresswoman.

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Here’s a look at how Tuesday’s primaries turned out for Southern Nevada local government candidates, including in Henderson, North Las Vegas and Boulder City. 

Down-ballot races heat up as aspiring officials compete for county commission, school board and city council seats across Nevada.

Although their candidacy does not become official until the filing period that begins March 4, candidates for local government offices have already begun fundraising.

Republican April Becker has filed an election integrity violation report alleging Democratic Clark County Commissioner Ross Miller violated campaign finance law several times.

With President Joe Biden likely to announce his re-election campaign in coming months, a new Nevada Independent / OH Predictive Insights poll finds him trailing both former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

But last year’s redistricting process, which saw Democratic state legislators redraw district lines to pull thousands of Democratic voters from deep-blue District 1 into neighboring Districts 3 and 4, appears to have paid off for the incumbents.

From Oct. 1-19, Cortez Masto raised more than four times as much money as Republican Senate candidate and former Attorney General Adam Laxalt, bringing in $9.1 million to his $2.2 million.

So while you mull when to vote, below are some resources pulled from our handy elections page that could help as you ponder all the choices on this year’s ballot. We have ballot question explainers, race previews and stories detailing candidates’ policy positions. 

This year, the outside groups have made their mark, collectively spending more than $100 million across the three competitive House races and high-profile Senate race, according to data compiled by OpenSecrets, a nonprofit research group dedicated to tracking money in U.S. politics.

As of Sept. 21, the candidates and outside groups had spent $25 million in the battleground district, the most of any “toss-up” House race in the country, according to data from the political ad tracking firm AdImpact.

Even as Republican candidates continue to pummel incumbent Democrats on a faltering economy and sidestep anger over the overturning of Roe v. Wade, they have launched a fresh salvo of attacks over immigration. 

Throughout her campaign, Becker, a Republican, has railed against Democrats for high inflation, raised the alarm about excessive government spending and often tied Lee to unpopular national Democrats.

News of the FBI’s unprecedented search spurred calls to action and even language of violence from various Nevada Republicans running for higher office.

But as Democrats have enthusiastically taken credit for the bill, Republicans appear just as eager to let them.

Lee has, multiple times, tweeted that Becker “will vote for a nationwide abortion ban,” though Becker does not appear to have ever said she will. A representative from Becker’s campaign said she “does not support a nationwide abortion ban.”

Less than four months away from the midterm election in November, the record amounts likely signal the difficult re-election battles each of the Democrats will face over the coming months.

The haul, Lee’s highest this cycle, marks a second-quarter record for any congressional candidate in Nevada.

Since Becker’s victory in the primary election earlier this month, the two candidates have elevated their political attacks on one another in the tight race.