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. 

Nevada Democrats are arguing that the best way for the DNC to move forward is to further elevate the Silver State. 

President Joe Biden upended Nevada’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary bid Thursday night, asking Democratic National Committee members to make South Carolina the party’s first contest.

The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee voted Friday to officially axe a proposal that would have allowed Democrats in Nevada to caucus by telephone.