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

As the results for the midterm election pour in, Democrats appear to be maintaining control of the Legislature, but they will likely fall short of hoped-for supermajorities in either house.

A little more than three weeks before Election Day, candidates running for statewide and legislative offices are spending big in an attempt to gain the upper hand.

Nearly 1,000 Nevadans — including two candidates for public office, one sitting county commissioner, four law enforcement professionals and two military members — have been linked to the extremist militia group the Oath Keepers.

With the primary election dust starting to settle, legislative race results began to shed light on which candidates will be in the spotlight come November.

Though Democrats are expected to maintain control of both houses, Republicans are hoping to prevent a two-thirds supermajority (14 seats) that could have implications for tax increases.

Three Assembly members — Steve Yeager (D-Las Vegas), Sandra Jauregui (D-Las Vegas) and Tom Roberts (R-Las Vegas) — met as a somewhat rare election contest committee last week to hear and recommend dismissal of an official challenge by former Assembly Republican candidate Cherlyn Arrington, who lost her bid to Democrat Elaine Marzola by nearly 1,200 votes in the 2020 election.

Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson (D-Las Vegas) on Monday appointed three lawmakers — Democrats Steve Yeager and Sandra Jauregui and Republican Tom Roberts — to serve on an election contest committee to review a complaint submitted by former Republican Assembly candidate Cheryl Arrington. She lost her bid for an Assembly seat to current office-holder Elaine Marzola (D-Las Vegas) by 1,197 votes, or four percentage points.

“If I were to do that, the court would disenfranchise, whether it's those folks who voted throughout Clark County or the folks who voted only in Senate District 6,” Hardy said. “No authority has been provided by petitioner that would allow the court or provide even the court discretion to make such a broad ruling.”

Hers is at least the sixth lawsuit filed by losing Republican candidates in the past few days seeking to scrap the election results over alleged irregularities. Others were filed by state Senate candidate April Becker, congressional candidates Dan Rodimer and Jim Marchant, President Donald Trump, and former U.S. Senate candidate and conservative activist Sharron Angle.

Of the 42 seats in the state Assembly, almost a quarter will be decided in the primary election. Four races will actually be decided in the primary — including three incumbent Republicans fending off challengers — because no other candidates filed to run in those districts. Another five races will effectively be decided in the primary, given vast disparity in voter registration totals making it all but impossible for the opposing party to gain a foothold.