Craig Mueller

How rural Nevada became the next battleground for the 'Big Lie'

In an August 2021 email to an Elko County deputy district attorney, Steninger laid out the group's interest in having "the rural counties … announce plans to shift to paper ballots," which they believed would make the rest of the state "obliged to follow suit."

Joey Gilbert ordered to pay $161,000 in attorneys fees to Lombardo over failed election challenge

Those costs were incurred in large part by the deposition of two expert witnesses for Lombardo, which together cost nearly $70,000.

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After Joey Gilbert election challenge, a potential schism in the state GOP

More than two weeks after a Carson City judge ruled against former Republican gubernatorial candidate and Reno-area lawyer Joey Gilbert in his bid to undo his primary loss to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, Gilbert has yet to file a promised appeal of the decision to the state Supreme Court as of Monday afternoon.

Judge shoots down Joey Gilbert election lawsuit over lack of 'competent evidence'

District Court Judge James Wilson issued the ruling for summary judgment in favor of Clark County sheriff and Republican gubernatorial nominee Joe Lombardo from the bench on Wednesday, blocking the election contest from proceeding further.

Gilbert files election contest lawsuit after GOP governor primary loss

Robert Beadles, a cryptocurrency millionaire and activist who funded the recount, wrote on his website that the lawsuit was filed Friday in Carson City District Court and will prove that "Joey Gilbert rightfully won the primary with 100% certainty."

Judge rejects Republican Dan Rodimer's request for re-vote in congressional race

"When we decide things, our North Star is the law," Atkin said. "Despite the concerns as raised in the 87 paragraphs of the petition for writ of mandamus, this court simply has no jurisdiction."

Judge rejects Republican state Senate candidate's request to re-do election, citing lack of evidence of fraud

"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."

Rodimer election lawsuit delayed amid 'ministerial oversight' requiring new judge

The motion was referred to Clark County District Court Chief Judge Linda Marie Bell, who issued an order requiring that the case be randomly reassigned because of an administrative oversight. Sturman was one of three judges assigned to a special pool of judges to take on emergency election-related cases, but that order expired earlier this month.

Republican congressional, state Senate candidates request new election in lawsuit alleging voter fraud

Attorneys representing Jim Marchant, the Republican congressional candidate who lost to incumbent Rep. Steven Horsford in the 2020 election, and April Becker, a Republican state Senate candidate who narrowly lost to state Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, filed the lawsuit in Clark County District Court on Monday seeking a court-ordered new election over alleged inadequacies and voter fraud in the 2020 election process.

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