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As top Assembly leader leaves, 3 Dems say they have what it takes to protect a purple seat

Nevada's closest election in 2024 was in this district, which outgoing Assm. Sandra Jauregui (D-Las Vegas) won by just 250 votes.

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What Trump's campaign promises could mean for Nevada

What promises did Trump make to Nevadans across his many campaign visits to the Silver State? Some — such as his pledge to conduct a mass deportation campaign — would affect the entire country but be particularly consequential in Nevada, which has the highest share of undocumented immigrants of any state's workforce.

Nevada Democrats restart push to be nation's first presidential primary in 2028

As in 2022, state Democrats argue that Nevada is the only state that meets the DNC's professed preferences for a state that is racially and economically diverse, politically competitive and feasible for candidates and the party, both from a cost and technical competence perspective. Given Democratic losses in 2024 with Latino voters and working class voters, state party Chair Daniele Monroe-Moreno wrote that the DNC should elevate a state that possesses those kinds of voters in droves.

How Democrat Jacky Rosen won Nevada's Senate race in a Trump year

The freshman senator attributes her success to localizing the Senate race, emphasizing her Nevada roots and commitment to bipartisanship and painting Brown as too extreme for the state. This allowed her to win even in a national environment that favored Republicans and keep enough registered nonpartisan and soft Republican Trump voters from picking Brown as well.

Anatomy of a red wave: How Trump won Nevada

A dozen Nevada political strategists, experts and elected officials agreed that the fundamentals of the race — inflation, Trump's appeal with working-class voters and Biden's unpopularity — favored Republicans.