Veteran Sam Brown cruised to victory in the race to challenge Sen. Jacky Rosen. A former North Las Vegas mayor endorsed by Trump also prevailed, while a wealth video game composer came in fourth.

The Nevada Independent explains the trends and races that we’re watching in the primary and what the results could portend for the general election.

Trump had previously endorsed in every other competitive U.S. Senate race but had kept relatively mum on Nevada, where the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) had endorsed Brown. 

At a hot rally that prompted six hospitalizations, Trump declined to endorse a Senate (but later endorsed veteran Sam Brown), and expressed support for stopping taxing tips as income.

Nevada Independent CEO and Editor Jon Ralston shared his thoughts on low early voting turnout, high mail volume and his explanation of how The Indy will be calling races next week.

A new analysis shows that many candidates running in Nevada’s federal races received more than $10.1 million in federal government loans from 2007 to 2021.

In an audio recording obtained by The Nevada Independent of a speech to supporters at a Las Vegas early vote rally that same day, Brown reiterated his opposition to the repository and explained his reasoning for changing stances between his 2022 run for Senate and now.

With three weeks to go until the June primary election, Nevada Senate candidate Sam Brown is supported by more than half of Republican primary voters and has a 38 percentage point lead over his next closest opponent, according to a new internal poll commissioned by the Brown campaign and shared with The Nevada Independent.

How does Brown win over Jewish voters — already a difficult task given their status as one of the most consistently liberal identity groups in the U.S. — when their current senator shares their faith?

Almost all the GOP candidates running for the Legislature or Congress in Nevada are not running on election integrity. In 2022, the GOP nominees for key statewide races echoed election conspiracies.

Several Republican challengers have made six figure loans to their own campaigns, as they try to catch up to the massive war chests of the Democratic incumbents.

One week later, Gunter’s campaign has still not actually placed the ad reservations, according to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filings checked mid-day Wednesday.

Sam Brown, the front-runner in the race, wants to minimize the role of the agency but stopped short of calling for its elimination, a stance he held in 2022 and one taken by his farther-right opponents.

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) placed a $14 million ad reservation for the Las Vegas and Reno media markets Thursday, a massive buy portending another expensive Senate race this cycle.

Of the seven Nevada-based centers and national hotline that Brown refers women to on his website, none refer for abortions. But most have tabs on their webpages about abortion, listing side effects and sometimes promoting misinformation about long-term effects. Many caution that women who choose to terminate pregnancies are frequently coerced and have regret, anxiety and guilt.

The spotlight’s on Nevada as residents prepare to vote in races for president, U.S. Senate, and 52 legislative seats that will determine the governor’s veto power.

The front-runner for the GOP nomination for Nevada's Senate seat said he would not support a national abortion ban. In response, Democrats continued to label him as an anti-abortion extremist.

Rosen's donor base lives in all 50 states and frequently donated to other Democratic senators in swing states. Brown's base is less robust, but experts expected to increase if he becomes the GOP nominee.

The political dynamics now offer Democrats the opportunity to message their willingness to fund border agencies and curb the asylum system while painting Republicans — who have long made securing the border a campaign issue — as the obstacle to doing so.

Though somewhat overshadowed by the presidential race, Rosen and Nevada’s three House Democrats have continued to raise money at a similar pace to the 2022 election cycle — a record-setting midterm in Nevada for election spending.