Colleagues say she shaped the lobbying corps by taking younger lobbyists under her wing, coordinating coffee meetings and celebrating their successes.

Though newspapers detailed Laxalt's political decisions, she was better known in the Legislature as a mentor and "legend."

Frank McCulloch stood for one thing above all, and that was integrity. Generations of reporters at all levels revered in his steady performance and vision about what journalism was all about.

Republican former President Donald Trump led President Joe Biden, a Democrat, by 12 points in a head-to-head matchup. Yet the poll also showed Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) maintained a 2 percentage point lead on her likely Republican challenger Sam Brown.

Last week, Gov. Joe Lombardo departed Nevada for a trip to Texas and a trade mission in Canada. Soon after, on Monday, Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony left the Silver State for a trip promoting Nevada tourism in Mexico. 

During a closing address for a conference celebrating the life and work of Basque-Nevadan author Robert Laxalt, his grandson Gabriel Urza brought out a leather satchel containing notes from his grandfather's reporting for National Geographic as well as an early manuscript of his book The Governor's Mansion.

By most metrics, the Senate race in Nevada will be one of just a handful that will decide control of the nation's most powerful deliberative body for at least the next two years. 

Nevada has increasingly been thought of as a blue state, and even Washoe County has swung bluer than it has in a long time in recent years. But Republicans and Democrats alike are taking Washoe County seriously this year.