The new sheriff, who is taking over the state's largest police agency after former Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo defeated incumbent Democrat Steve Sisolak and became governor, said he plans to avoid using the same failed strategies "over and over again." 

Here's a look at how fundraising shook out in the first half of the year, and how financially prepared the winners of major local government races are for the November general election.

Though McMahill emerged as the establishment-backed candidate, he maintained that he would not be following anyone else's playbook as sheriff, noting that he spent the majority of his law enforcement career on the "uniform side of the police department."

Down-ballot races often play a bigger role in the day-to-day life of communities with school boards setting education policy and municipal governments overseeing land use planning and business licensure.