Six Republican Nevada electors are scheduled to go on trial after pleading not guilty to forgery charges stemming from the 2020 election.

Nevada wasn’t first on the 2024 presidential calendar. Will 2028 be different? Read more from The Nevada Independent.

Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, proposed ballot initiatives are starting to roll into the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office. Here at The Nevada Independent, we’ve built a ballot measure tracker so readers can understand where a proposal is in the process, where legal challenges stand and who’s backing each idea.

Nevada remains one of the nation’s most pivotal battlegrounds—it narrowly backed President Donald Trump in 2024 after years of leaning Democratic. The tight race between Lombardo and Ford underscores how competitive the state has become and could serve as an early indicator of party strength heading into the 2028 presidential election.

One year out, Nevada’s pocketbook-focused 2026 gubernatorial election is neck and neck between two established and popular candidates. Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford slightly trailed Republican Gov.

On August 24th, Nevadans woke up to several key government sites having gone dark – taken offline by a massive cyber attack. The cyber attack ended up crippling several critical services like the Department of Motor Vehicles for over a week,

Gov. Joe Lombardo leads Attorney General Aaron Ford 40%-37% in new Nevada gubernatorial poll, with 23% undecided and race within margin of error.

Nearly five years after the 2020 election, the debunked conspiracy that Trump was robbed of the election due to massive voter fraud has become gospel in many corners of the Republican Party. Back in power,

Sheriff Kevin McMahill launched his re-election campaign, touting his achievements in reducing crime and implementing new technology, while focusing on officer wellness and traffic fatality reduction.