Yeager, Cannizzaro will lead the Legislature once again

Democratic state Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro and Assemblyman Steve Yeager have been re-elected to their leadership roles ahead of the 2025 legislative session.

Nevada Senate Democrats on Tuesday selected Cannizzaro to serve for a fourth consecutive legislative session as Senate Majority Leader, and the Nevada Assembly Democratic Caucus re-elected Yeager to serve as the Caucus Chair ahead of the 2025 legislative session.

Cannizzaro, first elected as leader in 2019, became the Nevada Senate’s first female majority leader and leads the country’s only female majority legislature, according to Nevada Senate Democrats.

“This year, Nevada voters sustained a strong Democratic majority in the state senate, and I am grateful that my colleagues have again selected me to serve as their Majority Leader,” Cannizzaro said in a statement.

“I am honored and humbled to once again be elected by my colleagues to lead the Nevada Assembly Democratic Caucus,” Yeager said in the statement.

The speaker said despite a disappointing night for Democrats across the country, Assembly Democrats in Nevada will return to Carson City with a strong majority.

“We were victorious because of our focus on building an economy that works for all, reducing costs that weigh on Nevadans, ensuring the safety of our families and communities, strengthening our schools so that every student has an opportunity to succeed, and protecting reproductive freedoms from out-of-touch politicians,” he said in the statement.

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