The race to become Nevada’s next governor comes down to a political matchup of ideological opposites in Democrat Steve Sisolak and Republican Adam Laxalt.
Colton Lochhead
Carson City bureau chief
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Colton Lochhead covers pot and politics for the Review-Journal, where he started as an intern covering crime and breaking news in 2012. Raised in Las Vegas, the life-long desert rat graduated from Bonanza High School before earning his journalism degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Of the 12 candidates who received endorsements from the respective Republican and Democratic chamber caucuses in open Legislative races, just one failed to earn the party nomination in the primary election.
It looks as though there will be no major upsets in the state Senate primaries, with all of the candidates who lead the races being the ones who were endorsed by party caucuses.
Steve Sisolak emerged Tuesday as the Democratic Party’s nominee for Nevada governor. On the Republican side, Attorney General Adam Laxalt cruised to the GOP nomination.
On the final day for Nevadans to cast their vote in the primary election, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday afternoon that he “strongly” endorses Republican Adam Laxalt to be the Silver State’s next governor.
No matter who wins the Democratic nomination in Nevada’s governors race Tuesday, one thing is clear: they’re going to be nearly broke.
With one of the most watched U.S. Senate races in country, a hotly contested gubernatorial race and a ballot measure that has seen more than $30 million in donations, the 2018 election cycle in Nevada will be anything but cheap.
A group backed by Republican mega-donors Charles and David Koch has directed its ire towards U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei over his support of the latest $1.3 trillion federal spending bill.
If elections were determined solely by fundraising, Elissa Cadish would be the runaway winner in the race to replace retiring Nevada Supreme Court Justice Michael Cherry.
The head of a prominent Las Vegas union on Thursday tweeted a photo implying that a Clark County Commission candidate beats women.
The battle between Clark County Commission hopefuls Tick Segerblom and Marco Hernandez has turned into one of the more expensive primaries in Nevada.
Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak entered 2018 with a massive $5.75 million war chest of campaign money — well ahead of either of his two key rivals in the race.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren — considered one of the top potential Democratic presidential candidates for 2020 — will headline the Nevada State Democratic Convention in Reno next month, the state party announced Friday.
After pledging $2 million to turn out young voters across Nevada, California billionaire Tom Steyer’s Super PAC will host a forum for Democratic candidates vying for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District.
The initiative that would ban sanctuary cities laws in Nevada still can make it onto the November ballot after the state Supreme Court partially overturned a lower court ruling Wednesday.