Overview
- The state’s closed primary took place Tuesday with roughly 246,000 ballots already cast before Election Day, and counties are releasing early in-person and partial mail results first which will shape how quickly winners are determined.
- Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo faces six GOP challengers in the primary while six Democrats, led by Attorney General Aaron Ford and Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill, competed for the right to challenge him this fall.
- In northern Nevada’s open 2nd Congressional District, Rep. Mark Amodei’s retirement produced a crowded GOP primary highlighted by President Donald Trump’s endorsement of David Flippo and a well-known rival, James Settelmeyer; the GOP nominee is heavily favored in November.
- The Republican race for secretary of state features candidates who have questioned the 2020 result and who back measures such as voter ID, ending universal mail ballots, and paper-only counts, proposals that would change how Nevadans vote but face hurdles in the Democratic-controlled legislature.
- Clark and Washoe counties together supply most of Nevada’s vote, so their release practices will determine night-of results and the outcome in close races, and the governor’s race winner could affect Nevada’s influence on the 2028 presidential nominating calendar.