Ford will make history as not only the first Black governor elected in Nevada but of any state west of the Mississippi River.

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Across the board, Northern Nevada gave way to the blue tsunami that engulfed the U.S. and Nevada, even in ruby red districts ...

Former Assm. Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D-NV) joined the state's three Democratic incumbents in a clean sweep of the state's ...

Aaron Ford will likely be the state's first Black governor, which means Democrats could hold all statewide offices for the ...

Nevada Democrats had their best election night in decades on Tuesday, flipping seats up and down the ballot. The Nevada ...

The state's Republican governor has walked a fine line between appeasing President Donald Trump and pitching himself as a ...

It's one thing to have a data-driven blog where you can show readers trends that are developing in a state where most of the ...

Nevada voters often split the ticket, most recently in 2022 when they re-elected Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and elected Lombardo as governor. In 2024, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) survived ...

Ford's role in the nine-member board that approves the clemency process is all over the airwaves — but he is not the sole ...

The Trump administration called it "a robust and efficient tool to verify citizenship or immigration status." But in Missouri ...

With the 2026 midterms nearly over, potential candidates have swarmed the state to sharpen and show off their messages.