For the first time in 20 years, Nevada went red in the presidential race — but the GOP’s gains didn’t trickle all the way down the ballot. Although Democrats failed to win a two-thirds supermajority in the Legislature, only one incumbent Democrat lost a legislative race, while the state’s Democratic congressional delegation swept their contests.

When members of the 2025 Legislature take the oath of office in February, there will be a lot of new faces. A total of 15 lawmakers — representing 105 years of legislative experience — will not be returning to Carson City because they ran for other offices, chose not to seek re-election, were forced to quit by term limits or were defeated.

Las Vegas’ lack of a comprehensive kids’ hospital has deadly consequences. Could a solution be on the horizon?

Southern Nevada’s senior citizen population is expected to explode by 45% from 2020 to 2030, bringing with it additional strains on an already-struggling health care infrastructure, a UNLV report shows.

A presidential candidate with a unique ability to turn out low-propensity voters. A Nevada senator running a state-specific campaign and keeping her party leaders at arm’s length. And an electorate much more interested in third-party candidates and the “none of the above” option in the Senate race than in the presidential race.

When Vice President Kamala Harris took over for President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket in July, Democrats in Nevada were ecstatic. Something needed to change. Throughout the year, former President Donald Trump — who had never won Nevada in two prior attempts — was leading Biden in polling by significant margins. On the day that Biden dropped out, Trump’s lead in the polling average was nearly 6 percentage points.

Ever since nonpartisans became the largest share of registered voters in Nevada last year, the results of this year’s presidential election were bound to turn on how such a prominent — yet unknown — group would sway.

After months of incessant campaign ads and an onslaught of political events, the 2024 election is over. It saw a sweeping victory for Republican President-elect Donald Trump, and it continued the tradition of close U.S. Senate races in Nevada.