Now that voters in Iowa and New Hampshire have cast their ballots, it's Nevada's turn to weigh in on the 2020 presidential race.

The race for the Democratic presidential nomination has shifted to Nevada. Caucuses will be held in the state in the coming hours. It is the first racially diverse and urbanised region to take part.

A smiling Sen. Bernie Sanders told supporters he would go on to win not only the Democratic primary, but the general election against President Donald Trump just after being declared the victor in Nevada’s caucuses.

Early reports suggest a surprising upset of sorts in the Nevada caucuses — Culinary Union members broke from their leadership and caucused in wide numbers for Sen. Bernie Sanders, according to longtime Nevada journalist Jon Ralston.

Early reports suggest a surprising upset of sorts in the Nevada caucuses — Culinary Union members broke from their leadership and caucused in wide numbers for Sen. Bernie Sanders, according to longtime Nevada journalist Jon Ralston.

The signs of Nevada’s resurgent economy are everywhere in this community outside Las Vegas, the fastest-growing city in one of the country’s fastest-growing states.

The next stage of the US presidential election process comes on Saturday, when voters in Nevada choose their preferred Democrat to oppose President Donald Trump.

Much like in California, Nevada’s labor unions are a powerful force in Democratic politics. But warning signs have emerged here for the party’s presidential front-runner, Bernie Sanders, over labor’s coolness to the signature issue of his candidacy — Medicare for All — as Democrats vote in caucuses Saturday.

The road between Las Vegas and Reno traverses some of the emptiest land in the continental United States. Wild burros idle across the asphalt, gutted miner shacks cast scant bits of shade, the faded signs of long-gone brothels creak in the wind.

The road between Las Vegas and Reno traverses some of the emptiest land in the continental United States. Wild burros idle across the asphalt, gutted miner shacks cast scant bits of shade, the faded signs of long-gone brothels creak in the wind.

Elizabeth Warren’s debate-stage evisceration of Michael Bloomberg has brought renewed buzz to her flagging presidential campaign — but it may have come too late to help her in the Nevada caucuses.

In the blazing sun of the Las Vegas desert, throngs of white and Latino university students gathered to hear Bernie Sanders offer promises of free college tuition and a higher minimum wage. Metres away in a university lecture hall, Pete Buttigieg was being grilled by an association of black law students over his record on race relations.