Overview

• Gov. Joe Lombardo launched his campaign at Las Vegas’s Rancho High School on Sept. 15, framing a second term as a chance to “finish what we started.”
• He highlighted raises for teachers and law enforcement, school accountability measures, attainable housing efforts, regulatory cuts, and his record number of vetoes under a Democratic Legislature.
• Lombardo largely avoided discussing immigration and President Donald Trump in his remarks, after authorizing the Nevada National Guard in August to provide temporary logistical support for immigration enforcement.
• Democrats criticized his stewardship of an economy with one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates and declining visitation, tying him to Trump’s policies and casting him as vulnerable.
• Attorney General Aaron Ford and Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill have entered the Democratic primary, as national groups target the race and polls show Lombardo’s approval at 53%.