AOC, in Las Vegas, rallies for Biden and women’s reproductive rights

Jun 21, 2024 (2 a.m.)

By Ray Brewer

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave a simple answer when she was asked what was at stake for women in November in the election between President Joe Biden and ...

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  Judge tosses Nevada fake electors case noting venue concern

  By Ayden Runnels

  A Clark County District judge approved a motion Friday dismissing the charges against six Nevada Republicans who were accused of submitting “fake elector” ballots in a scheme ...

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  Women must ‘keep marching’ for equality

  By Brian Greenspun

  “Let Mama vote!” During this difficult and confusing time in America, when what many of us thought was up is now argued to be down; when so many Americans thought they knew what was right are now told by an intense few that ...

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  Runner-up criticizes Nevada GOP Senate nominee Sam Brown

  By Gabe Stern, Associated Press

  The bitter primary that saw nearly a dozen Republican Senate candidates swipe at retired Army Capt. Sam Brown is fading out of view for some, who say their quest to take down incumbent Democrat Sen. Jacky Rosen trumps any intra-party grievances from the past 11 months.

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  Supreme Court unanimously preserves access to abortion medication mifepristone

  By Ayden Runnels

  The Supreme Court in a ruling Thursday unanimously rejected an attempt to restrict access to a medication that was used in about two-thirds of U.S. abortions last year, in its first reproductive rights decision since ...

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  Latest updated vote totals in Nevada primary key races

  By Las Vegas Sun Staff

  The Clark County Commission will have at least one new commissioner in 2025. With Ross Miller not seeking reelection in District C, Democrat Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod and Republican April Becker appear to have prevailed Tuesday in that race’s primary.

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  2 to vie in November to become Las Vegas mayor and succeed Goodman duo dating to 1999

  By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

  A former Nevada congresswoman and a current Las Vegas City Council member have emerged from a primary field of 14 candidates to become the first mayor not named ...

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  Incumbent fends off far-right challenge in local Nevada race with potential elections implications

  By Rio Yamat, Associated Press

  A Republican incumbent on a commission that oversees elections in a major swing county in Nevada has fended off a far-right challenge and secured her party's nomination in a race that could have ...

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  GOP primary winners set to battle for Democratic-held U.S. House seats in Nevada

  By Ray Brewer

  Voters in Nevada’s 1st Congressional District will see a November rematch between incumbent Rep. Dina Titus, a Democrat seeking her seventh term in ...

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  Secretary of state confident Nevada’s elections safe, secure

  By Ayden Runnels

  Aguilar was a proponent of the Election Worker Protection Act, which would prosecute anyone who harasses or reveals identifying information about election officials. Aguilar said the law was ...

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  Brown wins Nevada GOP U.S. Senate primary race to challenge Rosen

  By Ayden Runnels

  Sam Brown has won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Nevada to challenge Sen. Jacky Rosen for her seat in November with the Associated Press calling the race tonight ...

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  Nevadans go to polls today to select nominees to be on general election ballot in fall

  By Ray Brewer

  Sondra Cosgrove, a political scientist at the College of Southern Nevada and executive director of the voting advocacy group Vote Nevada, received her primary ballot in the ...

• Donald Trump tells a group that calls for banning all abortions to stand up for 'innocent life'

  By Michelle L. Price and Peter Smith, Associated Press

  Donald Trump on Monday urged a staunchly anti-abortion Christian group to stand up for “innocent life,” ambiguously revisiting an issue that Democrats want to make a focus of this year’s presidential election. The former president and ...

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  Nevada union workers urge voters to remember Trump’s actions, not words

  By Ayden Runnels

  A group of Nevada Democrats and laborers have a message for President Donald Trump ahead of his weekend fundraising visit and rally in Las Vegas: Put workers before billionaires ...

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  Sexual misconduct allegations rock Nevada Senate primary

  By Ayden Runnels

  A candidate seeking a seat in the Nevada Senate says he’s not guilty of sexual misconduct allegations that have become a flashpoint in a race that could help Democrats secure ...

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  Nevada Republicans outgain Democrats for new voters for May

  By Las Vegas Sun Staff

  Nevada added over 14,000 voters to its rolls in May with the June 11 primary election and the Nov. 5 general election in view, according to a news release from Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar.

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