Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, speaks during an “All In 4 NV” aboriginal ballot rally astatine the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Photo by: Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun
By Ava Chatlosh (contact)
Monday, Oct. 26, 2026 | 8 a.m.
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., rallied hundreds of Nevadans Saturday astatine the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, capping a week successful which 9 Democratic run surrogates visited up of Election Day connected Nov. 3.
The propulsion seems to beryllium working: Democrats person formed 40% of the astir 400,000 ballots submitted by message oregon during aboriginal voting, according to Secretary of State data. Republicans relationship for 35%, and independents and others for 25%.
Unlike the different surrogates, who spent astir of their clip connected the choky governor’s contention betwixt Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford and Republican incumbent Gov. Joe Lombardo, Ocasio-Cortez focused her connection connected U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., who is favored to triumph his contention against Republican challenger Cody Whipple.
“Never instrumentality anyone oregon thing for granted,” Horsford said. “I don’t instrumentality your enactment for granted. I don’t instrumentality the voters of this territory for granted.”
Ocasio-Cortez is well-liked among Democrats, peculiarly progressives, making her a bully acceptable to run successful Horsford’s district. She urged voters to elite working-class politicians and counted Horsford among them.
“How we triumph matters,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “When we elite working-class radical similar Steven Horsford to Congress, past however we legislate changes too.”
She highlighted respective of Horsford’s accomplishments, including helping walk the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. It enactment targets the lodging shortage by speeding up national biology reviews and permitting requirements that tin hold projects. It besides expands and modernizes respective HUD and FHA programs that assistance communities concern affordable housing.
Ocasio-Cortez has campaigned for much progressive candidates successful Michigan, Ohio, Maine and California arsenic she tests the waters for a imaginable statesmanlike run. Several attendees said they would enactment her if she runs.
“I volition beryllium supporting her successful 2028,” said Las Vegas nonmigratory Kobe Hopkins.
Horsford said helium was honored to stock the signifier with Ocasio-Cortez, and some urged attendees to motion up to sound connected doors, marque telephone calls and vote.
“People fought, were beaten, bled and immoderate adjacent died for this right,” Horsford said. “And present successful our assemblage we person radical who, due to the fact that of their status, can’t ballot and privation to vote. So you ballot connected their behalf.”
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