Top 2024 stories in Nevada politics

President-elect Donald Trump appeared successful a Las Vegas restaurant with a “NEVADA IS TRUMP COUNTRY” graphic displayed to his near during a run rally successful August. 

At the time, it was pugnacious to warrant his confidence. After all, a Republican statesmanlike campaigner hadn’t won Nevada successful 20 years. 

But 3 months later, Trump secured Nevada with 3% much of the ballot than Vice President Kamala Harris connected the mode to winning each six plaything states and the White House.

“I don’t cognize however the hellhole we could suffer it,” Trump said during the August event. “I’ve ne'er seen specified support.”

He was right.

Here are different notable stories for the past year.

Days aft Las Vegas visit, Biden pulls plug connected statesmanlike campaign

President Joe Biden’s past run lawsuit arsenic a statesmanlike campaigner came present successful July, erstwhile helium met with customers and recorded an interrogation with Univision astatine the Lindo Michoacan connected Desert Inn Road. He besides spoke astatine the College of Southern Nevada announcing a $50 cardinal assistance to money gathering 400 affordable lodging units.

Biden’s sojourn was chopped abbreviated aft testing posted for COVID-19, and portion recovering astatine his formation location successful Delaware, helium gave into pressures from his enactment and dropped retired of the race. 

“While it has been my volition to question reelection, I judge it is successful the champion involvement of my enactment and the state for maine to basal down,” Biden said successful a missive posted connected his X account. “And to absorption solely connected fulfilling my duties arsenic President for the remainder of my term.”

Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to instrumentality his spot connected the statesmanlike ticket, posting connected societal media: “Democrats — it’s clip to travel unneurotic and bushed Trump.”

His determination to driblet retired was met with praise for Democrats, galore of whom argued the 82-year-old wasn’t acceptable for a 2nd term.

“From creating millions of jobs to tackling weapon safety, President Joe Biden has been an outstanding and important lifelong nationalist servant,“ Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., said successful a connection that day. ”I’m arrogant of each we’ve done together. Thank you for your patriotic enactment and enduring service, President Biden.”

AG inactive pursuing justness against Nevada fake electors

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford filed charges Dec. 12 successful Carson City against six salient Republicans who were accused of submitting “fake elector” ballots successful a strategy to plaything the 2020 statesmanlike predetermination for Donald Trump aft a erstwhile unsuccessful pursuit successful Clark County.

The caller charges travel six months aft Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled that Clark County was not the due tribunal venue to determine the case, since the submission of the mendacious records occurred successful Douglas County and the ceremonial occurred successful Carson City.

Ford said his bureau maintains that Clark County was the close determination for the case, and that helium is seeking a authorities Supreme Court ruling to instrumentality to the aforesaid tribunal it was turned distant from successful June. The Carson City charges are a means of avoiding a lapse successful the statute of limitations connected the charge.

Nevada GOP president Michael McDonald, Republican Party National Committeeman Jim DeGraffenreid, vice president Jim Hindle, Clark County Republican president Jesse Law, Eileen Rice and Shawn Meehan are the defendants successful the case.

On Dec. 14, 2020, they conducted a ceremonial successful Carson City successful which they signed a papers “certifying” Nevada’s six electoral votes for Trump, adjacent though Democratic nominee Joe Biden won the authorities by astir 30,000 votes.

Fake electors person been convicted successful Michigan and look charges successful Arizona and Georgia.

Ford said that “justice requires that these actions not spell unpunished.”

Carolyn Goodman termed out, ending 25 years of Goodmans successful mayor’s seat

After a 4th of a period run, Las Vegas saw the extremity of the Goodmans’ mayorship and the ushering of a caller epoch for the city. 

Former Mayor Carolyn Goodman concluded her 13-year tenure connected Dec. 4, finishing the tally her hubby Oscar began successful 1999. Mayor Shelley Berkley, the erstwhile congresswoman, was sworn successful that morning. 

“I volition endeavor to make an ambiance wherever everyone who wants to stock successful the occurrence of Las Vegas has an accidental to bash so,” Berkley said arsenic she was taking office. “No substance what the colour of your skin, wherever your family’s from, whether you’re a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, whether you’re a concern proprietor oregon a arrogant national member.”

Carolyn Goodman led Vegas done immoderate of its largest crises, similar the Oct. 1, 2017, wide shooting connected the Strip wherever 58 radical were instantly killed and hundreds of others were wounded. She has carried a contented of moving a remembrance ceremonial downtown astatine the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden.

Managing the COVID-19 pandemic was different portion of Goodman's legacy. When businesses were shuttered to bounds the dispersed of the virus, Goodman remained adamant that then-Gov. Steve Sisolak’s shutdown of each nonessential businesses was the incorrect determination for the city. 

Sen. Rosen salvages U.S. Senate spot for Dems

As Democrats mislaid the bulk successful the U.S. Senate, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., kept her seat by little than 2% of the ballot against GOP challenger Sam Brown successful the November election. 

Brown’s candidacy gained momentum successful July astatine the Republican National Convention successful Milwaukee erstwhile sharing his communicative astir being injured portion serving successful Afghanistan.  

When results began trickling successful connected predetermination night, Brown had a flimsy pb from the precocious Republican turnout successful aboriginal voting. 

But Rosen supporters led a signature curing effort to guarantee message ballots were counted, helping Rosen unafraid different six-year term.

“We’re designed to triumph adjacent races similar this one, that’s what we’re built for,” Rosen said. “We didn’t conscionable commencement this 15 minutes ago, we’ve been moving hard unneurotic for the past fewer years to physique a foundation, and you ne'er mislaid religion before, oregon adjacent aft Tuesday night.”