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Field dispatches, campaign updates, and news from across Washoe County.
Under a seemingly simple rule the Postal Service finalized last year, mail is now postmarked when it reaches a processing facility. That means a ballot dropped in a blue box on Election Day evening may not be postmarked until the next day, making it ineligible. — The Nevada Independent
The Nevada State Democratic Party highlights a new Washington Post report finding that GOP congressional candidate David Flippo repeatedly and falsely claimed he received a Bronze Star “for valor” — he earned a Bronze Star in 2004, but not the rare valor distinction. Via Nevada Democrats.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to revive a Trump-era challenge to mail voting rules, preserving voter access ahead of the midterm elections. Democracy Docket reports the decision as a major victory for voting rights advocates.
Over the last month, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto traveled to Pershing, Humboldt, Lander, and Elko Counties to discuss her work to fight for rural Nevada, support projects that create jobs, and help hardworking Nevadans across the state. (U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto's office)
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and 15 Senate colleagues called on the Trump Administration to abandon its plan to outfit ICE officers with gloves that deliver painful electric shocks, demanding answers on safety, protocol, and accountability before any purchase moves forward. (U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto's office)
Today, at the DNC’s summer meeting in Austin, Texas, the full DNC voted to officially approve the proposed slate of six early states to lead the 2028 presidential nominating calendar, as well as the accompanying rules package. Nevada was chosen second in the nominating calendar, following first place South Carolina. NVDEMS Chair Daniele Monroe Moreno declared, “This new calendar best represents who we are as a party and I am excited to showcase our state as Democrats’ first true test in the upcoming presidential nominating process.” (link) Nevada is a majority-minority state representing Latino (31.2%), Black (11.3%), AANHPI (10.60%), Native American (2.70%), and white working-class voters. As the most labor-dense state in the calendar, we are also union strong, where organized labor represents 13% of our workforce. We’re also a consistently competitive swing state where elections are decided by the slimmest margin.
Attorney General Aaron Ford made a jam-packed swing through Reno, talking with students, union leaders, workers, small business owners, and undecided voters about how he'll lead Nevada out of the failed Lombardo-Trump economy and lower costs for working families. He toured local businesses, held a roundtable with Young Democrats, met with union leaders, and answered questions from over 100 Washoe County residents at a town hall. (Ford for Nevada)
It's lunchtime at Senor Tequilas in Reno. While at the grill, Ford is finding out from the owner Mario Jimenez what challenges Jimenez faces as a small business owner. Jimenez's thoughts to turn his employees. Jimenez's concerns are not lost on Ford who speaks fluent Spanish. Ford says in any language the economy is tough for small businesses. (video)
A Nevada legislative interim committee voted to sponsor a 2027 bill, modeled on New Mexico's law, restricting armed federal agents near polling places. The committee also ordered a draft requiring Clark and Washoe counties to log returned mail ballots within 12 hours and verify signatures within 24 hours. (Nevada Current)
Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) gave the keynote address at the Center for American Progress for their immigration event, The Cruelty Must End: Better Immigration Policies for a Stronger America. In her remarks, she condemned Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda and attacks on immigrant communities while charting her vision for the future of immigration policy.
As gas prices in Northern Nevada climb above $5.00 a gallon, Joe Lombardo wrote a letter backing Trump's budget bill to shovel another $70 billion toward his Iran War. Attorney General Aaron Ford: "Nevadans need a Governor who will stand up to Trump and his cost-raising agenda, not bow down to his every whim."
Today, ahead of the PUCN hearing on the demand charge, Attorney General Ford slammed Joe Lombardo's support of NV Energy's price hike, which is set to raise Nevadans' energy bills by hundreds of dollars a year.
If you missed the President's address last night, you didn't miss much. For 30 very long minutes, Trump repeated the same election conspiracy theories he's been peddling since he first took office.