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Governor

Nevada
Statewide

Election day: November 3, 2026

Three candidates are on Nevada's ballot for governor, alongside its “None of these candidates” option.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated September 25, 2026

At a glance

A quick look at the candidates

One stated goal, one checked action and the top committee funding for each candidate. Read the detailed guide for the rest.

What the funding line covers

Funding shows up to the two largest listed committee categories, without individual-donor conduit entries.

Record checked Sep 25, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

Aaron D. Ford

Democratic

One stated goal Raise per-pupil school funding to at least the national average.

One checked action Nevada joined a $1.7 billion settlement with student loan company Navient. His office said 592 Nevadans would get $17.1 million in loan cancellation.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

Governor candidates file with the Nevada Secretary of State. We have not added those filings yet.

Danielle Ford

No Political Party

One stated goal More school funding, spent better, with closer checks on education contracts.

One checked action Began a four-year term on the Nevada State Board of Education for District 3.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

Governor candidates file with the Nevada Secretary of State. We have not added those filings yet.

Joseph Lombardo

Republican

One stated goal Every child reading at grade level by third grade, and higher per-pupil funding tied to results.

One checked action Signed SB 503, the 2023-25 school funding bill.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

Governor candidates file with the Nevada Secretary of State. We have not added those filings yet.

Who is running?

Printed ballot candidates

  • Aaron D. FordDemocratic
  • Danielle FordNo Political Party
  • Joseph LombardoRepublican

The ballot also includes “None of these candidates,” a ballot option, not a person.

Source: Clark County Election Department general-election ballot order

Checked September 2, 2026

Read the detailed guide, goals, actions and campaign funding

Voter guide

The candidates, side by side

Goals come from each campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filings it covers, and some notes also compare the rows with the campaign's own FEC summary.

Aaron D. Ford

Background

  • Nevada's attorney general since January 7, 2019.
  • Before that, a state senator who served as both majority leader and minority leader.
  • A public school math teacher before he became a lawyer.
  • His campaign says Medicaid and food stamps helped him as a young single father.

What they say they want to do

  • Raise per-pupil school funding to at least the national average.
  • Cap how many homes corporate investors can buy each year.
  • Make data centers bring their own power, grid upgrades and water, with no new tax breaks until they deliver.
  • Reverse NV Energy's mandatory demand charge and appoint utility regulators focused on lowering bills.
  • Make pharmacy benefit managers pass drug rebates on to patients.

What the official record shows

  • Nevada joined a $1.7 billion settlement with student loan company Navient. His office said 592 Nevadans would get $17.1 million in loan cancellation.
  • SB 35, filed on behalf of his office, became law. It made 28 grams of illegally made fentanyl a trafficking crime.
  • Joined 20 other attorneys general suing to stop the shutdown of the U.S. Department of Education.
  • His office said Nevada's opioid settlement recoveries had reached $1,215,011,047.06.
  • A court filing settled his office's case with Roblox: $10 million and age checks before users can chat.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Governor candidates file with the Nevada Secretary of State. We have not added those filings yet.

Source: Nevada Secretary of State

Danielle Ford

Background

  • Elected to the Nevada State Board of Education for District 3. Her term runs from January 2025 to January 2029.
  • A Clark County School District trustee from 2019 to 2023.
  • Hosts Unraveling Education, a podcast about Nevada schools.
  • On the ballot with no political party.

What they say they want to do

  • More school funding, spent better, with closer checks on education contracts.
  • Less power held by the governor's office. She points to a 2011 law that lets the governor appoint members of the State Board of Education.
  • Guardrails on AI and technology, including data centers, water and energy.

What the official record shows

  • Began a four-year term on the Nevada State Board of Education for District 3.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Governor candidates file with the Nevada Secretary of State. We have not added those filings yet.

Source: Nevada Secretary of State

Joseph Lombardo

Background

  • Governor of Nevada since January 2023.
  • Clark County sheriff, elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018.
  • Spent 26 years with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department before that.
  • Served in the U.S. Army and the Nevada National Guard.

What they say they want to do

  • Every child reading at grade level by third grade, and higher per-pupil funding tied to results.
  • More down payment help for nurses, teachers, military families and first responders.
  • No new taxes, and a yearly back-to-school sales tax holiday.
  • No rate increases for Nevada homes and businesses to pay for data centers.
  • Lower the amount of fentanyl it takes to be charged with trafficking.

What the official record shows

  • Signed SB 503, the 2023-25 school funding bill.
  • Signed SB 35, which made 28 grams of illegally made fentanyl a trafficking crime.
  • Finished vetoing bills from the 2023 session: 75 in all, the Legislature's list shows.
  • Signed AB 540, a housing bill with $133 million for a new housing account and up to $50 million in bonds.
  • Finished vetoing bills from the 2025 session: 87 in all, counting SB 99, which the Legislature's list leaves out.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Governor candidates file with the Nevada Secretary of State. We have not added those filings yet.

Source: Nevada Secretary of State

Race outlook

How an approved rating source sees this race

Categories are ordered judgments, not win probabilities. A rating appears only when that publisher allows the use.

  • Sabato's Crystal BallToss-up

    Sabato's Crystal Ball assessed this Sep 29, 2026; checked Oct 1, 2026.

Sabato's Crystal Ball allows this rating to be used with credit, so their name and date stay on the row. A Stated Record comparison is added only when two or more approved ratings are current. The rule is in Methodology.

What to know

The race in context

The registered coverage compiles candidates' stated positions. Those first-party assertions are not independent confirmation and remain unpublished here.

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

Current public roles come from government sources.

Democratic

Aaron D. Ford

Nevada attorney general since January 2019. Former state senator and Senate majority leader.

Public profiles

  • X @teamfordnvLinked from his campaign site.
  • Facebook teamfordnvLinked from his campaign site.
  • Instagram @teamfordnvLinked from his campaign site.

No Political Party

Danielle Ford

Elected member of the Nevada State Board of Education for District 3 since January 2025. Former Clark County School District trustee.

Public profiles

  • Facebook trusteefordListed as her campaign account on Ballotpedia.
  • X @TrusteeFordListed as her campaign account on Ballotpedia.
  • Instagram @daniellefordlvListed as her campaign account on Ballotpedia.

Republican

Joseph Lombardo

Governor of Nevada since January 2023. Former Clark County sheriff.

Public profiles

  • X @JoeLombardoNVLinked from his campaign site. The governor's office keeps separate accounts.
  • Facebook JoeLombardoNVLinked from his campaign site.
  • Instagram @JoeLombardoNVLinked from his campaign site.

Profile links show what is public now, not a complete archive. Each was confirmed through the campaign site unless a note says otherwise.

How social posts are used

Individual social posts enter the evidence record only with a post URL, date, context, and review note.

Issue comparison

What each campaign says

Each campaign's own positions, not promises The Stated Record has verified or endorsed.

Schools and school funding

Aaron Ford's campaign wants per-pupil funding at or above the national average. Danielle Ford's campaign wants more school money, better spent, and closer checks on vendor contracts. Joseph Lombardo's campaign wants every child reading at grade level by third grade and more results-based funding. On the record, Aaron Ford joined multistate cases on the Education Department and student loans, and voted for a 2015 grant bill others sponsored; Lombardo signed the 2023-25 school funding bill.

What each campaign says

Aaron D. Ford

Wants Nevada's per-pupil school funding to meet or beat the national average, with the money reaching classrooms.

Danielle Ford

Wants more school money spent better, and closer checks on education contracts with national vendors.

Joseph Lombardo

Wants every child reading at grade level by third grade, and higher per-pupil funding tied to results.

Housing costs

Aaron Ford's campaign would cap corporate home buying, register corporate landlords and ban rent-setting software. Danielle Ford's Ballotpedia survey and filing-day interview list no housing position. Joseph Lombardo's campaign would expand down payment help for nurses, teachers, military families and first responders, and keep families from competing with corporate buyers. On the record, Lombardo signed a 2025 housing law worth up to $183 million and vetoed a 2023 cap on corporate home buying.

What each campaign says

Aaron D. Ford

Would cap how many homes corporate investors can buy each year, start a corporate landlord registry, and ban software that sets rents.

Danielle Ford

No position found in her Ballotpedia survey or filing-day interview. A campaign site in her name has one, but we have not confirmed the site is hers.

Joseph Lombardo

Would expand down payment help for nurses, teachers, military families and first responders, and let families buy homes without competing against out-of-state investors and corporate buyers.

Power bills and data centers

Aaron Ford's campaign wants data centers to bring their own clean energy and water, with no new tax breaks until they deliver. Danielle Ford's campaign wants guardrails on AI, data centers, water and energy. Joseph Lombardo's campaign says data centers should not raise power rates, with tax breaks tied to power, water and jobs. Aaron Ford co-led the 2015 data center tax break law; his office lost an NV Energy case he plans to appeal.

What each campaign says

Aaron D. Ford

Data centers should bring their own clean energy, grid upgrades and water, and get no new tax breaks until they keep their promises.

Danielle Ford

Says Nevada needs guardrails on AI and technology, including data centers, water and energy.

Joseph Lombardo

No Nevada home or business should see power rates rise to pay for data centers. Every tax break, data centers' included, should be tied to goals on power, water and local jobs.

Taxes

Aaron Ford has said he will not raise taxes. Danielle Ford's Ballotpedia survey and filing-day interview list no tax position. Joseph Lombardo's campaign pledges no new taxes and a yearly back-to-school sales tax holiday. On the record, Lombardo vetoed a 2023 bill and signed a 2025 one, both letting Clark County keep raising its existing fuel tax without a public vote; a business tax cut his campaign cites came automatically under a 2015 law.

What each campaign says

Aaron D. Ford

Has said he will not raise taxes.

Danielle Ford

No position found in her Ballotpedia survey or filing-day interview. A campaign site in her name has one, but we have not confirmed the site is hers.

Joseph Lombardo

No new taxes, plus a yearly sales tax holiday around back-to-school time.

Health care costs

Aaron Ford's campaign would make drug middlemen pass rebates to patients and start medical debt relief. Danielle Ford's Ballotpedia survey and filing-day interview list no health care position. Joseph Lombardo's campaign wants more doctors and nurses trained and kept in Nevada, plus telehealth. On the record, Aaron Ford's office counts $1.2 billion in opioid deals, some multistate, and he signed group letters to Congress on drug middlemen; Lombardo signed nursing program funding, not doctor training.

What each campaign says

Aaron D. Ford

Would make pharmacy benefit managers pass drug rebates to patients and start a medical debt relief program.

Danielle Ford

No position found in her Ballotpedia survey or filing-day interview. A campaign site in her name has one, but we have not confirmed the site is hers.

Joseph Lombardo

Wants more doctors and nurses trained in Nevada, with real reasons to stay, and telehealth to reach people far from care.

Words and record

Where statements meet official action

Each card sets one thing a candidate says beside their own official record, with one label from a fixed list and its limit. No card says why someone did something.

How the cards work

The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says that as attorney general he won more than $1.2 billion in opioid settlements.

What the record shows ·

His office put Nevada's total opioid recoveries at $1,215,011,047.06 in July 2025, a count that includes multistate deals paid out over many years.

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What they say

His campaign says that as attorney general he won more than $1.2 billion in opioid settlements.

“winning more than $1.2 billion in opioid settlements”

What the record shows ·

On July 10, 2025, his office said a new settlement brought Nevada's total opioid recoveries to $1,215,011,047.06.

Limit: The total is his office's own count. It includes deals made with many states and money paid out over many years.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he sued a national student loan company and won millions in relief for Nevadans.

What the record shows ·

Nevada joined a 2022 multistate settlement with Navient that gave 592 Nevadans $17.1 million in loan cancellation and paid about $1.05 million to 3,952 more.

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What they say

His campaign says he sued a national student loan company and won millions in relief for Nevadans.

“He sued a major national student loan servicer and won, delivering millions of dollars of student loan relief”

What the record shows ·

In January 2022, Nevada and other states settled with Navient for $1.7 billion. His office said 592 Nevadans would get $17,140,858 in loan cancellation and 3,952 would share $1,053,752 in payments.

Limit: It was a settlement joined by many states, not a win at trial.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he sued the Trump administration to stop it from shutting down the U.S. Department of Education.

What the record shows ·

Nevada joined 20 other attorneys general in suing in March 2025; a court blocked the layoffs, and the U.S. Supreme Court paused that order while the case goes on.

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What they say

His campaign says he sued the Trump administration to stop it from shutting down the U.S. Department of Education.

“Ford sued the Trump administration for attempting to eliminate the Department of Education”

What the record shows ·

Nevada joined 20 other attorneys general in suing on March 13, 2025. A federal court blocked the layoffs on May 22, 2025. On July 14, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court paused that order while the case goes on.

Limit: He was one of 21 attorneys general in the suit. The campaign's figure of $1 billion a year for Nevada was not checked.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he fought NV Energy's mandatory demand charge, which it calls unlawful.

What the record shows ·

His office challenged the charge in court and lost in May 2026, when a Clark County judge did not find it unlawful; he says he will appeal.

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What they say

His campaign says he fought NV Energy's mandatory demand charge, which it calls unlawful.

“Aaron Ford fought back against NV Energy's unlawful mandatory demand charge”

What the record shows ·

His consumer protection office challenged the charge and took it to court. On May 26, 2026, a Clark County judge ruled against his office, and he said he would appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court.

Limit: He has lost so far: the judge did not find the charge unlawful. He says he will appeal.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he won a first-of-its-kind settlement with Roblox to protect children from online predators.

What the record shows ·

An April 2026 consent judgment requires $10 million from Roblox and age checks before chat. Roblox admitted no wrongdoing; first-of-its-kind status is not in the court record.

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What they say

His campaign says he won a first-of-its-kind settlement with Roblox to protect children from online predators.

“winning a first-of-its-kind settlement with Roblox that will protect children from online predators”

What the record shows ·

A consent judgment filed April 15, 2026 in Clark County District Court has Roblox pay $10 million and check users' ages before they can chat, among other rules.

Limit: "First of its kind" is his office's description; the court record does not say. Roblox admitted no wrongdoing.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says that as attorney general he cracked down on fentanyl traffickers and ghost guns.

What the record shows ·

His office asked for the 2023 law that made 28 grams of illegal fentanyl a trafficking crime, and won a court ruling upholding Nevada's ghost gun ban.

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What they say

His campaign says that as attorney general he cracked down on fentanyl traffickers and ghost guns.

“Cracked down on fentanyl traffickers and ghost guns”

What the record shows ·

Senate Bill 35 was filed in November 2022 on behalf of the attorney general. It made 28 grams or more of illegally made fentanyl a trafficking crime; other drug trafficking starts at 100 grams. It became law on June 14, 2023. On April 18, 2024, his office won a unanimous Nevada Supreme Court ruling that upheld the state's 2021 ghost gun ban.

Limit: His office asked for the bill; the Legislature passed it and the governor signed it. On ghost guns, his office defended the 2021 ban in court.

Record does not bear out the claim

What they say

His campaign says that as Senate majority leader he sponsored the bill that created the Silver State Opportunity Grant, a college grant for low-income students.

“As state senate majority leader, Ford sponsored the bill to create the Silver State Opportunity Grant”

What the record shows ·

Senate Bill 227 created the grant in 2015. Its sponsors were Senators Kieckhefer, Kihuen, Harris and Woodhouse. Ford voted for it but was not a sponsor. He was minority leader that session.

Limit: In 2017, as majority leader, he was a lead sponsor of SB 391, which created a different community college scholarship, the Nevada Promise Scholarship. Two 2017 bills on the Silver State grant were filed by others and did not pass.

Not comparable yet

What they say

His campaign says data centers should get no new tax breaks until they prove they are keeping their side of the deal, and that he will re-examine the breaks they get now.

What the record shows ·

In 2015 he co-led and voted for the law that created the data center tax break, with job, wage and investment conditions; his 2026 plan asks for stricter terms.

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What they say

His campaign says data centers should get no new tax breaks until they prove they are keeping their side of the deal, and that he will re-examine the breaks they get now.

“stop awarding tax breaks for data centers until they prove that they're holding up their end of the bargain”

What the record shows ·

In 2015, as a state senator, he was one of six lead sponsors of Senate Bill 170, which created a partial tax break for new or expanding data centers. He voted for it; the Senate passed it 21 to 0, and it became law on June 9, 2015. The break is still in state law. It came with conditions: at least 10 Nevada employees, at least the statewide average wage, and at least $25 million invested, and a data center that stops meeting them has to repay the break.

Limit: The law is from 2015; his plan is from his 2026 campaign. The plan asks for stricter terms on these breaks, not an end to them.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he has issued over 160 vetoes, a state record.

What the record shows ·

He vetoed 75 bills in 2023 and 87 in 2025, 162 in all, and no earlier governor in records back to 1899 vetoed more than 56.

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What they say

His campaign says he has issued over 160 vetoes, a state record.

“with over 160 vetoes - a state record”

What the record shows ·

The Legislature lists 75 bills he vetoed from the 2023 session and 86 from 2025. Its 2025 list leaves out SB 99, which he vetoed on June 2, 2025, so 2025 had 87, as his office said: 162 in all. The Legislature's veto history shows no governor with more than 56 from 1899 through 2015, and no later session with more than 41.

Limit: The Legislature's veto history starts in 1899.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he championed and signed the Nevada Housing Access and Attainability Act, investing $183 million in new housing.

What the record shows ·

AB 540, which he signed in June 2025, puts $133 million into a housing account and allows up to $50 million in state bonds, $183 million at most.

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What they say

His campaign says he championed and signed the Nevada Housing Access and Attainability Act, investing $183 million in new housing.

“Championed and signed the Nevada Housing Access and Attainability Act, investing $183 million”

What the record shows ·

He signed Assembly Bill 540 on June 9, 2025. It puts $133 million from the state general fund into a new housing account and calls for up to $50 million in state bonds for housing loans: $183 million together.

Limit: The $50 million in bonds is a ceiling, not a set amount. The Act's name comes from his office; the bill text does not use it.

Not comparable yet

What they say

His platform says families buying a home should compete with each other, not with out-of-state investors and corporate buyers.

What the record shows ·

In 2023 he vetoed a bill to cap home purchases by corporations at 1,000 a year, calling the cap arbitrary; a spokesperson now says he backs efforts to stop such buyers.

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What they say

His platform says families buying a home should compete with each other, not with out-of-state investors and corporate buyers.

“when a home comes up for sale, they compete with each other, not with out-of-state investors and corporate buyers”

What the record shows ·

On June 16, 2023, he vetoed Senate Bill 395. It would have capped home purchases by corporations and LLCs at 1,000 units a year statewide and made them register. His veto message called the cap arbitrary and said it would cut tax revenue, reduce new construction and discourage landlords when renters need more homes.

Limit: The veto was in 2023; the platform is from his 2026 campaign. A spokesperson now says he backs President Trump's efforts to stop corporate investors buying single-family homes.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he increased penalties on fentanyl traffickers.

What the record shows ·

He signed the 2023 law that made 28 grams of illegal fentanyl a trafficking crime; it was filed before he took office, on behalf of the attorney general.

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What they say

His campaign says he increased penalties on fentanyl traffickers.

“Increased penalties on fentanyl traffickers to crack down on drug crimes”

What the record shows ·

He signed Senate Bill 35 on June 14, 2023. It made 28 grams or more of illegally made fentanyl a trafficking crime; other drug trafficking starts at 100 grams.

Limit: The bill was filed in November 2022, before he took office, on behalf of the attorney general. His part was signing it.

Record does not bear out the claim

What they say

His campaign says he lowered the Modified Business Tax rate by 15%.

“lowered the Modified Business Tax rate by 15%”

What the record shows ·

The rate did fall about 15%, from 1.378% to 1.17%, on July 1, 2023. But a 2015 state law cut it automatically because tax collections ran high. The Department of Taxation made that finding on September 30, 2022, before he took office.

Limit: The cut took effect in his first year as governor. We found no bill he signed that changed the rate.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he delivered the largest education investment in state history, $2 billion in new funding.

What the record shows ·

He signed the 2023-25 school funding bill, which the state Education Department called the largest K-12 increase in state history, at $2.6 billion over two years.

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What they say

His campaign says he delivered the largest education investment in state history, $2 billion in new funding.

“Delivered the single largest education investment in state history - $2 billion in new funding”

What the record shows ·

He signed Senate Bill 503, the 2023-25 school funding bill, on May 31, 2023. The state Education Department called it the largest K-12 increase in state history: $2.6 billion more over two years.

Limit: The Legislature passed the budget and he signed it. The Education Department's figure is higher than the campaign's.

Not comparable yet

What they say

His platform says he will keep his commitment to no new taxes.

What the record shows ·

He vetoed no-public-vote fuel-tax indexing in 2023, then signed a 2025 law allowing a two-thirds commission vote until 2036, after which voters decide. Neither created a tax.

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What they say

His platform says he will keep his commitment to no new taxes.

“Maintain commitment to No New Taxes”

What the record shows ·

On June 1, 2023, he vetoed AB 359, which would have let Clark County keep raising its fuel taxes each year after 2026 by a county commission vote instead of the public vote the law called for. His veto letter said voters should decide. On May 19, 2025, he signed AB 530, which also replaces the 2026 public vote: the increases continue if two-thirds of the county commission approve them by the end of 2026. Increases after 2036 need voter approval.

Limit: Neither bill created a new tax. Both were about whether an existing fuel tax can keep rising each year without a public vote.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says that as attorney general he urged Congress to reform how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) do business.

What the record shows ·

He signed two group letters from state attorneys general, in 2024 and 2025, asking Congress to reform PBMs and to bar them from owning pharmacies.

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What they say

His campaign says that as attorney general he urged Congress to reform how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) do business.

“As Attorney General, Ford urged Congress to reform PBM practices.”

What the record shows ·

On February 20, 2024, he signed a letter from state attorneys general asking congressional leaders to reform PBM practices. It named three PBM bills it said deserve debate. On April 14, 2025, he signed another asking Congress to pass a law barring PBMs from owning or running pharmacies.

Limit: Both were group letters signed by many attorneys general. A letter asks Congress to act; it does not change the law.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His platform says Nevada should train more doctors, nurses and other health workers, and give them reasons to stay.

What the record shows ·

He signed a 2025 bill giving colleges $10 million a year for two years to expand nursing programs; it does not fund doctor training or include incentives to stay.

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What they say

His platform says Nevada should train more doctors, nurses and other health workers, and give them reasons to stay.

“Train more doctors, nurses, and health professionals in Nevada, and give them real incentives to stay.”

What the record shows ·

On June 9, 2025, he signed SB 498, which gives the state's colleges $10 million a year for two years to expand nursing programs. The money was in his proposed budget, and both chambers passed the bill with no votes against.

Limit: The bill pays for nursing programs, not doctor training. It does not include any incentive to stay in Nevada.

Chronology

How the field took shape

  1. Aaron D. Ford becomes attorney general

    He takes office as Nevada's 34th attorney general.

  2. A business tax cut is triggered

    The Department of Taxation finds collections ran high enough, under a 2015 law, to cut the Modified Business Tax rate from 1.378% to 1.17% starting July 1, 2023.

  3. Fentanyl trafficking law signed

    Joseph Lombardo signs SB 35, filed on behalf of Aaron D. Ford's office. Trafficking in illegally made fentanyl now starts at 28 grams.

  4. Danielle Ford joins the State Board of Education

    Her four-year term for District 3 begins.

  5. Housing bill signed

    Joseph Lombardo signs AB 540, with $133 million for a new housing account and up to $50 million in bonds.

  6. Danielle Ford files for governor

    She runs as a nonpartisan, so she needs 250 signatures to get on the November ballot.

  7. Court rules on the demand charge

    A Clark County judge rules against Aaron D. Ford's office in its challenge to NV Energy's demand charge. He says he will appeal.

  8. Clark County posts the ballot order

    Clark County's ballot order lists three candidates for governor: Aaron D. Ford (Democratic), Danielle Ford (no party) and Joseph Lombardo (Republican), plus "None of these candidates."

The details

Election facts. Original sources.

Election date
November 3, 2026
Ballot source updated
Clark County ballot-order PDF dated August 24, 2026; corroborated by Washoe County and reviewed September 2, 2026.
Candidate field
Printed candidates checked against two official county election records.

Coverage

What this page includes, and what is not yet included.

As of Nov 10, 2026. Only what passed a source check is listed. How coverage works.

  • BallotIncluded

    3 printed candidates, checked September 2, 2026 against the official election record.

  • Race outlookIncluded

    1 of 1 specialist rating is current as of Nov 10, 2026.

  • Reported contextNot yet

    The registered coverage compiles candidates' stated positions. Those first-party assertions are not independent confirmation and remain unpublished here.

  • Words and recordIncluded

    17 statement-to-action comparisons across 3 candidate records, each with a stated limitation.

  • Campaign financeNot yet

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Sources73 source records

Snapshot as of Nov 10, 2026. The live page may have changed: https://statedrecord.com/races/nevada-governor-2026

How we use sources

  1. Clark County Election Department general-election ballot order (document)
    2026 general election ballot order

    Clark County Election Department · Published Aug 24, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Dated August 24, 2026. Lists the three candidates for governor and the separate 'None of these candidates' line. NPP means No Political Party. The county says the order may still change.

    official election record

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context; Danielle Ford: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  2. How these races were chosenhttps://statedrecord.com/methodology#race-selection

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  3. Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-governor/

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  4. Meet the Attorney General Aaron D. Fordhttps://ag.nv.gov/About/AG_Aaron_Ford/

    Office of the Nevada Attorney General · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Official biography.

    official office record

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  5. Aaron Ford for Nevada Governor, homehttps://www.fordfornevada.com/

    Committee to Elect Aaron Ford · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign site, signed 'Paid for by the Committee to Elect Aaron Ford'. Links his X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Bluesky accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles

  6. Nevada State Board of Education membershttps://doe.nv.gov/boards-commissions-councils/state-board-of-education/nevada-state-board-of-education-members

    Nevada Department of Education · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists Danielle Ford as the elected District 3 member, 1/1/25 to 1/1/29, with a short biography.

    official office record

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Danielle Ford: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  7. Danielle Fordhttps://ballotpedia.org/Danielle_Ford

    Ballotpedia · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Carries her own answers to Ballotpedia's 2026 candidate survey. Also lists her campaign website and her campaign Facebook, X, Instagram and YouTube accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Danielle Ford: background, goals, record and money; Housing costs; Power bills and data centers; Taxes; Health care costs

  8. Governor Joe Lombardohttps://www.gov.nv.gov/about/governor-joe-lombardo/

    Office of the Governor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Official biography.

    official office record

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Joseph Lombardo: background, goals, record and money

  9. Joe Lombardo for Governor, homehttps://www.joelombardofornv.com/

    Lombardo for Governor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign site. Links his X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles

  10. About Aaronhttps://www.fordfornevada.com/about

    Committee to Elect Aaron Ford · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign biography and list of accomplishments.

    candidate statement

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Aaron D. Ford: Fentanyl law and ghost gun ban

  11. Education planhttps://www.fordfornevada.com/issues/education

    Committee to Elect Aaron Ford · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign issue page.

    candidate statement

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Schools and school funding; Aaron D. Ford: Student loan relief from Navient; Aaron D. Ford: Roblox child safety settlement

  12. Economic development planhttps://www.fordfornevada.com/issues/economic-development

    Committee to Elect Aaron Ford · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign issue page.

    candidate statement

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Housing costs; Aaron D. Ford: Silver State Opportunity Grant; Aaron D. Ford: Data center tax breaks

  13. Issueshttps://www.fordfornevada.com/issues

    Committee to Elect Aaron Ford · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Summary of his six issue pages.

    candidate statement

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Power bills and data centers; Aaron D. Ford: Suing to stop the Education Department shutdown; Aaron D. Ford: Data center tax breaks

  14. Energy planhttps://www.fordfornevada.com/issues/energy

    Committee to Elect Aaron Ford · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign issue page.

    candidate statement

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Aaron D. Ford: NV Energy's demand charge

  15. Health care planhttps://www.fordfornevada.com/issues/healthcare

    Committee to Elect Aaron Ford · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign issue page.

    candidate statement

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Health care costs; Aaron D. Ford: Opioid settlement money; Aaron D. Ford: Asking Congress to rein in drug middlemen

  16. Attorney General Ford announces $1.7 billion settlement with student loan servicer Navienthttps://ag.nv.gov/News/PR/2022/Attorney_General_Ford_Announces_$1_7_Billion_Settlement_with_Student_Loan_Servicer_Navient/

    Office of the Nevada Attorney General · Published Jan 14, 2022 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Gives Nevada's share: $1,053,752 in payments to 3,952 borrowers and $17,140,858 in loan cancellation for 592 borrowers.

    official office record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Aaron D. Ford: Student loan relief from Navient

  17. SB 35 (2023), as introduced (document)

    Nevada Legislature · Published Nov 16, 2022 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The first page reads 'On behalf of the Attorney General', prefiled November 16, 2022.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Aaron D. Ford: Fentanyl law and ghost gun ban; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  18. SB 35 (2023), fentanyl traffickinghttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/FillSelectedBillTab?selectedTab=Overview&billKey=9588

    Nevada Legislature · Published Jun 14, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Bill history and digest: prefiled November 16, 2022; approved by the Governor June 14, 2023. Sets trafficking in illegally made fentanyl at 28 grams; other schedule I and II trafficking starts at 100 grams.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Joseph Lombardo: background, goals, record and money; Aaron D. Ford: Fentanyl law and ghost gun ban; Joseph Lombardo: Tougher fentanyl trafficking penalties; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  19. Attorney General Ford wins court order stopping dismantling of Department of Educationhttps://ag.nv.gov/News/PR/2025/Attorney_General_Ford%E2%80%AFWins_Court_Order_Stopping_Dismantling_of_Department_of_Education

    Office of the Nevada Attorney General · Published May 22, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Says Nevada joined 20 other attorneys general in suing on March 13, 2025, and a federal court granted a preliminary injunction on May 22, 2025.

    official office record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Aaron D. Ford: Suing to stop the Education Department shutdown

  20. Attorney General Ford secures $720 million multistate settlement from eight opioid drug makershttps://ag.nv.gov/News/PR/2025/Attorney_General_Ford_Secures_$720_Million_Multistate_Settlement_from_Eight_Opioid_Drug_Makers/

    Office of the Nevada Attorney General · Published Jul 10, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Says the settlement brings Nevada's total opioid recoveries to $1,215,011,047.06.

    official office record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Aaron D. Ford: Opioid settlement money

  21. State of Nevada v. Roblox, consent judgment (document)

    Office of the Nevada Attorney General (Clark County District Court filing) · Published Apr 15, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Filed April 15, 2026, case A-26-944136-B. Roblox pays $10 million and must use age checks before users can chat, without admitting liability.

    official office record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Aaron D. Ford: Roblox child safety settlement

  22. AURORA campaign finance searchhttps://www.nvsos.gov/SOSCandidateServices/AnonymousAccess/CEFDSearchUU/Search.aspx

    Nevada Secretary of State · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Where governor candidates' contribution and expense reports are filed. It sits behind a security check, so this desk did not read it.

    official election record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Danielle Ford: background, goals, record and money; Joseph Lombardo: background, goals, record and money

  23. NRS chapter 294A, campaign practiceshttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-294A.html

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    State law requiring candidates to report contributions and expenses to the Secretary of State.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: background, goals, record and money; Danielle Ford: background, goals, record and money; Joseph Lombardo: background, goals, record and money

  24. Who's running? Nevada 2026 candidate filinghttps://thenevadaindependent.com/article/whos-running-nevada-2026-candidate-filing-period-opens

    The Nevada Independent · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Filing-week live coverage, first published March 2, 2026. The entry dated March 12, 2026 reports an interview with Danielle Ford.

    original reporting

    For: Danielle Ford: background, goals, record and money; Schools and school funding; Housing costs; Taxes; Health care costs; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  25. Governor Lombardo's visionhttps://www.endorse.joelombardofornv.com/vision/

    Lombardo for Governor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Platform page, signed 'Paid For By Lombardo for Governor'.

    candidate statement

    For: Joseph Lombardo: background, goals, record and money; Schools and school funding; Housing costs; Power bills and data centers; Taxes; Health care costs; Joseph Lombardo: Corporate home buyers; Joseph Lombardo: Clark County fuel tax increases; Joseph Lombardo: Money to train more nurses

  26. SB 503 (2023), K-12 funding for 2023-2025https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/FillSelectedBillTab?selectedTab=Overview&billKey=10613

    Nevada Legislature · Published May 31, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Bill history: approved by the Governor May 31, 2023, Chapter 147.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: background, goals, record and money; Joseph Lombardo: School funding increase

  27. Bills vetoed by the Governor, 2023 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bills/Vetoed

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists 75 bills, vetoed May 17 to June 16, 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: background, goals, record and money; Joseph Lombardo: Veto record

  28. AB 540 (2025), housinghttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/FillSelectedBillTab?selectedTab=Overview&billKey=12839

    Nevada Legislature · Published Jun 9, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Bill history: approved by the Governor June 9, 2025, Chapter 432.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: background, goals, record and money; Joseph Lombardo: Money in his housing bill; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  29. AB 540 (2025), enrolled text (document)

    Nevada Legislature · Published Jun 9, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Section 50 appropriates $133,000,000 to the Nevada Attainable Housing Account. Section 49.7 calls for not more than $50,000,000 in state general obligation bonds for housing loans.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: background, goals, record and money; Joseph Lombardo: Money in his housing bill; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  30. Bills vetoed by the Governor, 2025 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bills/Vetoed

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists 86 bills, vetoed May 22 to June 12, 2025. It leaves out SB 99, which he vetoed on June 2, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: background, goals, record and money; Joseph Lombardo: Veto record

  31. Veto letter for SB 99 (2025) (document)

    Office of the Governor · Published Jun 2, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His signed letter of June 2, 2025 vetoing SB 99, a bill on housing fees for developers.

    official office record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: background, goals, record and money; Joseph Lombardo: Veto record

  32. Statement from Governor Lombardo following completion of bill signingshttps://www.gov.nv.gov/press-releases/statement-from-governor-lombardo-following-completion-of-bill-signings/

    Office of the Governor · Published Jun 13, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Says he signed 518 bills and vetoed 87 from the 2025 session, and names AB 540 the Nevada Housing Access and Attainability Act.

    official office record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: background, goals, record and money; Joseph Lombardo: Veto record; Joseph Lombardo: Money in his housing bill

  33. Housing planhttps://www.fordfornevada.com/issues/housing

    Committee to Elect Aaron Ford · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign issue page.

    candidate statement

    For: Housing costs

  34. Danielle Ford for Nevadahttps://daniellefornevada.com/

    Danielle Ford campaign · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Listed as her campaign site on Ballotpedia and BallotReady. It has no 'Paid for by' line, and no official record links it to her yet, so this desk does not quote it.

    candidate statement

    For: Housing costs; Taxes; Health care costs

  35. 2026 Nevada Election Guidehttps://thenevadaindependent.com/article/2026-nevada-election-guide

    The Nevada Independent · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Candidate positions as reported by the paper. Used for Aaron D. Ford's stated position on taxes and for what Joseph Lombardo's spokesperson said about corporate home buyers.

    original reporting

    For: Taxes; Joseph Lombardo: Corporate home buyers

  36. McMahon v. New York, No. 24A1203, order (document)

    Supreme Court of the United States · Published Jul 14, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Stays the May 22, 2025 injunction while the appeal goes on.

    official office record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Suing to stop the Education Department shutdown

  37. Attorney General Ford issues statement on decision in NV Energy demand charge litigationhttps://ag.nv.gov/News/PR/2026/Attorney_General_Ford_Issues_Statement_on_Decision_in_NV_Energy_Demand_Charge_Litigation/

    Office of the Nevada Attorney General · Published May 26, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Says the court 'got it wrong' and that he will appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court.

    official office record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: NV Energy's demand charge; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  38. Judge denies attorney general's petition to stop NV Energy's daily demand chargehttps://thenevadaindependent.com/article/judge-denies-attorney-generals-petition-to-stop-nv-energys-daily-demand-charge

    The Nevada Independent · Published May 26, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Report of the Clark County District Court ruling against the attorney general's consumer protection office.

    original reporting

    For: Aaron D. Ford: NV Energy's demand charge; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  39. Attorney General Ford applauds Nevada Supreme Court decision that bans on 'ghost guns' are constitutionalhttps://ag.nv.gov/News/PR/2024/Attorney_General_Ford_Applauds_Nevada_Supreme_Court_Decision_that_Bans_on_%E2%80%98Ghost_Guns%E2%80%99_are_Constitutional/

    Office of the Nevada Attorney General · Published Apr 18, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Dated April 18, 2024. Says a unanimous Nevada Supreme Court reversed a lower court and upheld the state's 2021 ghost gun ban, and thanks his staff who worked the case.

    official office record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Fentanyl law and ghost gun ban

  40. Sisolak v. Polymer80, 140 Nev., Advance Opinion 30 (document)

    Supreme Court of Nevada (posted by the Office of the Nevada Attorney General) · Published Apr 18, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Filed April 18, 2024. Reverses a Lyon County ruling against the ghost gun statutes. Lists Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General, as counsel for the state.

    official office record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Fentanyl law and ghost gun ban

  41. SB 227 (2015), Silver State Opportunity Granthttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/78th2015/Bill/FillSelectedBillTab?selectedTab=Overview&billKey=1680

    Nevada Legislature · Published Jun 8, 2015 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Bill history: created the grant program. Primary sponsors Senators Kieckhefer and Kihuen; co-sponsors Senators Harris and Woodhouse. Approved by the Governor June 8, 2015, Chapter 387.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Silver State Opportunity Grant

  42. SB 227 (2015), enrolled text (document)

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The version sent to the governor. Its first line names the sponsors: Senators Kieckhefer, Kihuen, Harris and Woodhouse.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Silver State Opportunity Grant

  43. SB 227 (2015), Senate yes votes on final passagehttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/78th2015/Bill/GetBillVoteMembers?voteKey=2393&voteResultPanel=Yea

    Nevada Legislature · Published May 22, 2015 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The 20 senators who voted yes (it passed 20 to 1). Aaron Ford is one of them.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Silver State Opportunity Grant

  44. Nevada Senate members, 2015 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Senate/78th2015

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists Aaron D. Ford as Minority Leader.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Silver State Opportunity Grant

  45. Nevada Senate members, 2017 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Senate/79th2017

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists Aaron D. Ford as Majority Leader.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Silver State Opportunity Grant

  46. NRS 396.950 to 396.960, Silver State Opportunity Grant Programhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-396.html

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The grant law. Its history notes show it was added in 2015 and changed in 2019 and 2021, not in 2017.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Silver State Opportunity Grant

  47. SB 391 (2017), Nevada Promise Scholarshiphttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/79th2017/Bill/FillSelectedBillTab?selectedTab=Overview&billKey=5449

    Nevada Legislature · Published Jun 8, 2017 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Bill history: lets community colleges award Nevada Promise Scholarships. Aaron Ford is one of its eight primary sponsors. Approved by the Governor June 8, 2017, Chapter 461.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Silver State Opportunity Grant

  48. SB 391 (2017), enrolled text (document)

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The version sent to the governor. Its first line names Senators Denis, Cancela, Woodhouse, Segerblom and Ford, then Harris and Ratti.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Silver State Opportunity Grant

  49. SB 170 (2015), data center tax breakshttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/78th2015/Bill/FillSelectedBillTab?selectedTab=Overview&billKey=1539

    Nevada Legislature · Published Jun 9, 2015 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Bill history: a partial tax break for new or expanding data centers. Primary sponsors Senators Roberson, Ford, Lipparelli and Harris and Assembly members Kirkpatrick and Hambrick. Approved by the Governor June 9, 2015, Chapter 498.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Data center tax breaks

  50. SB 170 (2015), enrolled text (document)

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The version sent to the governor. Its first line names Senators Roberson, Ford, Lipparelli and Harris.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Data center tax breaks

  51. SB 170 (2015), Senate yes votes on final passagehttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/78th2015/Bill/GetBillVoteMembers?voteKey=1508&voteResultPanel=Yea

    Nevada Legislature · Published Apr 8, 2015 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The 21 senators who voted yes on April 8, 2015 (21 to 0). Aaron Ford is one of them.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Data center tax breaks

  52. Statutes of Nevada 2015, Chapter 498https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Statutes/78th2015/Stats201528.html

    Nevada Legislature · Published Jun 9, 2015 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The session law for SB 170, approved June 9, 2015. It starts on page 3041; page 3042 is the page the data center law's history cites.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Data center tax breaks

  53. NRS 360.754, data center tax breakhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-360.html

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The data center tax break in state law today. Its history note says it was added in 2015 (page 3042, SB 170) and changed in 2017, 2019 and 2021.

    official legislative record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Data center tax breaks

  54. Delivering Results for Nevadahttps://www.joelombardofornv.com/results

    Lombardo for Governor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The campaign's list of what it says he has done as governor.

    candidate statement

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Veto record; Joseph Lombardo: Money in his housing bill; Joseph Lombardo: Tougher fentanyl trafficking penalties; Joseph Lombardo: Cutting the Modified Business Tax; Joseph Lombardo: School funding increase

  55. Bills in the Governor's office, 2025 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Nelis/REL/83rd2025/Bills/Passed/InGovernorsOffice

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Still shows SB 99 as waiting in the governor's office, which is why the vetoed list has 86.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Veto record

  56. Vetoed Bills of the Nevada Legislature, 1899-2015 (document)

    Legislative Counsel Bureau Research Library · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Table 4 shows the most vetoes by one governor through 2015 was 56 (Gibbons); Table 2 shows the most in one session was 48 (2009). It does not cover sessions before 1899. Compiled July 2015.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Veto record

  57. Bills vetoed by the Governor, 2017 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/79th2017/Bills/Vetoed

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists 41 bills, the most in any session from 2017 to 2021.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Veto record

  58. Bills vetoed by the Governor, 2019 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bills/Vetoed

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists 3 bills.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Veto record

  59. Bills vetoed by the Governor, 2021 sessionhttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bills/Vetoed

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists 4 bills.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Veto record

  60. SB 395 (2023), corporate home purchaseshttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/FillSelectedBillTab?selectedTab=Overview&billKey=10378

    Nevada Legislature · Published Jun 16, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Bill history and digest: would have capped home purchases by corporations and LLCs at 1,000 units a year statewide and set up a registry. Vetoed by the Governor.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Corporate home buyers

  61. SB 395 (2023), enrolled text (document)

    Nevada Legislature · Published Jun 8, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The version sent to the governor. Keeps the 1,000-unit yearly cap.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Corporate home buyers

  62. Veto message for SB 395 (2023) (document)

    Office of the Governor (filed with the Nevada Legislature) · Published Jun 16, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His letter of June 16, 2023 giving his reasons for the veto. A scanned image; read by OCR.

    official office record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Corporate home buyers

  63. Revenue Reference Manual, 2025 (document)

    Legislative Counsel Bureau, Fiscal Analysis Division · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Explains that the Department of Taxation's September 30, 2022 finding triggered the 2015 law (SB 483, NRS 360.203) that cut the Modified Business Tax rate on July 1, 2023. Dated January 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Cutting the Modified Business Tax; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  64. Modified Business Taxhttps://tax.nv.gov/tax-types/modified-business-tax/

    Nevada Department of Taxation · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Rate history: 1.378% cut to 1.17% on July 1, 2023.

    official office record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Cutting the Modified Business Tax

  65. Nevada Department of Education celebrates historic education funding billhttps://doe.nv.gov/news-media/2023-press-releases/nevada-department-of-education-celebrates-historic-education-funding-bill-and-legislative-achievements

    Nevada Department of Education · Published Jun 26, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Describes the 2023 K-12 budget as almost $12 billion, a $2.6 billion increase over the biennium.

    official office record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: School funding increase

  66. AB 359 (2023), Clark County fuel tax increaseshttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/FillSelectedBillTab?selectedTab=Overview&billKey=10263

    Nevada Legislature · Published Jun 1, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Bill digest: would have let Clark County keep its yearly fuel tax increases after 2026 by commission vote instead of a public vote. Vetoed June 1, 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Clark County fuel tax increases

  67. Veto message for AB 359 (2023) (document)

    Office of the Governor (filed with the Nevada Legislature) · Published Jun 1, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    His letter of June 1, 2023 giving his reasons for the veto. A scanned image; read by OCR.

    official office record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Clark County fuel tax increases

  68. AB 530 (2025), Clark County fuel tax increaseshttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/FillSelectedBillTab?selectedTab=Overview&billKey=12821

    Nevada Legislature · Published May 19, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Bill history: filed by the Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure; approved by the Governor May 19, 2025, Chapter 6.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Clark County fuel tax increases

  69. AB 530 (2025), enrolled text (document)

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    The version sent to the governor. Its digest says the yearly increases can continue if two-thirds of the county commission approve them by December 31, 2026, in place of the 2026 public vote.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Clark County fuel tax increases

  70. State attorneys general letter to Congress on PBM reform, February 20, 2024 (document)

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Feb 20, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Letter to congressional leaders asking for PBM reform and naming three bills, including the DRUG Act. Aaron D. Ford signed as Nevada Attorney General.

    official office record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Asking Congress to rein in drug middlemen

  71. State attorneys general letter to Congress on PBM-owned pharmacies, April 14, 2025 (document)

    California Department of Justice · Published Apr 14, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Letter asking Congress to bar PBMs and their affiliates from owning or running pharmacies. Aaron D. Ford signed as Nevada Attorney General. The signature page is read by OCR.

    official office record

    For: Aaron D. Ford: Asking Congress to rein in drug middlemen

  72. SB 498 (2025), money for nursing programshttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/FillSelectedBillTab?selectedTab=Overview&billKey=12946

    Nevada Legislature · Published Jun 9, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Bill history: filed by the Senate Committee on Finance; fiscal note says the money was in the Executive Budget. Passed 21 to 0 and 41 to 0; approved by the Governor June 9, 2025, Chapter 412.

    official legislative record

    For: Joseph Lombardo: Money to train more nurses

  73. SB 498 (2025), enrolled text (document)

    Nevada Legislature · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Section 1 gives $10,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 to expand undergraduate and graduate nursing programs.

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    For: Joseph Lombardo: Money to train more nurses