In audio from an October fundraiser obtained by the Nevada Current, Gov. Joe Lombardo called Nevada the easiest place in the nation to vote — then added 'unfortunately,' to laughter. He has spent his term trying to roll back mail voting, and twice vetoed bills to punish fake presidential electors.
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Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo is selling out his state's water and power to Big Tech.
Forget the slogans. Judged by what they voted for, what they did, and what they refused to stop, this is what Republicans in Congress stand for, on 20 issues, with the receipts.
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Joe Lombardo, Nevada's governor, was caught on bodycam running a red light in his pickup truck.
A Nevada legislative audit found the state health division Joe Lombardo oversees couldn't show it reviewed care plans for babies born affected by opioids — and 45% of the plans it sampled didn't show the mothers were offered treatment.
Days after the Supreme Court let the Trump administration resume using its rebuilt SAVE citizenship database, Nevada's Republican governor wrote to the secretary of state urging him to use it on voters in the run-up to November — the same tool that wrongly flagged hundreds of citizens in Missouri and Texas.
Scott Perry cosponsored a national abortion ban five times, then told voters he doesn't support one. Rob Bresnahan swore off a federal abortion ban and voted for a federal abortion bill three months later. Darren Bailey, Stacy Garrity, Kelly Ayotte and Joe Lombardo all ran on ending or restricting abortion — and discovered moderation the year they needed votes.
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Big Tech is building data centers in our backyards.
The 2015 tax package was a Republican governor's bill. Eight Senate Republicans backed it, including Ben Kieckhefer, whom Lombardo later hired to run the governor's office. The same ad attacks Ford over data center tax breaks Lombardo supports.
Ben and Felicia Horowitz gave Better Nevada PAC $1 million on May 11. Lombardo posted his support for data centers on May 14. On May 21 the wife of Switch's founder gave another $1 million. He wrote in June that data centers raise water use and power bills, but 'it isn't happening in Nevada.'
SB 217 would have written a right to IVF into Nevada law. It passed the state Senate 15-5 with Republican votes. Lombardo killed it, calling the insurance mandate 'fiscally impossible' — while saying he supports making IVF more accessible.
Nevada Gold Mines has now given $1 million to a PAC backing Joe Lombardo — more than it has given any other Nevada politician. In between, the state engineer who wanted to cut its groundwater pumping became the first fired since 1981.
Nevada's governor collects a public paycheck and a public pension at the same time — together, more than six times what the average Nevadan earns. He says there's nothing he can do about your grocery bill.
Bodycam video shows Nevada's governor interrupt a police sergeant to say his own name, complain 'Come on, man,' and drive away with no citation. The whole stop took about 15 seconds. His campaign says he wasn't asking for special treatment.
