#1 is the best, #50 is the worst
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Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo has raised more money than any gubernatorial candidate in state history, and almost none of it comes from working families.
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.
Trump won Nevada with 50.6% of the vote to 47.5%, a margin of 3.1 points, with 66.2% of eligible voters turning out. (Full 2024 presidential results, state by state.)
1 of 6 — 17%. In the U.S. House, Nevada has 1 Republican and 3 Democrats; in the Senate, 0 Republicans and 2 Democrats. (Source: Current members of Congress from Nevada, on Wikipedia.)
Nevada ranks #33 of 50. That is the average of its rank on the 17 measures in the report card above — violent crime, gun deaths, life expectancy, food insecurity, maternal and infant mortality, household income, public education, voter turnout and more. #1 is the best state to live in, #50 the worst.
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We grade Republican incumbents running in 2026 — U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and governors — on their record: how they voted, who funds them, and what it has cost Nevada. Democrats and independents do not get report cards.