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.
Trump won Nevada with 50.6% of the vote to 47.5%, a margin of 3.1 points. (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.
You can compare Nevada directly to other states on our Compare States page.
1, listed above. We grade Republicans 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.
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — 81 days away. Check your registration and polling place at vote.org.