Ford discussed his plans to try enacting a stalled voter-approved gun background check law — which could involve a lawsuit in federal court — and to defend the state’s marijuana industry against any potential federal crackdown. He also said it was likely the state could get involved in various legal challenges throughout the country, including defending the Affordable Care Act from a Texas-backed lawsuit that Laxalt declined to engage with.

On the eve of the election, a lineup of Republican candidates had crowded into a Las Vegas campaign office to fire up staff and volunteers as TV cameras rolled. Their chants of “Adam! Adam!” and predictions that they’d be turning Nevada red on Tuesday came as early voting returns show about 22,000 more Democrats than Republicans statewide have cast ballots early.

An Eastern European businessman who made headlines for his links to a large contribution to a pro-Donald Trump Super PAC has contributed maximum donations to Republican candidates for governor and attorney general.

The 30-second spot highlights Ford’s wife, Berna, and three children, Alexander, Aaron and Avery, who proudly tout their dad’s accomplishments including his five diplomas and a law degree, and sponsoring bills to “protect kids and seniors” in the state Senate.

On the campaign trail, Democratic attorney general candidate Aaron Ford has sought to portray himself as a staunch opponent of President Donald Trump. But seven years ago, Ford had a very different relationship with the future president — serving as an attorney for one of Trump’s Las Vegas businesses in a complex property rights lawsuit.

The latest ad from Ford’s campaign features nurse and midwife Lorraine Garcia criticizing Duncan’s stances on women’s reproductive issues, including a claim that Duncan stands with President Donald Trump and wants to outlaw abortion, citing remarks the former Assemblyman made at an awards banquet for a crisis pregnancy center that “we need to continue to fight for life at every stage.”

The ad, which was launched alongside a microsite called wesduncansfriends.com, highlights various campaign contributors and supporters of Duncan’s campaign that the ad says tells a “frightening story.”

The 30-second ad centers around an audio recording of an auction for an AR-15 style rifle at the 2018 Carson City Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner in February, about four months after the mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip and three days after a mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.

The gist: The ad connects two favored attacks against Ford, the state Senate majority leader. It leads off with a clip from the 2017 legislative session in which Ford states that he doesn’t know the state’s definition of “larceny,” and then transitions to recent reports about Ford being arrested in the early 1990s, including once for stealing tires.

The ad centers on retired Las Vegas Metro officer and former police union leader Dave Kallas, who defends Ford’s record amid “trash” being thrown at his candidacy — a likely reference to reports that Ford was arrested several times as a college student and for past liens on unpaid taxes.

Using courtroom imagery, the ad begins with footage of Ford at a legislative meeting where he says that, “not being a criminal lawyer, [he] can’t speak to what ‘larceny’ even means.” The ad goes on to define larceny, the legal term for burglary, as “stealing” and “theft” before detailing news reports that Ford was arrested multiple times in the 1990s during his time as a college student in Texas.

Former President Barack Obama has officially endorsed another 12 Nevada Democrats on the 2018 ballot as part of a second wave of more than 260 midterm endorsements nationwide. Obama previously endorsed a slew of Democratic candidates in the state, including gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak, U.S. Senate candidate Jacky Rosen and congressional candidates Susie Lee and Steven Horsford.

The ad features Ford on a park bench acknowledging that when he was young, he “made mistakes,” but turned his life around after having a child — a tacit acknowledgment of recent news reports that Ford was arrested four times as a college student in the 1990s. Ford also cites his background obtaining five college degrees and his tenure in the state Senate.

The political arm of a major gun control group is promising to spend $3.5 million in Nevada to boost Democrats including gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak and attorney general hopeful Aaron Ford. Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced Tuesday that it will direct a significant part of its planned $10 million nationwide election spending toward the Silver State, which will include direct contributions and independent spending including mail and digital advertisements.

Next up? Attorney general candidates Wes Duncan, the Republican, and Aaron Ford, the Democrat, who have combined to raise more than $2.74 million since the start of 2015. The following database includes every contribution over $50 made to Duncan or Ford since January 1, 2015, and includes all contributions reported between then and the last reporting deadline of June 7, 2018.

The ad lists accusations of sexual assault and soliciting child pornography that have dogged Storey County Sheriff Gerald Antinoro, who has faced at least 10 complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination since 2010. It states that Duncan “decided to track down” the sheriff and receive an endorsement from him last year.

Duncan’s first general election ad is heavy on his professional and military background, including his deployment in Iraq as an Air Force judge advocate and his time as a prosecutor with the Clark County district attorney's office. The ad also states that Duncan is the only attorney general candidate to be endorsed by “Nevada sheriffs,” and states on screen that 16 sheriffs have endorsed him. He’s actually been endorsed by sheriffs in all 17 counties, but said in July that he would no longer campaign or tout the endorsement of embattled Storey County Sheriff Gerald Antinoro, who has been the subject of at least 10 complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination or wrongful termination since entering office in 2010.

The Republican Attorneys General Association has filed a lawsuit against Las Vegas police over thwarted attempts to obtain body camera footage that involves Democratic candidate for attorney general, Aaron Ford. The lawsuit, which was filed against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday, alleges that Metro repeatedly—and improperly—refused to turn over body camera footage of Ford, the Democratic state Senate majority leader, related to an incident with a Metro officer and a minor child on Nov. 13, 2017.

Gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt, lieutenant governor candidate Michael Roberson and attorney general candidate Wes Duncan all threw their support behind the ballot measure during a forum hosted by the Southern Hills Republican Women’s Club in Henderson on Tuesday.

Peggy Yang had previously worked as a communications and research adviser at Senate Majority PAC (a well-funded Democratic super PAC), and served as a research director for Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy’s 2012 Senate campaign. Ford’s campaign didn’t comment on the record about the move.