State auditors on Wednesday recommended to members of the Executive Audit Branch Committee — composed of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer and controller — that the office should use Oregon’s process for verifying signatures for recall petitions, which it said had more safeguards and a higher chance of statistical validity. Auditors said the office’s current method “may not ensure accurate recall petition sufficiency determinations.”

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.

Democrats are still expected to keep control of the Legislature come November, but exactly who will fill some of those seats became clearer after the results started trickling in early Tuesday night.

Not only will the results of today’s election set in place the top contests on the November ballot, including one of the most closely watched U.S. Senate battles in the country and an open gubernatorial seat, but many important races will be effectively decided based on Tuesday’s results, including a seat on the powerful Clark County Commission and the county’s district attorney.

Democrats are likely to hold onto their majorities in both houses of the Legislature come November, even if they don’t win any swing seats. That’s why the party is now angling for a veto-proof two-thirds majority in both houses.

Candidates for statewide and legislative races are on the home stretch for the primaries, and financial disclosures they filed before a Friday deadline show it’s an expensive stretch for many. Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak burned through more than $1 million in the most recent three-week filing period.

Backers of groups attempting to recall two Democratic state senators are moving to appeal a court decision that found their efforts failed to gain enough signatures to qualify for a special election, likely sending the case to the state Supreme Court.

But that’s the case for Dan Rodimer, a Republican state Senate candidate who worked a brief stint in the World Wrestling Entertainment in the mid 2000s and is now ramping up his campaign for one of the key legislative seats up on the 2018 ballot.

The pro-choice women’s political advocacy group EMILY’s List is stepping into Nevada legislative races, endorsing nine female candidates who face Democratic primaries. The group, whose name is an acronym for Early Money Is Like Yeast, announced its selections on Tuesday. It typically offers its chosen candidates training on grassroots organizing, communications and fundraising.  

Efforts to recall two Democratic state senators are officially dead — but how they died could have implications on an effort to resuscitate them through a possible appeal to the state Supreme Court.

The chamber, known for its hesitance to support new taxes, embraced even some liberal Democratic incumbents in districts that lean blue. The selections are based on candidates’ voting records, if one exists, their stated positions on business policies and their willingness to work with the Chamber.

Major Nevada Democrats have turned opposition against the National Rifle Association into campaign fodder, but until recently the organization's priorities aligned with many of the state’s top leaders in both parties.

Nevada’s U.S. Senate candidates brought in significant portions of their latest fundraising hauls from out-of-state donors large and small, according to a new analysis by The Nevada Independent.

"About Last Week” is our way of bringing news-hungry but time-strapped readers up to speed on happenings that may have flown under the radar. Here are some noteworthy things that happened in Nevada last week.