Nevada gubernatorial election, 2026

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Governor of Nevada
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election;
Election details
	Filing deadline: March 13, 2026
	Primary: June 9, 2026; General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Voting in Nevada
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Toss-up; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Republican; Inside Elections: Tilt Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
	Federal and state primary competitiveness; State executive elections in 2026; Impact of term limits in 2026; State government trifectas; State government triplexes; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026
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	Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; Secretary of State; Controller; Treasurer; State Board of Regents (5 seats);

Nevada 2026 elections

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Nevada is holding an election for governor on November 3, 2026. The primary is June 9, 2026. The filing deadline is March 13, 2026.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

General election

The primary will occur on June 9, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Nevada

Aaron Ford is running in the Democratic primary for Governor of Nevada on June 9, 2026.

		Candidate
		Aaron Ford

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Nevada

Incumbent Joe Lombardo and Matthew Winterhawk are running in the Republican primary for Governor of Nevada on June 9, 2026.

		Candidate
		Joe Lombardo
		Matthew Winterhawk

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Candidate profiles

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Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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No candidate in this race has completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. Ballotpedia is seeking 100 percent participation so voters can learn more about all the candidates on their ballots.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Nevada

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Polls

See also: Ballotpedia's approach to covering polls

Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.^[1] The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times."^[2] For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here. For tips from Pew, click here.

Below we provide results for polls from a wide variety of sources, including media outlets, social media, campaigns, and aggregation websites, when available. We only report polls for which we can find a margin of error or credibility interval. Know of something we're missing? Click here to let us know.

Nevada gubernatorial election, 2026 General election polls
Poll	Dates	Ford	Lombardo	Undecided	Sample size	Margin of error
Emerson College	Nov. 16, 2025–Nov. 18, 2025	41	41	18	800 RV	± 3.4%
Note: LV is likely voters, RV is registered voters, and EV is eligible voters.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[3]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Race ratings: Nevada gubernatorial election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	2/3/2026	1/27/2026	1/20/2026	1/13/2026
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Tilt Republican	Tilt Republican	Tilt Republican	Tilt Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Republican	Lean Republican	Lean Republican	Lean Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Past elections

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2014.