State reference

How does government work in Nevada?

Nevada’s legislature, governor, courts, local governments and election offices, with a source for every fact.

Facts checked November 5, 2026. Anything we could not verify from a source is left out rather than guessed. Rules change, so confirm deadlines with the official election office.

State legislators

Legislature

4 years

Governor’s term

Governor

Counties

Local

Seats in the US House

Clerk of the House

Foundation: Constitution of the State of Nevada source
In effect since: 1864 source

What may surprise you here

Term limits reach beyond the legislature: no person may be elected to a state office or local governing body after serving 12 years in it, unless the Constitution says otherwise. source
When a judgeship becomes vacant, the governor appoints from three nominees chosen by the Commission on Judicial Selection. source

Legislature

Name: Nevada Legislature source
Senate: seats: 21 source
Senate: term in years: 4 source
Assembly: seats: 42 source
Assembly: term in years: 2 source
Term limits: 12 years in each chamber source

Structure set by: Nev. Const. art. 4, sec. 1.

Governor and statewide offices

Term in years: 4 source
Term limit: No person may be elected governor more than twice source
Next regular election: 2030 source
Lieutenant governor: separate election source
Attorney general: elected source
Attorney general’s term in years: 4 source
Secretary of state: elected source
Secretary of state’s term in years: 4 source

Courts

Highest court: Supreme Court source
Intermediate appeals court: Court of Appeals source
Main trial court: District Courts source
How high-court judges reach the bench: mixed: judges are elected; the governor fills vacancies from three nominees of a judicial selection commission source

Local government

Called: county source
How many: 17 source
Cities and towns: Municipal governments in Nevada are incorporated cities and towns, which may be incorporated under special charters or general law (2022). source
Schools: Each Nevada county, and Carson City, is a single school district government run by an elected board of trustees (2022). source

Elections

Chief election official: Secretary of State source
Who runs elections locally: County clerk, or the registrar of voters in counties that have that office source
Primary type: partially open source
Regular governor elections fall in: even source
Citizen initiatives: yes source

Who holds these offices

As of November 5, 2026. Terms of the current Congress run to January 3, 2027. Winners of the November 3, 2026 elections are not shown until results are certified and they take office.

Governor: Joe Lombardo Republican, in office since January 2, 2023. source

US senators for Nevada
Senator	Party	Seat	Senator since	Current term ends
Catherine Cortez Masto	Democratic	Class 3	January 3, 2017	January 3, 2029
Jacky Rosen	Democratic	Class 1	January 3, 2019	January 3, 2031

Members of the House for Nevada
Seat	Member	Party	In the House since
District 1	Dina Titus	Democratic	January 3, 2013
District 2	Mark E. Amodei	Republican	September 13, 2011
District 3	Susie Lee	Democratic	January 3, 2019
District 4	Steven Horsford	Democratic	January 3, 2019

Boundaries for the 119th Congress, simplified from the Census Bureau cartographic boundary file. For an exact address, use the House lookup.

Who has held each Senate seat since 2001

Each band is one person in the seat. The line marks November 2026; anything to its right is the rest of a current term. Dates through 2026 come from the congress-legislators public dataset, whose current members are matched against the Senate’s own roster on every build.

Senate seat, Class 1