Democrats lead in attorney general, lieutenant governor, other statewide races

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro has taken an early lead over Republican lawyer Adriana Guzmán Fralick in the race to fill the attorney general position held by term-limited Democrat Aaron Ford.

Preliminary results show that Cannizzaro has received 56.5 percent of the total votes cast, while Guzmán Fralick has received 41.5 percent.

Cannizzaro has spent a decade in the Nevada Legislature and has time as a Clark County prosecutor and private attorney. She earned endorsements from Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson and the Las Vegas Police Protective Association union, which represents local law enforcement officers.

Guzmán Fralick has experience as chief deputy district attorney for Carson City and is a former chair of the Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board, according to her campaign website. President Donald Trump and Gov. Joe Lombardo endorsed Guzmán Fralick in her Republican primary election victory over Danny Tarkanian.

The attorney general is the state’s legal counsel and represents the people of Nevada in civil and criminal matters before the trial, appellate and the supreme courts of Nevada and the United States. They serve a four-year term in the role.

Here’s where races for other statewide offices stood as of 12 a.m. on Wednesday:

Lieutenant governor

Democratic Majority Floor Leader Sandra Jauregui was ahead in the lieutenant governor race against incumbent Republican Stavros Anthony.

Jauregui received 54.6 percent of votes cast, while Anthony received 41.3 percent, according to preliminary results.

Third party candidate Janine Hansen earned 2.6 percent of votes cast.

Jauregui was endorsed by all five Democrats in Nevada’s congressional delegation. She co-championed the push for the transferable film tax credit program during the 2025 Legislative session.

Anthony, if re-elected, would serve his second and final four-year term as lieutenant governor.

The lieutenant governor serves as the president of the Nevada Senate when the Legislature is in session but only casts a tie-breaking vote.

State treasurer

Democrat Tya Mathis-Coleman was leading Republican Drew Johnson in the state treasurer race.

Mathis-Coleman garnered 55.3 percent of votes cast, while Johnson had 43 percent, preliminary results show.

Mathis-Coleman is a deputy treasurer in the state treasurer’s office. Johnson works for a policy research organization and, in 2024, ran as the Republican nominee for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District.

The state treasurer is the chief financial officer for Nevada and is responsible for maintaining state funds by investing and managing the state budget. The winner between Johnson and Mathis-Coleman will serve a four-year term in the role.

Secretary of state

Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar took an early lead against Republican challenger Jim Marchant.

Aguilar received 57.2 percent of votes cast, while Marchant received 39.6 percent, according to preliminary results. Third party candidates Brad Lee Barnhill and John T. Kennedy picked up 1.3 and 0.8 percent of votes cast, respectively.

Should Aguilar win, he would begin his second and final four-year term as secretary of state.

Marchant has been a prominent election denier since 2020, claiming, like President Trump, that he was a “victim of election fraud” in his loss to Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford in the 2020 race for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District.

The secretary of state is the third-highest-ranking position in Nevada’s government. The secretary of state oversees elections in Nevada and acts as Nevada’s official record-keeper.

State controller

Democratic nominee Michael MacDougall was leading in the state controller race against incumbent Republican State Controller Andy Matthews.

MacDougall received 54.6 percent of all votes cast, while Matthews had 43.5 percent, preliminary results show.

The state controller processes Nevada’s financial transactions, conducts state audits, settles all claims against the state and collects debts owed to the state. The winner between MacDougall and Matthews will serve a four-year term in the role.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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