Governor of Nevada
Aaron Ford
Nevada Attorney General (since January 2019)Democratic
- Race
- Governor of Nevada
- Election
- 2026-11-03
- Opponents
- Joe Lombardo (Republican); Danielle Ford (No Political Party)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did2 statements · 0 votes
ensure that Nevada itself remains a firewall, not just in name, but in practice … that means protecting abortion access, safeguarding IVF, keeping politicians out of private medical decisions.
Protect legal access to abortion
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotGovernor
2026-11-03
| Joe Lombardo Republican | incumbent |
| Aaron Ford Democratic | challenger |
| Danielle Ford No Political Party | challenger |
Won the June 9 Democratic primary with 63.8% over Washoe County Commission Chair Alexis Hill.
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
ensure that Nevada itself remains a firewall, not just in name, but in practice … that means protecting abortion access, safeguarding IVF, keeping politicians out of private medical decisions.
Says that as governor he will keep Nevada a firewall on abortion access, IVF and private medical decisions; The Nevada Independent lists him as answering yes on enshrining the right to an abortion through 24 weeks in the state constitution.[4]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Aaron Ford is Nevada's Attorney General and the Democratic nominee for governor. A former public school math teacher, he was elected to the state Senate in 2012, finishing as majority leader, before becoming the state's first Black attorney general in 2019. His campaign centers on housing costs, health care, energy and education, and he supports repealing the state's right-to-work law.[1][2][3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Ford was raised in a working-class family and earned five degrees, including a Ph.D. in education and a law degree.[3][2] He worked as a public school math teacher and for a personal injury law firm in Las Vegas.[3][2][1]
He was elected to the Nevada Senate in 2012 and served as Senate Majority Leader.[1][3] Ford has served as attorney general since 2019, becoming the first Black attorney general in Nevada history.[3]
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- legal2024-04-18 · Applauded a unanimous Nevada Supreme Court decision upholding the state's ban on 'ghost guns' (Assembly Bill 286 of 2021) against a vagueness challenge.[5]
- legal2025-07-11 · Announced that, following his lawsuit alongside a coalition of 16 attorneys general, the Trump administration committed to carving Nevada out of its plan to distribute machine-gun conversion devices, and the ATF told the court it would not return forced reset triggers into the plaintiff states.[6]
- actionAs attorney general, testified in support of 2019 criminal-justice reform bill AB236, which raised the felony theft threshold from $650 to $1,200.[4]
In their own words
Priorities
- Housing affordability: easing permitting, using vacant land, and limiting corporate investors buying single-family homes.[7][4]
- Making data centers pay for their own power and infrastructure and ending tax breaks until they meet commitments.[7][4]
- Raising K-12 funding toward the national average without new taxes, and repealing Nevada's right-to-work law.[4]
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
Profile: /people/aaron-ford
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.2026 Nevada Voter Guide · The Nevada Independent · 2026-10-19 News report
- 2.Issues · Aaron Ford for Nevada Governor campaign · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 3.About Aaron · Aaron Ford for Nevada Governor campaign · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 4.From abortion to taxes: Where Nevada's 2026 governor candidates stand on the issues · The Nevada Independent · 2026-10-19 News report
- 5.Attorney General Ford Applauds Nevada Supreme Court Decision that Bans on 'Ghost Guns' are Constitutional · Nevada Office of the Attorney General · 2024-04-18 Official record
- 6.Attorney General Ford Blocks Returns and Sales of Machine Gun Conversion Devices in Nevada · Nevada Office of the Attorney General · 2025-07-11 Official record
- 7.Issues · Aaron Ford for Nevada Governor campaign · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words