Each card sums up what the candidate said across every video we indexed. Each sentence links to the clip it comes from.
Schools and education
Joe LombardoR
Lombardo says he raised per-pupil funding by $2,500 per student, about $2 billion, covering class sizes, infrastructure and wraparound services as well as pay.
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Lombardo cites SB460's accountability rules and third-grade reading requirement, saying 27% of one-star schools rose to two stars and graduation rose 4%.
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Lombardo says school choice grew through open enrollment and 7,500 new charter seats, and cites school safety laws for the lowest teacher vacancies in years.
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“In other words, we've increased the per pupil funding formula $2,500 per student to the tune of $2 billion uh excess dollars into the education system.”
Ford wants to raise per-pupil spending and fund STEM, tech, vocational and digital literacy programs that prepare students for tech careers.
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Ford says money from data center abatements should go to schools and colleges for literacy and AI literacy once abatements stop.
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Ford says his office co-leads a lawsuit against an Education Department professional degree rule he says would hurt low-income and middle-class students.
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“the first thing we have to do is increase our per people expenditure in our state”
“we are going to ensure that we uh focus on vocational education uh which also includes opportunities for alternative education as it relates to digital literacy”
Lombardo cites his 2023 and 2025 crime bills and victims' rights laws as reasons violent crime fell over 10% and property crime 16%.
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Lombardo says going soft on crime is the wrong answer, and that his crime bill was watered down, so he is running to finish it.
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Lombardo says domestic violence services would top his funding priorities, and police need data systems flagging repeat domestic violence addresses and names.
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“And as a result of that eyes-on focus, uh, violent crime across the state is down over 10% year-over-year.”
Ford pledges a state budget line item for domestic violence programs instead of relying on federal grants, and says he will hold himself accountable.
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Ford proposes a statewide template tracking each case from 911 call to outcome, enforcing protective orders, and publicly reporting results, aiming for fewer deaths.
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Ford says agencies work in silos and wants the state to coordinate police, schools and health care so services do not depend on zip code.
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“Yeah, the answer is absolutely. I wouldn't say that aloud if I wouldn't be if I wasn't willing to put myself hold myself accountable to it.”
“instead of having to rely upon the feds, I think we need um some more statewide sustained line item type in my budget money that will sustain programming in this particular arena.”
Lombardo says voter ID is his most important issue, citing a ballot measure that passed with 73%, and says the state will pay for IDs.
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Lombardo says Nevada runs elections well but cites voter concerns about ballot harvesting, mail voting without ID and five-day ballot receipt.
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Lombardo says voters should request mail ballots, and says universal mail voting was a COVID-era decision with a flawed counting deadline.
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“And we even put in the language we'll give you the ability if you you're without an ID, we'll pay for it.”
Ford says he is leading two lawsuits against Trump over state roles in elections, and that Nevada will meet unlawful action in court.
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Ford says claims of widespread voter fraud are untrue, and cites an MIT ranking of Nevada second on voter integrity.
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Ford argues the race is between money and voters, saying Lombardo took millions from billionaires and data center companies.
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“I'm actually leading two elections lawsuits now pushing back against Donald Trump trying to break the law relative to taking over states' roles in elections.”
Lombardo says he will diversify the economy without harming gaming, which funds 62 to 64% of the general fund, and pledges no new taxes.
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Lombardo cites over $6 billion in new investment, over 167 companies assisted since 2023, and a ranking as seventh best state to start a business.
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Lombardo says he modified or repealed over 900 regulations, would not sign recent tax bills, and will keep government out of the way.
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“We got a diversified economy we uh concentrate on that not to the detriment of gaming and figure it out.”
Ford says Trump's tariffs hurt Nevada's tourism and gaming economy, and says he sued over them and got them overturned.
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Ford says tariffs kept Canadian visitors away, closed a 30-year-old restaurant and raised prices customers cannot afford.
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Ford wants to diversify beyond tourism through mining, advanced manufacturing, ranching, solar, financial firms and film work under his film incentive.
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“Las Vegas, um you know, we thrive on on tourism and gaming and uh these tariffs that Donald Trump put out that I ultimately sued over and got overturned uh have ruined our economy”
Lombardo says tariffs may cause short-term pain but bring manufacturing back, and the administration should consider refunds without a mandate.
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Lombardo opposes federalizing elections as a state constitutional matter, and would ask the Trump administration not to send troops to enforce an election.
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Lombardo says he talks with Trump regularly, and that Trump let Nevada solar projects move forward after he called.
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“We're domesticating manufacturing. We're domesticating jobs back into the United States.”
Lombardo says the state put over $180 million into residency programs to keep doctors in Nevada, and won a $180 million federal rural health grant.
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Lombardo supports the federal Medicaid work requirement and more oversight to prevent fraud, citing a recent state Medicaid fraud investigation.
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“the state provided significant monetary injection into that space to the tune of over a 180 million dollars to ensure that we build upon our residency programs.”
Lombardo supports data centers, saying they do not strain state resources and must recycle water in closed-loop systems.
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Lombardo says most data centers make their own power, and he would stop backing them if their grid draw raised rates.
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Lombardo cites a new federal rate cap that he says shields households from power costs.
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“I'm wholeheartedly in support of data centers because currently we're not having that draw on the resources, the limitation of our resources within our environment as a result of data centers.”
Ford pledges to pause tax breaks for future data centers and audit companies that already got abatements to check they met hiring and other terms.
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Ford says data centers must not raise energy prices or use Nevada's water, and communities should not be forced to host them.
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Ford says consumer protection and innovation can coexist, and wants more state cybersecurity funding, citing a past ransomware attack.
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“I'm going to pause uh those tax breaks on any future data center to ensure that we can spend some time to to audit those who have already received these abatements”
Ford says Nevadans across the state find things too expensive, and says he is running to lead the state out of the affordability crisis.
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Ford says health care costs rose for over 100,000 Nevadans insured through the Affordable Care Act, and gas averages over $5 from Trump's Iran war.
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Ford says he grew up sometimes without enough food, and relied on Section 8 housing and food stamps as a single parent.
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“I'm running for governor in Nevada to lead our state out of this affordability crisis that we're facing because of this Lombardo-Trump economy.”
Lombardo says California policies, more than the Iran war, drive Nevada gas prices, since California supplies most of Nevada's fuel.
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Lombardo says state law raises the state fuel tax when the federal tax falls, and repeal would need a special session and legislative vote.
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Lombardo argues Ford wants ratepayers to keep paying for others' rooftop solar, and says the PUCN, not the governor, regulates it.
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“That That may be a part of it, but the majority of that is actually policies coming out of California where we received the majority of our our fuel”
No answer on record about this in the 5 videos we indexed.
Housing and rent
Joe LombardoR
Lombardo says $183 million for affordable housing will reach over 7,500 families, and he raised the down payment income limit to 150% of AMI.
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Lombardo says he called a proposed cap unconstitutional, not a bad idea, and that the bill's language was flawed and must be fixed.
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“put $183 million into that problem in the last session. And so, the first tranche hit the hit the streets here in December to the tune of $22 million”
No answer on record about this in the 5 videos we indexed.
Record and trust
Joe LombardoR
Lombardo says his first term improved the economy, education, health care, housing and public safety, and he wants a second term to reach 100%.
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Lombardo says he grew up in a military family, served about eight years in the military, and chose policing for a life of service.
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Lombardo says he leads from the front, asks nothing he would not do himself, and does not surround himself with yes people.
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“I'm here to tell you, Steve, we've done a yeoman's job in all those five of those aspects. Um we've improved upon the economy, we've diversified it a great deal.”