Months after candidates announced their plans to run for office and election advertisements hit the airwaves, they’ll have their chance to make it official during Nevada’s 10-day candidate filing period, which began Monday.
Though candidates up and down the ticket usually have announced their campaigns and started raising and spending money by the time the filing period begins, the period is historically marked by surprises as some may decide not to follow through with their intentions, switch races or make an unexpected run for a seat. The two-week candidate filing period runs March 4-15.
To file for office, candidates must appear virtually or in person, pay a fee, show identification and sign paperwork to complete the process. For seats within a single county, candidates file at their county clerk’s office; for multiple county or statewide seats, they file with the secretary of state’s office.
For a rundown of which candidates have already announced intentions to run for the dozens of Nevada Legislature seats on the 2024 ballot, visit our story here. For more information about local government and other candidate announcements, click here.
Judicial candidates have a separate filing period in January; you can read more about those filings and announcements, here.
The primary election is June 11, with early voting from May 25 to June 7. The general election is Nov. 5, with an early voting period from Oct. 19 to Nov. 1. Mail ballots will be sent out no later than 20 days before Election Day, but are often sent out before the start of early voting.
Below are highlights from the candidate filing period, as well as a spreadsheet showing filed candidates.
