Incumbent Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, left, volition quadrate disconnected successful November against Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford successful the November gubernatorial predetermination successful Nevada. Photo by: Sun File
By Hillary Davis (contact)
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 | 2 a.m.
Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español.
Nevada’s largest teachers national is spending millions to assistance reelect Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, but a caller canvass suggests the teachers it represents whitethorn similar his Democratic challenger, Attorney General Aaron Ford.
The poll, commissioned by Strong Public Schools Nevada, the Nevada State Education Association’s governmental enactment committee, recovered that Clark County teachers surveyed favored Ford implicit Lombardo, 52% to 32%. Statewide, teachers surveyed favored Ford, 54% to 31%.
The statewide results were based connected responses from 359 teachers who said they planned to ballot successful the governor’s race. Independent campaigner Danielle Ford, who is not related to Aaron Ford, received 10% support, portion 4% were undecided.
Survey 160 conducted the canvass Oct. 14-15 and reported an wide borderline of mistake of positive oregon minus 6.5 percent points astatine the 95% assurance level.
The Clark County Education Association, which represents teachers successful the Clark County School District, endorsed Lombardo successful November 2025. Its Strategic Horizons governmental enactment committee has spent astir $2 cardinal connected advertizing for his reelection, according to authorities run concern reports. Strategic Horizons has besides reported contributing $220,000 to the Republican-associated GSD PAC.
Strategic Horizons is an autarkic PAC chaired by CCEA enactment and funded done transfers from the union’s treasury and large organizational contributions, alternatively than the voluntary payroll deductions that concern the union’s abstracted campaigner PAC, according to records connected record with the caput of state’s bureau and run concern disclosure reports.
A video advertisement paid for by Strategic Horizons shows Lombardo astatine a rally with radical successful CCEA shirts waving signs of support. CCEA attached it to an X station that says, “A ballot for Joe is simply a ballot for Educators!”
Another CCEA station connected X defends Lombardo successful effect to a Ford run post: “Ford says helium wants to bring per-pupil backing up to the nationalist average, yet helium has nary program for wherever he’s going to find the funding. Oh wait, he’s supported by peculiar involvement groups who enactment a program that would rise spot taxes and income taxes connected Nevada families.”
“Lombardo really has a plan, AND it would bring backing to the nationalist mean successful little than 5 years,” the station continued. “Aaron Ford speaks similar a vocation politician, @JoeLombardoNV acts arsenic a existent leader.”
Ruben Murillo, a past president of CCEA and the Nevada State Education Association and a existent serviceman of Strong Public Schools Nevada, said successful a connection that CCEA wasn’t speaking for teachers.
“As a erstwhile CCEA president, I cognize the quality betwixt speaking unneurotic with teachers and speaking implicit them,” Murillo said. “Sadly, CCEA is speaking implicit their members by spending millions for Joe Lombardo erstwhile astir teachers cognize Aaron Ford would beryllium truthful overmuch amended for our schools and students.”
Retired Clark County School District teacher Chris Giunchigliani, a erstwhile CCEA president, Nevada assemblywoman and Clark County commissioner, besides criticized the union’s pro-Lombardo messaging.
“Maybe CCEA should person asked teachers who they enactment for politician earlier spending millions of subordinate dollars to marque it look similar teachers are lining up down Joe Lombardo,” she said successful a statement. “This canvass confirms what we already know. Most teachers don’t enactment Joe Lombardo, and their national shouldn’t either.”
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