Legislative Session
The state legislature meets on the first Monday in February after the election of members of the Senate and Assembly. Sessions are limited to 120 calendar days.
Limits to Campaign Contributions
In general, persons are limited to making campaign contributions to Nevada state-level candidates in excess of $5,000 for the primary election and $5,000 for the general election. These limits apply per election cycle.
There are no constitutional or statutory limits on contributions made to groups such as political parties, committees sponsored by political parties, committees for political action, or committees for political action advocating passage or defeat of a ballot question.
Additional information on limits to campaign contributions in Nevada may be found here.
Filing Deadlines
Candidates are required to file detailed reports on their campaign donations and expenditures. Transparency USA provides accurate, searchable data within a month of its availability.
See Nevada’s campaign finance report deadlines here.
Additional reports may be required by Nevada filers. If a report is skipped (often because its deadline is close to another), the data from that report is captured in the next update.
Nevada Statewide Officeholders
Nevada statewide office holders (such as the governor and lieutenant governor) serve four-year terms and are up for reelection in non-presidential election years. They are limited to serving eight years — two four-year terms.
Nevada Legislature
Nevada Assembly Legislators serve two-year terms.
Nevada State Senators serve four-year terms.
All members are limited to serving for twelve years in their respective chambers — six terms for assembly legislators and three terms for senators.
How We Display Nevada Campaign Finance Data
Campaign finance is complex, with reporting practices that vary widely from state to state. As a reporting system — and not a balance sheet — contributions and expenditures do not balance the way we’d expect if it were an accounting system. In most cases, this does not mean that the data is incomplete, but rather, that entities are following Nevada’s unique reporting requirements.
To help put the numbers in context, we’ve created a state-specific explanation of how we display information reported. Click the link below for a more detailed description of Nevada’s campaign finance data and how their unique system is displayed on TUSA: