He graduated from Georgetown University and its law school before working as an aide to then-Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John R. Bolton and Virginia U.S.

After attending Tulane for two years, he transferred to Georgetown University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and government.

Laxalt first worked for then-Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John R. Bolton, before joining the office of Virginia U.S.

[6] Laxalt spent five years in the United States Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps.

[8] After a bitter and costly general election campaign, Laxalt defeated Democratic nominee Ross Miller.

[11] As AG, he created the "Federalism Unit" within the AG's office and challenged federal environmental protection regulations, including the Environmental Protection Agency's Waters of the United States Rule and the Bureau of Land Management's Sage Grouse Plan.

[16] In a 2017 speech at the National Rifle Association of America's general convention, Laxalt criticized a red flag bill that the Nevada Senate had passed.

[18] As attorney general, Laxalt signed Nevada onto at least four known lawsuits supporting abortion restrictions in other states.

[19] Pro-choice Republican governor Brian Sandoval's office said it was not consulted before Laxalt signed Nevada onto the Texas abortion ban brief.

In the Supreme Court case Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, Laxalt signed an amicus brief[20] in support of Texas's TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) law.

[21] He opposed a multi-state investigation into ExxonMobil's alleged role in downplaying climate change, condemning it as an attempt to stifle an "ongoing public policy debate" over human-caused global warming.

[31] Storey County Administrator Austin Osborne said in a deposition that numerous complaints including sexual harassment allegations were filed against Antinoro.

[39] In August 2021, Laxalt announced his candidacy for the 2022 United States Senate election in Nevada, challenging the incumbent, Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto.

He announced his candidacy with a video in which he said that "the radical left, rich elites, woke corporations, academia and the media" were "taking over America".

[47] On November 12, 2022, major media outlets projected that Cortez Masto had been reelected, guaranteeing the Democrats 50 Senate seats and control of the chamber in the 118th Congress.

[48] In April 2023, Laxalt became the chair of the Never Back Down Super PAC, a group supporting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for President in 2024.