[5] Once the Great Depression hit the elections from 1932 to the 1990s the Democratic Party held the majority throughout the state.

[8] On June 23, 2018, President Donald Trump addressed the 2018 Nevada Republican Party State Convention in Las Vegas.

[9] In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, the Nevada GOP supported Donald Trump's false claims of fraud and attempts to overturn the election results in the state after Joe Biden was declared the victor.

[10] On November 3, 2020, the state GOP and the Trump campaign attempted to slow down the processing of mail-in ballots in Clark County, claiming that the county wasn't abiding by state law in allowing people to observe the processing of ballots.

Republican lawyers released a list of over 3,000 people who allegedly did not live in Clark County, Nevada, when they voted.

[13] On November 17, 2020, Nevada Republican representatives of the Trump campaign asked a judge to nullify Biden's 33,596-vote margin, and simply declare Trump the winner and his electors elected, citing unsubstantiated claims of fraud.

[15] On December 4, 2020, the Nevada GOP vowed to appeal the certification of Biden's victory and overturn his win in the state.

[17] In April 2021, the Nevada GOP censured Republican secretary of state Barbara Cegavske, accusing her of failing to investigate allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.

Cegavske responded by saying that members of her party were attacking her for refusing to "put my thumb on the scale of democracy" and said that there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the election.

The purpose of this political organization is to provide leadership, recruit, develop, and elect officials.

Article ten goes into the voting and proxies in the Nevada State Republican party by-laws.

It will not recognize any candidate who has been convicted of a felony or, while serving in a public office was impeached and convicted or removed from office for any reason, unless the Nevada Republican Central Committee or a Convention of the Nevada Republican Party shall waive this rule by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members or delegates present.

First appointed in 2011 following the resignation of John Ensign, Heller won a full term in 2012 and lost re-election in 2018.