A Democratic veto-proof majority in the Nevada Legislature could come down to the race for Senate District 15, a previously Republican-held seat that was redrawn to give Democrats an advantage.
The Nevada Senate Republican Caucus, which identified the Northern Nevada district as one of four seats it needs to win, said in a fundraising email this week that a Democratic legislative supermajority would result in “bad liberal policy.”
First-term Assemblywoman Angie Taylor, who has been endorsed by the Nevada Senate Democratic Caucus and leads in fundraising among all the candidates, said she isn’t thinking about what policies could be passed if Democrats have enough votes in both the Senate and the Assembly to override Gov. Joe Lombardo’s vetoes in 2025.
“When I’m knocking on doors you know what I’m not hearing? Supermajority,” Taylor said. “When I’m knocking on doors and talking to constituents, that’s not where they are focused on and that’s not what I’m focused on.”
Democrats hold 13 of 21 Senate seats, which is one shy of a two-thirds supermajority.
Democrats already hold a supermajority in the Assembly, which Gov. Joe Lombardo and his fellow Republicans are hoping to break this election year.
State Senate Minority Leader Robin Titus said in an email this week that if Democrats obtain a veto-proof majority, it “will result in more ‘Ram-and-Jam’ marathons that we saw under the previous Democratic trifecta, indifferent to industry testimony or public concern.”
“The same bad liberal policy coming out of places like California and Oregon will be passed right here in Nevada, despite our state being split into even partisan thirds of Republicans, Democrats, and Nonpartisans,” she said
Duerr said she prefers to be a collaborator and “if I was asked to overturn a veto I would have to do my homework.”
Lawmakers, she added, could potentially look at a “sweep of bills that address housing, evictions and tenants rights” if they had a supermajority.