Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat, announced Monday that he is running for governor against incumbent Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo.
The swing state is expected to host one of the more competitive gubernatorial races of the 2026 cycle.
Ford hopes voters will support his bid to unseat Lombardo due to cuts to Medicaid and food stamps.
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“It was Medicaid that enabled my son and me to have the healthcare we needed in order to be able to survive. It was food stamps that kept us fed,” Ford said in an interview with Politico, adding that he and his son used these programs for over a year.
“It hits me … particularly hard to know that people are about to be hit in those areas,” he
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