2025AB 597

Diluting Party Primaries with Open Primary Crossover Voting

2025 - Nevada Senate

Conservatives Oppose

Description

This bill allows nonpartisan voters to participate in a major party's primary for partisan offices, weakening parties' ability to choose their own nominees and opening the door to strategic crossover voting. CPAC supports strong party primaries and clear, secure election processes and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-06-02 by a vote of 12-9. The Governor vetoed this bill.

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Legislators · 21

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Angie Taylor NV	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Carrie Buck NV	Republican	68%	Conservative
Nicole Cannizzaro NV	Democrat	10%	Leftist
Michelee Cruz-Crawford NV	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Skip Daly NV	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Fabian Doñate NV	Democrat	5%	Leftist
John Ellison NV	Republican	81%	Conservative
Edgar Flores NV	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Ira Hansen NV	Republican	79%	Conservative
Lisa Krasner NV	Republican	68%	Conservative
Roberta Lange NV	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Marilyn Dondero Loop NV	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Dina Neal NV	Democrat	11%	Conservative
Rochelle Nguyen NV	Democrat	3%	Leftist
James Ohrenschall NV	Democrat	9%	Leftist
Julie Pazina NV	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Lori Rogich NV	Republican	56%	Conservative
Melanie Scheible NV	Democrat	6%	Leftist
John Steinbeck NV	Republican	44%	Conservative
Jeff Stone NV	Republican	76%	Conservative
Robin Titus NV	Republican	84%	Conservative