these measures that governor steve sisolak signed into law include establishing a permanent vote-by-mail system, expanding the early voting period and making it more convenient to register and to vote. but while nevada has moved forward to protect and strengthen voting rights, we are not immune from the attempts to sabotage it. in nevada, the leading republican candidate for our secretary of state stated that he would have refused -- i repeat, would have refused to certify president biden's victory in our state, even though the results were certified by a republican secretary of state and unanimously upheld by the nevada supreme court. that same candidate opened the door to certifying alternate, alternate electors in future presidential elections in nevada, contrary to the actual election results. and in nevada, the leading republican candidates for governor are promising to undo our progress and make it harder for nevadans to vote because they refuse to accept the results of the 2020 election. they're pushing the former president's false conspiracy theories that fueled the january 6 ins

sisolak fighting to keep their seats. >> one thing i will be watching extremely closely this cycle are what's expected to be very competitive and very expensive races in the state of wisconsin. look, both parties know the stakes here, both sides already have ads on the television airwaves. >> with democrats in total control our nation is on a very dangerous path. >> johnson has been helping himself, he's been hurting wisconsin families. >> we are talking about a senate race that can help determine party control of the u.s. senate next year and the governor's race that can help determine voting rules in what is a crucial battleground state. what i will be looking to see is whether or not these democratic candidates can be successful in states where they have been successful in previous cycles. >> i'm watching to see whether republicans can win back the moderate voters that they lost because they felt alienated and turned off from the party by donald trump. will those voters come back home to the gop for the midterms? >> we will for sure be watching the latino vote in washel county where

sisolak in november. among them las vegas councilmember michelle fiori. she believes that all mandates need to be banned, that that activists who oppose police brutality are domestic terrorists. you know, normal stuff for the republican party these days. even more interesting was her first ad announcing her candidacy. take a look. >> i'm michelle fiori, and i'm running for governor. i spent my whole life fighting the establishment. i was the first fema jordan leader in nevada assembly and one of the first electeds to endorse jump. and you better believe i was attacked for it. >> again not too surprising to see a candidate tying herself to trump. and of course no republican ad would be complete without the candidate brandishing a firearm. but it's where the ad was played that i find so compelling. let's show it on the screen. now as you can see her campaign purchased ads in the nevada media market, which makes sense. but if you look all the way to the right on the map, you can see another ad buy, that corr

these measures that governor steve sisolak signed into law include establishing a permanent vote-by-mail system, expanding the early voting period and making it more convenient to register and to vote. but while nevada has moved forward to protect and strengthen voting rights, we are not immune from the attempts to sabotage it. in nevada, the leading republican candidate for our secretary of state stated that he would have refused -- i repeat, would have refused to certify president biden's victory in our state, even though the results were certified by a republican secretary of state and unanimously upheld by the nevada supreme court. that same candidate opened the door to certifying alternate, alternate electors in future presidential elections in nevada, contrary to the actual election results. and in nevada, the leading republican candidates for governor are promising to undo our progress and make it harder for nevadans to vote because they refuse to accept the results of the 2020 election. they're pushing the former president's false conspiracy theories that fueled the january 6 ins