Nevada voters will choose between incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen (pictured above, left) and Republican challenger Sam Brown (pictured above, right) in the 2024 U.S. Senate election. Rosen, a first-term U.S. Senator, was elected in 2018. She faces Republican nominee Sam Brown, a retired U.S. Army captain.
In-person absentee voting, also known as early voting in Nevada, will be available from October 19, 2024, to November 1, 2024, leading up to the general election on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Nevada also offers same-day registration and voting from October 22 to November 5, 2024. Additionally, online voter registration is available until November 5, 2024, which is Election Day.
An estimated 145,000 LGBTQ people live in Nevada. Twenty-two percent of LGBTQ people in Nevada are raising children. Analysis shows LGBTQ voters played a deciding role in the 2020 election, flipping the Senate to a pro-equality majority. And estimates show that by 2040, greater than one in five voters in the state will be LGBTQ.
GLAAD urges the media to include LGBTQ issues in their questions to candidates, and consider them when covering the campaign. Research on the candidates’ records on abortion is also included, as abortion is an LGBTQ issue.
Research on the candidates’ LGBTQ records includes:
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D)
- Helped introduce the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in areas like employment, housing, and public accommodations.
- Co-sponsored and voted to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, which requires states to recognize all legally performed marriages, including same-sex marriages.
- Supported the Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act to incorporate LGBTQ rights protections in U.S. foreign policy.
- Has spoken out against the Trump administration’s policies that negatively impacted LGBTQ individuals, such as revoking protections for transgender students.
- Recognizes Pride Month, calling for continued pursuit of full equality for LGBTQ Americans.
- Emphasized the importance of protecting LGBTQ Nevadans from discrimination and violence.
- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has endorsed Rosen multiple times, including for her initial Senate run in 2018 and her re-election bid in 2024.
- Rosen has received perfect scores from the HRC for her voting record on LGBTQ issues.
- Joined efforts to keep anti-LGBTQ provisions out of government funding legislation.
Sam Brown (R)
- Praised Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” legislation, framing it as necessary to prevent “indoctrination” in schools.
- As chairman of the Nevada Faith and Freedom Coalition, he opposed marriage equality and supported legislation allowing discrimination against same-sex couples under the guise of religious liberty. The organization has vehemently opposed marriage equality and backed legislation that permits discrimination against same-sex couples under the guise of religious liberty.
- When asked in a 2022 debate if same-sex marriage should be protected after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Brown refused to say it should be.
- Actively involved with Calvary Chapel Reno-Sparks, where the pastor has denounced LGBTQ acknowledgment as idolatry.
- Spoke at Las Vegas Calvary Church and Liberty Baptist Church, both known for anti-LGBTQ doctrines.
Has promoted unfounded claims about the 2020 election and aligned himself with election denial rhetoric.