Aaron D. Ford

Signature campaign issue: tackle Nevada's affordable-housing crisis by standing up to tariffs that drive up housing costs, cracking down on Wall Street/corporate firms pricing working families out of their neighborhoods, and encouraging new construction by easing municipal permitting and using vacant land.

“As Governor, Aaron Ford will work hand-in-hand with communities and municipalities across Nevada to tackle the affordable housing crisis and help make housing more accessible for all renters and homebuyers.”

fordfornevada.com·As of August 2026

Central 'make stuff cost less' theme: blames Trump's tariffs - supported by Lombardo - for raising costs on Nevadans, vows to put working families first and prioritize lowering costs, and would stop awarding tax breaks to data centers until they prove they are holding up their end of the bargain.

“Trump's tariffs and Lombardo's support of them is just more proof that Nevada NEEDS a leader focused on lowering costs instead of sucking up to Trump and his billionaire friends. As Governor, I'll put working families first and prioritize making things cost LESS.”

fordfornevada.com·As of August 2026

Criticizes the 'Lombardo-Trump economy,' citing unemployment among the nation's highest and a tourism slump (Las Vegas lost 3.1 million visitors in 2025); campaigns on restoring job growth and the American Dream, while supporting the jobs data centers bring only conditionally - requiring them to pay their fair share, bring their own clean energy and water, and prove their worth before receiving tax breaks.

“No more failed leadership in Carson City that lets jobs disappear while prices are soaring … no more to a governor who bends the knee to a president he seeks to please instead of the people he's sworn to protect.”

ballotpedia.org·As of August 2026

Prioritizes clean, affordable energy: fought NV Energy's mandatory demand charge as AG and will resist utility rate hikes on households, facilitate residential solar installation and energy-efficiency incentives, build Nevada's energy workforce, and require data centers to pay their fair share for increased energy demand and conserve water.

“As Governor, Aaron Ford will prioritize delivering clean and affordable energy to Nevada and building Nevada's energy workforce.”

fordfornevada.com·As of August 2026

Pledges a medical-debt relief program, action against Pharmacy Benefit Managers pocketing prescription-drug discounts and rebates, and crackdowns on price gouging and fraudulent medical billing; points to more than $1.2 billion in opioid settlements won as Attorney General.

“Ford will also work to relieve medical debt and address causal factors by implementing a debt relief program and by cracking down on price gouging and fraudulent medical billing.”

fordfornevada.com·As of August 2026

Former public-school math teacher who pledges to guarantee school meals for all public-school students (a bill Gov. Lombardo vetoed), sued the Trump administration over attempts to eliminate the Department of Education and the roughly $1 billion Nevada receives annually, and won student-loan relief against a national loan servicer as AG.

“Here in Nevada, Joe Lombardo VETOED a bill that would have guaranteed school meals for all public school students. As Governor, I'll guarantee school meals and put money back in parents' pockets.”

fordfornevada.com·As of August 2026