October 30, 2026 - 5:38 pm

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson broke party lines to endorse Gov. Joe Lombardo ’s re-election campaign because of his relationship with Lombardo and his gripes with Attorney General Aaron Ford , he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

His move was unusual in Nevada politics following the era of the “Reid Machine,” during which Democratic U.S. Sen. Harry Reid kept the party tightly coalesced.

Wolfson, a Democrat, said in an ad that he and Lombardo, a Republican who previously served as Clark County sheriff, “worked together to put violent criminals behind bars.”

Wolfson then took shots at Ford, Lombardo’s Democratic opponent.

“Aaron Ford calls himself Nevada’s top cop. No way,” he said in the ad. “Ford cares more about criminals than victims. Joe Lombardo fights for us.”

Ford’s campaign would not make him available for an interview.

Wolfson told the Review-Journal that he believes Lombardo is the better choice for public safety.…