November 4, 2026 - 12:39 am

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro has defeated Republican lawyer Adriana Guzmán Fralick in the race to fill the attorney general position held by term-limited Democrat Aaron Ford.

The Associated Press called the race for Cannizzaro at 1:10 a.m. Wednesday after preliminary results showed she received 56.1 percent of the total votes cast. Guzmán Fralick had received 41.8 percent.

Cannizzaro has spent a decade in the Nevada Legislature and has time as a Clark County prosecutor and private attorney. She earned endorsements from Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson and the Las Vegas Police Protective Association union, which represents local law enforcement officers.

Guzmán Fralick has experience as chief deputy district attorney for Carson City and is a former chair of the Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board, according to her campaign website. President Donald Trump and Gov.…