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Mayoral election in North Las Vegas, Nevada (2026)
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| 2026 North Las Vegas elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: Pending |
| General election: TBA |
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| Offices up: Mayor |
| Total seats up: 1 |
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The city of North Las Vegas, Nevada, is holding a general election for mayor in 2026.
North Las Vegas has term limits for the position of mayor. Those limits are: four-year term, 12-year lifetime limit.
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Mayoral partisanship
North Las Vegas has a Democratic mayor. As of September 2025, 66 mayors in the largest 100 cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party, 23 are affiliated with the Republican Party, one is affiliated with the Libertarian Party, three are independents, five identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and two mayors' affiliations are unknown. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
Mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan in most of the nation's largest cities. However, many officeholders are affiliated with political parties. Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder's partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
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About the city
- See also: North Las Vegas, Nevada
North Las Vegas is a city in Clark County, Nevada. As of 2020, its population was 262,527.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of North Las Vegas uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[1]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for North Las Vegas, Nevada | ||
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| North Las Vegas | Nevada | |
| Population | 262,527 | 3,104,614 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 102 | 109,859 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 48% | 62.1% |
| Black/African American | 21.9% | 9.3% |
| Asian | 6.6% | 8.3% |
| Native American | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 10.8% |
| Multiple | 10% | 7.5% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 41.4% | 28.9% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 81.6% | 86.9% |
| College graduation rate | 17.2% | 25.5% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $60,972 | $62,043 |
| Persons below poverty level | 12.7% | 12.8% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
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| North Las Vegas, Nevada | Nevada | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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