Gun-Control Democrat Sandra Jauregui Launches Bid to Replace Republican Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony

Assembly Majority Leader Sandra Jauregui, one of the most reliably partisan Democrats in Carson City, has officially launched a campaign to become Nevada’s next lieutenant governor. In her announcement, she promised the usual package of big-government pledges — more spending on housing, health care and education — while blaming Republican Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony for economic problems that began long before his tenure and were made worse by her own party’s policies.

Jauregui, who has spent eight years in the Legislature pushing aggressive gun control laws and expanding government power, now claims she would “revive” Nevada’s economy and tourism sector — despite Democrats’ lockdown policies, tax increases, and regulatory burdens that crippled small businesses and drove families out of the state. Her campaign rhetoric accuses Anthony of “standing by,” even as Republicans are the only ones consistently fighting to restrain the runaway spending and anti-business mandates passed by her caucus.

Her run is widely seen as an attempt to extend Democratic control into statewide executive power after announcing she would not seek re-election to the Assembly in 2026. The lieutenant governor chairs the Commission on Tourism, presides over the Senate, and steps in when the governor is out of state — roles Democrats would like to reclaim as Nevada drifts away from their agenda.

The race is expected to be a clear contrast: a Republican incumbent focused on economic stability and restraint versus a Democrat promising more mandates, more spending, and more government in the lives of Nevadans.

Original source: The Nevada Independent