HomePoliticsLAXALT WINS FIRST ROUND OF FUNDRAISING IN THE RACE FOR NV GOVERNOR Politics LAXALT WINS FIRST ROUND OF FUNDRAISING IN THE RACE FOR NV GOVERNOR January 30, 2018 Attorney General Adam Laxalt (R) leads by a hair over Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak (D) in the first reporting of 2018 in the race for the next Governor of Nevada. Laxalt $2,609,753 Sisolak $2,582,868 Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani came in third with $832,489. Nevada State Treasurer Dan Schwartz (R) trailed in fundraising with just $73,848. But Schwartz did donate over $350,000 of his own money to his campaign.