The Mamdani moment and the faux war of ideas in Nevada

By: Tiffany Stoik

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: July 7, 2026

Words: 694

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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In the fight between the center and the left, the center has decided that their best strategy is to try to look a lot like the left. In Nevada, two Democratic Socialists, Shaun Navarro and Val Thomason, ran primary challenges against moderate incumbents. Their subsequent loss has been the subject of many articles about the supposed entrenchment of moderate beliefs in Nevada. It’s a lazy analysis, which assumes that local races are decided based on …

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