On November 4, Nevada Republicans took control of both the Assembly and Senate.

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On November 4, Nevada Republicans took control of both the Assembly and Senate in the GOP wave that swept the nation, putting them in control of the Legislature and the governor's office for the first time since 1929. The GOP hasn't held the majority in the Assembly in 30 years, and the election of a speaker-designate became fraught with controversy. Republicans' initial selection of Ira Hansen as speaker quickly sparked fierce criticism when news reports surfaced of remarks he made in a column he wrote for The Sparks Tribune over 13 years ago. His comments about African Americans, women and his pride in owning a Confederate flag proved too much for Governor Brian Sandoval, who reportedly asked Hansen to step down. "Politics of personal destruction win," Hansen said in an email to his colleagues, announcing he was resigning his post. He said in a later public statement he was the victim of "a carefully orchestrated attack to remove a conservative Republican...