“This will be my last tweet. I'm running to end the insider politics that made [Elon] Musk rich enough to buy this platform, and the White House,” Commissioner Alexis Hill wrote on the X platform today while doing an all hands on deck official campaign kickoff.
“Elon has rigged the algorithm to divide us, and this isn't the world's town square anymore,” she wrote as part of what she says is her final message on that platform where she had 824 followers.
A new video she released on YouTube today starting with "We Live in a Beautiful Place" before repeating beautiful place several times has several of the same shot sequences as a video previously released on her channels.
Her latest contributions report listing governor as the office she is seeking at the top has a $5,000 donation from a Jessica Foung in San Francisco, $3,000 from Herbert Simon and $2,500 from the Peppermill among her big early donors.
“We saw the post about Alexis Hill’s campaign for governor and just wanted to clarify that we donated to her Washoe County Commission race in 2024, and not her current run for governor,” the casino wrote to us after publication. “If you wouldn’t mind editing that in the post we’d appreciate it!”
In recent years, Hill has increasingly ignored messages from Our Town Reno concerning unhoused populations, including disputed numbers on trends, and the lack of transparency at what goes on at the Cares Campus on a daily and nightly basis.
Her county bio for the District 1 she has represented since winning an election for that post in 2020 indicates: “Chair Hill worked in public policy and city planning for more than a decade at the cities of Sparks and Reno. She has also dedicated time to the nonprofit sector, working with the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and Kids & Horses, a nonprofit for special needs children and adults. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Texas A&M and a graduate degree in public administration and policy from the University of Nevada, Reno.”
Incumbent Republican Joe Lombardo is the overwhelming favorite to be the nominee for his party in Nevada's 2026 gubernatorial race, but is expected to face early inside opposition from Irina Hansen.
Former Governor Steve Sisolak has hinted at a possible rerun while Attorney General Aaron Ford is seen by many pundits as the frontrunner on the Democratic side at this point. If elected Ford would be Nevada’s first Black governor.