|capital=Carson City
|language=None
|governor=Brian SandovalSteve Sisolak|gparty=RepublicanDemocratic|senator2=Dean HellerJacky Rosen|s2party=Republican Democratic
|s2phone=(202) 224-6244
|s2email=https://www.hellerrosen.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-form contact_jacky Contact
|senator1=Catherine Cortez Masto
|s1party=Democrat
|date=October 31, 1864 (36th)
}}
'''Nevada''' is the 7th largest state geographically and the 35th largest state by population in the [[United States]]. Although it is known for legalized [[gambling]] and semi-legalized [[prostitution]],<ref>Prostitution is prohibited by state law in Clark County (Las Vegas) and by local law in Lincoln County (north of Las Vegas) and in Washoe County (Reno), the independent city of Carson City (the state capital), and Douglas County (south of Carson City; the latter three areas listed effectively make it illegal in the area surrounding [[Lake Tahoe]]).</ref><ref>http://www.jour.unr.edu/outpost/community/archives/com.gormley.prostitute.html</ref> its voters are generally [[conservative]] and voted for [[George W. Bush]] twice; however, influx of liberals escaping their self-created problems in California have turned Nevada into a [[blue state]] or at least placed it into the competitive category. Its senators include Democrats [[Harry ReidCatherine Cortez Masto]], the and [[DemocraticJacky Rosen]] Senate Majority Leader, and Dean Heller, a Republican.
Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864 by [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the [[Civil War]]; as a result, one of the State's mottos is "Battle Born."<ref>http://www.leg.state.nv.us/general/FACTS.cfm</ref>
===Statewide===
*Governor [[Brian SandovalSteve Sisolak]] (RD)*Lt. Governor [[Mark HutchinsoniKate Marshall]] (RD)
*Secretary of State [[Barbara Cegavske]] (R)
*Attorney General [[Adam LaxaltAaron Ford]] (RD)*State Controller [[Ron KnechtCatherine Bryne]] (RD)*State Treasurer [[Dan SchwartzZach Conine]] (RD)
[[Image:Nevada test site.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The first tests of nuclear weapons were conducted in Nevada]]
*Gee Jon, the first person to be executed in a gas chamber, was executed at Nevada State Prison.
*Pat Nixon, former First Lady, was born in Ely.
*[[Harry Reid]], the current former Senate Majority Leader and the first Mormon to attain this position, was born in Searchlight.
*[[Karl Rove]], President George W. Bush's Chief of Staff, grew up in Sparks.