Rep. Steven Horsford has won re-election to the 4th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press.

Horsford ended up with a comfortable margin over former Assemblyman Jim Marchant, 50.4 percent to 46.5 percent. The race was called for him Friday with 74.32 percent of precincts reporting.

Nevada Reps. Susie Lee, Steven Horsford and Dina Titus have established themselves as champions of Southern Nevada causes in Washington, D.C. The Sun endorses all three to return to the nation's capital. Here's why....

Experience matters in Congress. Nevadans in the 4th district recognized that in 2018 when they sent Rep. Steven Horsford back to Capitol Hill, and their wisdom paid dividends for the state.

Perhaps nowhere was that more evidenced than in Horsford’s opposition to a proposal to expand the Nellis Air Force Base training range into 855,000 acres of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led Nevada’s Democratic Congressional delegation, including Senator Jacky Rosen, Congresswoman Dina Titus, Congressman Steven Horsford, and Congresswoman Susie Lee in a bicameral letter to President Donald Trump, urging him to reconsider his decision to deny Governor Sisolak’s request for a full federal cost-share for the use of the Nevada National Guard to combat COVID-19.

Federal funds will continue to flow past the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year under legislation passed by the House last week, avoiding a government shutdown that could have hurt both parties just before the presidential election.
Approval of the short-term stopgap bill to keep the government funded through Dec. 11 came as Senate Republican leaders worked to get their caucus behind the idea of holding a vote on a Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Judiciary Committee hearings could begin as soon as the week of Oct. 12.

Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) joined 173 Members of the House in a letter urging U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph Cuffari to open an investigation into a recent whistleblower complaint alleging jarring medical negligence of detainees at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Georgia. Among the allegations — mass hysterectomies being performed on women without informed consent.

Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act which is a bipartisan bill he cosponsored to establish clear workplace protections and reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers.

The U.S. House convened a rare weekend session Saturday in an attempt to stop the U.S. Postal Service from allegedly disrupting mail service to sabotage the November elections.

The Democratic-led chamber passed a bill 257-150 that would infuse $25 billion into the agency as it prepares for a surge in mail-in ballots and bar it from changing operations or service levels in place at the beginning of the year.

Joe Biden on Thursday accepted the Democratic nomination for president, vowing to be a leader for all Americans — and not just those who support him.

In Nevada, Democratic officials continued their praise of Biden, who they say will bring stability to the country after four turbulent years of President Donald Trump.

Nevada Democrats wrapped up the last in a series of virtual kick-off events ahead of the final day of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday with speeches from Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez and other local leaders.