Pahrump Valley Times: “Affordability in the Silver State was the major talking point during [Ford's] event.”

On Tuesday, Attorney General Aaron Ford hosted two packed town halls in rural Dayton and Gardnerville as a part of his Working Class First statewide listening tour. In the first 48 hours of the  tour, Ford spoke with hundreds of Nevadans about the ongoing affordability crisis. Ford’s tour will stretch across all 17 counties and focus on lowering costs for working families and making Nevada more affordable.

Under Joe Lombardo, housing costs in Nevada are at record highs and Nevadans are having to donate blood just to pay rent. Lombardo vetoed a bill that would have lowered prescription drug prices while prescription drug prices have risen faster in Nevada than anywhere else in the nation. As a quarter of Nevada’s children experience food insecurity, Lombardo vetoed a bill that would have guaranteed school meals and put money back in parents’ pockets. 

This tour will allow Ford the opportunity to connect with local leaders, community members, and working families in every corner of the state to discuss the issues that matter most to them.

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Read more about Monday's stop in Pahrump below: 

Pahrump Valley Times: Aaron Ford speaks in Pahrump during governor campaign

• Incumbent Attorney General Aaron Ford spoke in Pahrump on Monday, Nov. 10 during a campaign event in his gubernatorial bid.

• “What I have done already is be certain that I take no one for granted and I talk to everybody. I’m the first Democrat to have won a rural county in over a decade,” Ford told the Pahrump Valley Times after the event. “We won more rural votes than any other Democrat running in the last election cycle. That’s because we’re out there talking to everybody. We can continue that same approach and we’re going to talk to them about issues that are affecting them.”

• The meet-and-greet was held at the Pahrump Senior Center. Approximately 20 people attended to hear the attorney general’s election plans. Before speaking, Ford greeted each person in attendance and shook everyone’s hand.

• “Right now, what I’m hearing all over the place is affordability is the key, because affordability is the topic that they’re most concerned about,” Ford said further after the event concluded. “And that’s how we’re going to earn their support is by addressing those issues.”

• Affordability in the Silver State was the major talking point during the event. Ford cited lowering prescription drug prices, access to housing, and guaranteed school meals for students as issues he wants to tackle as governor.

• “These are tangible examples of what I’m looking to do to try to help you maintain your opportunity to live in Nevada and to afford Nevada,” the attorney general told the crowd. “That’s the way that we move forward.

• “We’d like a governor who is for the working people. We’d like to see affordable housing, bringing inflation down, bringing jobs back to Nevada,” attendee Ginny Okawa told the Pahrump Valley Times after the event, “Unemployment is too high. Groceries are too high. The tariffs need to be taken off. It’s hurting our tourism here in Nevada. This governor [Lombardo], this [Trump] administration has hurt Nevadans all the way around. We’d like a governor who works for the people.”

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