Henderson mayor (R) launches re-election bid, rebuffs critics over transparency

Henderson Mayor Michelle Romero is a little more than halfway through her first term, and she is already taking steps to secure a second.

Romero last Tuesday officially announced her re-election campaign for the 2026 election cycle — becoming the first to announce a candidacy for the race, according to multiple local political strategists. The Nevada Secretary of State’s website lists the filing period for nonjudicial political candidates as running from March 2 to March 13, 2026.

In a sit-down interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal a day after making the announcement, Romero highlighted a number of areas of growth during her tenure, such as several new and renovated police and fire facilities that have opened, as well as last year’s OK by state officials for the city to sponsor charter schools. Romero also touted the city winning the 2024 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award — a national award given by the U.S. Department of Commerce for organizational excellence — becoming one of just five municipal governments to win the honor since its introduction in 1988.

“When I was in high school, the city’s population was about 40,000, and now it’s almost 340,000,” Romero said. “That doesn’t happen without a lot of thought and a lot of planning going into it.”




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