Cori Freidhof launches reelection bid for Nye County clerk in 2026

Cori Freidhof is asking Nye County voters to keep her in the clerk’s office after a 2024 appointment that put her in charge of elections, vital records and other core county functions. The office administers voter registration, marriage licenses, fictitious firm names and the clerk duties tied to the Fifth Judicial District Court and county boards.

Freidhof was appointed by the Nye County Board of County Commissioners on March 19, 2024, after Mark Kampf resigned, and her appointment took effect April 1, 2024. She was named to fill the unexpired term ending Jan. 1, 2027, and now faces her first reelection campaign as the incumbent. Andrew Caccavale and Kayla Ball have also filed for the race.

Freidhof said her campaign is centered on keeping elections steady and training staff for the work ahead. “Nothing is going to change this primary. I know that there are rumors going around that we’re going to stop mail-in voting, we’re going to start IDing people, whatever. Nothing will change in this primary. We are already set to go,” she said.

She framed the clerk’s job as one that demands long hours, attention to detail and experience built inside the office, not learned on the fly. “It’s not something you can just walk in, look at a book and think you can do it. I’ve lived the election so much that I really just love my job,” she said. Freidhof added, “You’ve got to have the passion. If you don’t have the passion for the election side, you’re not going to be able to work the 50, 60-hour weeks that happen or pay attention to the smallest details, like making sure the commas are in the right place on the ballots.” She also pointed to her staff, saying, “I have a great, great, great team, and they deserve to know it all.”

The race lands as Nye County prepares for the Tuesday, June 9, 2026 primary, with candidate filing already closed in March. The clerk’s office will again be under scrutiny after the county reported 33,820 active registered voters in the Nov. 5, 2024 general election and 27,059 ballots cast, an 80.01% turnout. Mail ballots made up 15,767 of those votes, or 46.62%.

That election season also left a lasting mark on county politics. Nye County shifted to heavier use of paper ballots after 2020, and its election procedures, staffing and ballot handling have been closely watched ever since. For Freidhof, the campaign is now as much about public trust as it is about office politics, with voters set to decide whether continuity inside the clerk’s office is a safeguard or a liability.