David Damore

Executive Director, The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West
Professor, Department of Political Science
Expertise: American Politics, Elections, Campaigns, Public Policy at State and National Levels, Latino Politics

Biography

David Damore is a professor of political science. He serves as the executive director of The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West, two public policy centers at UNLV.

Damore teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in American politics and research methods and his research focuses on electoral politics and applied policy. He has written extensively on Nevada politics and policy and he is a coauthor of two recently published books, Blue Metros, Red States: The Shifting Urban/Rural Divide in America’s Swing States and Latinos in Nevada: A Political, Economic and Social Profile.

Damore regularly comments on Nevada politics for local, national, and international media outlets and his commentary and analysis has been published by The Brookings Institution’s FixGov Blog, The Cook Political Report, HuffPost, Politico Magazine, and USA Today. In addition to his positions at UNLV, Damore is a senior nonresident fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies Program.

Education

  • Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Davis
  • M.A., Political Science, University of Georgia
  • B.A., Political Science, University of California, San Diego

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David Damore In The News

The Nevada Independent
By the time the dust settled on the 2025 Nevada legislative session, more than 300 bills sponsored by lawmakers had reached Gov. Joe Lombardo’s desk. The Republican governor eventually rejected more than a fifth of these bills, vetoing 68 of them while signing 243 into law.
Las Vegas Review Journal
Expanding insurance coverage for critical medical procedures, allocating $133 million for attainable housing and instituting accountability for Nevada schools are among some of the biggest legislative policy proposals that are now law.
Las Vegas Review Journal
It’s not a good sign in Carson City when members of your own party vote down your bill. But with less than two hours left in the Nevada Legislature’s 83rd session, a new version of Gov. Joe Lombardo’s landmark health care proposal — heavily amended by Democrats in the state Senate — left Republicans with little choice but to reject Senate Bill 495.
Las Vegas Review Journal
Lawmakers in the Nevada Legislature are staring down a busy final week of the 120-day session. Friday was the last major deadline for the Silver State’s part-time legislature. But the work is far from over for hundreds of exempt bills, many of which have the biggest potential impacts on Nevadans — and looming uncertainty around cuts from the federal government could bring a special session later this year.

Articles Featuring David Damore

A UNLV student studies with the Strip in the distance.
Campus News | February 4, 2025

Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

UNLV XMAS
Campus News | December 3, 2024

This month’s frosty headlines and highlights from the students and faculty of UNLV.

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Campus News | November 4, 2024

A monthly roundup of the top news stories at UNLV, featuring the presidential election, gaming partnerships, and much more.