# Melissa Hardy

Melissa Hardy is a Republican member of the Nevada House for district 22.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Nevada House, district 22
- Serving since: 2018-11-07
- Current term: NV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5cafbfaf-3066-4080-9754-b53f337ba4ba

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5cafbfaf-3066-4080-9754-b53f337ba4ba (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

52% of Hardy’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Nevada, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## What Hardy says (NV 2025–26 session)

460 classified statements: 460 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Hardy | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.2% | 9.3% | 675 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 12.8% | 31.9% | 671 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.7% | 1.8% | 295 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 7.8% | 12.7% | 453 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.2% | 1.4% | 430 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 26% (State House Republicans 11%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 19% (State House Republicans 15%); Families 14% (State House Republicans 3.6%); Economics and Public Finance 5.2% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.16 (standard error 0.02), from 72 donors and 439 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NV 2025–26 session)

679 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Nevada House 99.0%). Party unity 88% (95.9%). 20 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-11-19 · voted yea · Assembly (2nd Reprint) · SB 5 Makes revisions relating to health care. (BDR 40-32) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB5/
- 2025-11-19 · voted nay · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 10 Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 10-38) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB10/
- 2025-11-19 · voted nay · Assembly (2nd Reprint) · SB 4 Revises provisions relating to state financial and governmental administration. (BDR S-11) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB4/
- 2025-11-18 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 8 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 53-35) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB8/
- 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 6 Revises the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act. (BDR S-12) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB6/
- 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (As Introduced) · SB 7 Revises provisions relating to occupational diseases. (BDR 53-36) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB7/
- 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 2 Revises provisions relating to legislative affairs. (BDR 17-30) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB2/
- 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (As Introduced) · SB 1 Revises provisions governing the short-term lease of a passenger car. (BDR 43-26) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB1/
- 2025-11-16 · voted yea · Assembly (As Introduced) · AB 6 Revises provisions governing public safety. (BDR 43-23) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/AB6/
- 2025-11-16 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · AB 4 Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 15-31) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/AB4/

## Legislation (NV 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 13. 41.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nevada House 61.6%; rank 33 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 435: Revises provisions relating to nicotine products. (BDR 32-989) (passed one chamber, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/SB435/
- AB 447: Provides for a partial abatement of the property taxes levied on certain residential rental dwellings. (BDR 32-1079) (in committee, 2025-04-12) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB447/
- AB 418: Revises provisions relating to animals. (BDR 20-849) (became law, 2025-06-06) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB418/
- AB 381: Revises provisions related to animals. (BDR 50-793) (became law, 2025-06-09) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB381/
- SB 263: Revises provisions relating to pornography involving minors. (BDR 15-520) (became law, 2025-06-06) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/SB263/
- AB 318: Revises provisions relating to captive insurers. (BDR 57-884) (in committee, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB318/
- AB 309: Revises provisions relating to certain orders for protection against domestic violence. (BDR 3-885) (became law, 2025-05-30) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB309/
- AB 272: Revises provisions relating to forensic medical examinations. (BDR 16-596) (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB272/
- AB 216: Revises provisions relating to domestic violence. (BDR 14-181) (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB216/
- AB 210: Provides for the administration of certain examinations and assessments through remote means to pupils enrolled in a program of distance education. (BDR 34-794) (in committee, 2025-04-12) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB210/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $68.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 52% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Hardy4NV/status/2114793175474946224
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/Hardy4NV/status/2114849119948980494
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/Hardy4NV/status/2113275981368787165
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/Hardy4NV/status/2113323956900135267
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/Hardy4NV/status/2112198265542427105
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Hardy4NV/status/2111286160391868670
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/Hardy4NV/status/2111509706598752387
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Hardy4NV/status/2110888837216096304
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/Hardy4NV/status/2110376077524922817
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Hardy4NV/status/2109641482567397521

## Links

- Official site: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Assembly/Current/22
- Campaign site: https://www.hardy4nevada.com/
- X: https://x.com/Hardy4NV
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hardy4NV/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissaraehardy
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-hardy-59505a26

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5cafbfaf-3066-4080-9754-b53f337ba4ba