department's actions by releasing body-cam videos of the six engaging in "antagonizing behavior" and obstructing officers. As sheriff, Lombardo made an annual salary of $161,000. In lieu of running for a third term, Lombardo ran for governor of Nevada in 2022. He was replaced by LVMPD undersheriff Kevin McMahill. Governor of Nevada 2022 election Lombardo announced his candidacy for governor of Nevada on June 28, 2021, to challenge incumbent governor Steve Sisolak in the 2022 election. In the race Lombardo faced 11 other candidates, including presumed-frontrunner Dean Heller, a former U.S. Senator. However, Lombardo eventually surpassed Heller by double digits in the polls. By February, Lombardo was widely considered the frontrunner. Former President Donald Trump endorsed Lombardo in April 2022. Lombardo won the Republican nomination on June 14, 2022, with 38.3% of the vote, defeating Heller, Reno-based attorney and former boxer Joey Gilbert, North Las Vegas mayor John Jay Lee, and others. On November 12, 2022, several days after election day, Lombardo was projected to win, having defeated Sisolak by roughly 16,000 votes. Tenure Lombardo was sworn in on January 2, 2023, the same day Cisco Aguilar became Nevada Secretary of State and Andy Matthews became Nevada State Controller. On his fourth day in office, Lombardo signed two executive orders to remove remaining COVID-19 mandates and address workforce vacancies and wages. On January 12, Lombardo signed two more executive orders aimed at reducing regulatory burdens. The orders would suspend any new regulations from executive agencies, with exceptions for regulations that would affect public health, public safety, pending judicial deadlines and the essential duties of an executive branch. In January 2023, Lombardo cited the inclement weather conditions as a result of the 2022–23 winter season to enforce motor carrier restrictions on the delivery of propane, calling it a "propane delivery emergency", and saying that it was to ensure "Nevadans have access to adequate propane supplies". On January 10, he ordered officials in Washoe, Carson, Douglas, Lyon and Storey counties to close all government offices after the Nevada Department of Transportation warned about dangerous road conditions along with worsening weather. In his State of the State address on January 23, Lombardo proposed a two-year $11 billion budget that would be the largest general fund budget in Nevada history and pledged $2 billion per biennium for K-12 education—an increase of more than 22% from the previous biennium. He also promised to restore funding