After Spending 137 days Out of State in 2024, Nevada’s Top Cop Jets To DC

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford (D) was jetting off to Washington DC this morning, according to a fellow passenger who snapped a photo of the Silver State’s top cop in a window seat.

@ThePartyInNevada writes:

SPOTTED: Frequent Flyer@AaronDFordNV caught on a D.C. flight this morning. Proving once again he spends more time in airplanes seats than in his office seat.

Apparently the holiday party circuit takes priority over working for Nevadans.

According to Ford’s social media, the D.C. Holiday Party circuit has been on his travel itinerary for years.

In 2022, Ford is pictured in front of a Christmas tree with his spouse, former Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff.

Appreciate the invitation to last week’s holiday party, Madam @VP @KamalaHarris! pic.twitter.com/3K3ZehofXE

— Aaron D. Ford (@AaronDFordNV) December 21, 2022

In 2023, he is pictured with his spouse and Harris.

Merry Christmas!! pic.twitter.com/oqXtxdoOKm

— Aaron D. Ford (@AaronDFordNV) December 22, 2023

From a Holiday Party to Merry Christmas, to the open bar and mistletoe, The Globe can confirm that only the Christmas tree was spectacularly lit.

Normally, a politician/candidate’s travel wouldn’t be news. However, Ford traveled for approximately 137 days outside the state of Nevada in 2024, according to an investigation by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. At the time of the report, his campaign spokesperson said that Ford is “laser-focused on protecting Nevadans.”

France, Singapore, Taiwan, Macau, Mexico, Cape Cod, Chicago, the Kentucky Derby, and Martha’s Vineyard are just a handful of places Ford traveled to in 2024 on “business” and for his 2026 gubernatorial campaign while protecting Nevadans.

In July last year, with the backing of Senators Catherine Cortez-Masto and Jacky Rosen, Ford launched his gubernatorial campaign and is the likely Democratic challenger to Governor Joe Lombardo (R-NV). His domestic travels include stumping for President Joe Biden’s abandoned reelection campaign and Kamala Harris’ failed presidential campaign.

The Review-Journal found:

State money was not used for the out-of-state travel, which was paid for with campaign or personal funds or by sponsoring organizations, said John Sadler, the attorney general’s communications director. Ford declined an interview request.

Nevada law allows the use of campaign funds for all expenses incurred by a candidate for a campaign, including for travel and special events.

Ford reported four third-party-sponsored trips totaling $35,000 in an annual disclosure form required under state law. He visited Normandy, France; Macau and Singapore; Tulum, Mexico; and Taipei, Taiwan, through the bipartisan Attorney General Alliance and the National Association of Attorneys General. Ford served as the AGA chairman in 2024.

A spokesperson for Ford’s gubernatorial campaign said the sponsored trips bring attorneys general together to tackle challenges across state lines, such as labor and sex trafficking, fentanyl and wildlife trafficking, cybercrime, environmental threats, social media and opioids.

Ford reported the most sponsored travel in 2024 of Nevada’s constitutional officers.

In April 2024, Ford began his international travels, some of which were sponsored by the Attorney General Alliance, a “bipartisan alliance of Attorneys General, federal, state, and foreign officials, and public and private sector partners throughout the world who come together to address complex issues in law and policy.”

In May, Ford attended the Kentucky Derby which was reportedly connected to the Democratic Attorneys General Association of which Ford sits on the Executive Committee.

In August, he traveled domestically, including a week on Martha’s Vineyard attending a KAIROS conference for Black leaders to “connect for relationship building, ideation, deal flow and partnership development.” Ford led a session titled “Reimagining of legal strategy in a changing landscape,” according to the event’s agenda.”

His donors spent nearly $2,000 a night at a boutique hotel stay for Ford last summer in Martha’s vineyard,

The Review Journal reports: “Ford spent nearly $12,000 in campaign funds at a boutique hotel, The Richard, on Martha’s Vineyard and about $2,000 at restaurants and on a rental car, according to his campaign expense report. Ford’s campaign declined to provide details on the hotel tab.”

In November, Ford traveled for about two weeks, including to the Secrets Puerto Los Cabos Golf and Spa, an adults-only AAA Four Diamond Resort in Baja, Mexico, for a conference of the Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association. He spoke on an hourlong panel about sports betting, according to the conference’s panel list.

Ford reported spending more than $2,800 in campaign funds at the resort. He also used $2,500 in campaign funds to make a donation to the group.

In May he traveled to Philadelphia for a Black Voters for Biden event, according to his Instagram account. He also took quick trips to Detroit and Phoenix to campaign for Harris.

Ford traveled to Columbus in May and Dallas in September for his own fundraisers.

His campaign said family members joined him on some trips, but they paid their own way.

In total, Ford reported $514,100 in campaign contributions in 2024, with some individual contributions of as much as $10,000 and others of as little as $10 a month. He reported spending $284,100, of which $82,100 was related to travel. Flights alone cost $30,200.

The Globe reached out to his office asking for comment on his latest trip to DC, but at the time of publishing we had not received a response.

However, Governor Joe Lombardo’s aligned Better Nevada PAC was quick to blast their anticipated opponent on social media, stating:

Looks like part-time @AaronDFordNV is out of office again.

He's apparently in D.C. hobnobbing with elites instead of doing his job.

Frequent Flyer Ford would rather be anywhere but Nevada, that's why he spent 137 days vacationing out of state last year alone.#NVleg #NVgov https://t.co/LU9KfimdIx

— Nevada War Room – Better NV PAC (@BetterNevadaPAC) December 11, 2025

The Globe will update this article with a reply from the Attorney General’s office, if and when received.