India, Nov. 3 -- Aaron Ford has often pointed to his working-class upbringing as the foundation of his political career. The Nevada attorney general says his family's struggles with poverty, food insecurity and financial hardship shaped his priorities. Now, he is seeking to become Nevada's next governor in the 2026 midterm elections.

Aaron Ford, 54, was born to Larry Ford and Denise Claiborne in 1972 in Dallas. Ford was the eldest of their three boys and was the one to keep his siblings in check for his mother.

The Nevada attorney general's story about his early life begins with a grocery-store clerk, his mother working odd jobs, and a childhood in which the family sometimes didn't have enough food. These struggles have shaped his life....