(Carson City, NV)  –  Many state lawmakers are forming political action committees in an effort to keep or gain control of the Legislature.

The Nevada News Bureau reports more than 20 PAC’s representing about two dozen incumbent Assembly and Senate members have been filed with the secretary of state’s office for the 2012 elections.

They include Democrat Sheila Leslie’s “Better Nevada PAC,” and the “Bolder Nevada PAC” by Republican state Senator Joe Hardy.