By wplog

Published Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008 | 6:03 p.m.

Updated Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 | 2:14 p.m.

WASHINGTON — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez is leading a delegation from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus into Las Vegas for the Clinton campaign this weekend, reaching out to Nevada’s growing Hispanic population to get out the vote.

A colleague from The Record in New Jersey broke the news just a short time ago on his blog:

“Sen. Bob Menendez will lead a delegation of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in Las Vegas this weekend to urge Latino voters to support Hillary Clinton…. Menendez, a national co-chairman of Clinton's campaign, may also record a television commercial in Spanish. "It looks good in Nevada. She's had a great organization there," he said.

A spokesman for the senator confirmed the trip.

Not only is Menendez doing a neighborly deed for the New Yorker, but he’s also returning a political favor – Clinton’s HillPAC contributed $10,000 to Menendez in the 2006 cycle, according to Center for Responsive Politics. Menendez pulled through that tough re-election to help Democrats re-take Congress, and make Sen. Harry Reid the senate majority leader.

Course with Obama in town Friday, the competition to turn heads may be tough.