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Published Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 | 3:12 p.m.
Updated Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 | 3:28 p.m.
Republican House candidate Joe Heck will soon get his first campaign commercial of the season, but he won't know when it will run or even what it will say until it hits the airwaves.
That's because the independent expenditures arm of the National Republican Congressional Committee is paying for and producing the ad.
The NRCC committed $22 million of advertising to candidates in 41 congressional districts. Campaign finance law prevents the NRCC from discussing details about the ad with Heck.
Heck is challenging freshman Democratic Rep. Dina Titus to represent Nevada's Congressional District 3. Titus this week debuted her first official campaign commercial, focused on housing foreclosures.
"This district is definitely a district that is one of our top priorities," NRCC spokeswoman Joanna Burgos said. "We see Dina Titus as one of the most vulnerable members of Congress. This is definitely a district where you'll see us try to take advantage of every opportunity."
Recent polls show Heck and Titus in a virtual dead heat.
Money from Washington will certainly help Heck, who has a huge fundraising disadvantage. As of the most recent campaign finance filings in June, Heck had $362,138 in his campaign coffers, while Titus had $1.2 million.
Heck is a solid individual and a hard-worker. I watched him in the Legislature. This one comes down to ideology... far-right conservative vs. moderate democrat (in my opinion). I'll go with Dina!
I can only comment on Dina Titus as I dont know Mr Heck at all
On 3 separate occasions I have written to Dina Titus about specific issues. Quite frankly I was very pleased and surprised to receive a written response to the issue that I raised. It was not the usual boilerplate response but most importantly was informative and pertinent to the question that was raised. Dina will get my vote as I believe she is really interested in doing a good job and is a very detailed individual I believe we should invest in her future and give her our vote
I sometimes muse over "what would have been" if Dina Titus had beat "Gym" Gibbons to the Governorship. Frankly, with what was "swirling around" our Governor Gym prior to the election, and his "problems" with various law enforcement agencies prior to THAT, I was shocked that she couldn't pull it off. But then again....
Dang that accent!
I am glad to see not only pro-Titus comments--I think she has done a terrific job--but that the comments were not caught up in the silliness that we see all too often in these forums.
MichaelGreen, agreed!
This is a race that has been largely ignored by the media. This is not a bad thing, may the candidates be able to run on their own merits!
Why would anyone send Titus back to Washington? She has voted as ordered by Nancy Pelosi for years and will continue to help represent San Francisco if she returns.
Heck is an opportunist, just like Angle. He lost his reelection to the NV Senate in 2008. He gets into the Henderson mayoral race, loses that, looks into running for governor, oops, too much competition. Then he gets into the NV-3 race because Dina Titus is vulnerable. If Heck can't keep his NV Senate seat, nor win a suburban mayoral race, how does he think we will send him to Washington DC and give him even more power? My vote goes to Dina Titus.
Dina Titus and Harry Reid have proven to be both totally incompetent and worthless. FIRE them Both in November.
I pray that all crooked Politicians lose in there elections this year, whether Ind. Repub.or Democrat. Americans need strong leaders who are honest,and who will put this Country first. So Senator Reid bye, bye, Rory Reid see ya, Dina Titus, I kind of like her ever though she's a Democrat, I will need to check her record before I vote NO WAY.
To heck with Heck. Heck, a colonel with the U.S. Army Reserve, using his political affiliation to advance his private business. A clear case of conflict of interest. Here is an excerpt of a recent Sun article:
Heck's income is primarily from government entities via his business, Specialized Medical Operations, which provides training and consulting to security companies, law enforcement and the military.
Since 1993, Specialized Medical Operations has held 11 consulting contracts, worth up to $944,550, with the Southern Nevada Health District. The most recent contract pays Specialized Medical Operations $100 an hour. Heck's company also landed at least two contracts with Metro Police, worth up to $216,000.
I'm not interested in Joe Heck.
Dina Titus has shown to me she has the interest of her constituents at heart. Especially retired Veterans. And all indications show she works hard at trying to make things better. And not trying to obstruct and say no all the time.
That's good enough for me. She gets my vote.
Republicans here in Nevada show me nothing but reverting back to failed policies that got us into an incredibly horrible economic downturn. All indications show they want hard times to continue, even willing to destroy every fabric of Nevada society in order to achieve power, money, and glory.
I say slam the door in their faces in November! We don't need them.
Check out triple dipping Heck, another hypocrite, just like Angle.
http://www.heckschecks.com/
Well! appeal to Titus by Prostate Cancer Resource.org, nonprofit in Las Vegas to save its free PSA blood test screenings program 4 uninsured men received no help...I know...I'm PCR client...as a registered Democrat..I'm not supporting Titus.
You can say what you want about Titus being Obama's lapdog but what does Heck stand for? He supports the same tired, failed policies of Bush - trickle down economics, privatizing social security, tax breaks for the richest corperations paid for on the backs of hard working Nevadans. Dina Titus is the clear choice, Heck is a phony used-car salesman - I don't think he even knows what office he is running for anymore he has changed so many times.
Dina is fantastic, and as Janmara1 pointed out, if you send her an email - you get a reply back that is NOT boilerplate that deals specifically with the issue at hand, in a timely manner. Thank you for all your hard work!! I will be voting for you with no problem at all :)