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Published Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010 | 4:30 p.m.
Updated Friday, Nov. 12, 2010 | 1:49 p.m.
Republicans maintained throughout the U.S. Senate race that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sold out his small-town roots in favor of a lavish Washington lifestyle.
But Reid won his hometown of Searchlight in last week's election, according to precinct voter tallies released today.
Just barely.
Reid bested Republican Sharron Angle by three votes in the tiny town of about 600.
Reid won 197 total votes. Angle won 194. Nine people voted for none of these candidates, while 22 people voted for third-party contenders.
Angle beat Reid by 13 in early votes cast by Searchlight residents.
But Reid won 12 more votes than Angle in ballots cast on Election Day. He also beat Angle by four mail-in votes.
In her effort to unseat Nevada's most powerful Democrat, Angle tried to cast Reid as having forgot his humble beginnings. She released a campaign commercial accusing Reid of living in a million dollar Washington penthouse and asked him during a debate how he became one of the richest men in the Senate despite his public servant's salary.
A March tea party rally in Searchlight attracted about 8,000 people who joined former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in decrying Democrats, government spending and health care reform.
Palin told the crowd that Reid was "gambling away our future" and would have to explain his votes when he came back to his hometown.
Reid supporters planned their own rally that day about a mile from the tea party event. They argued that Reid has done a lot for the state and taped signs that read "Nevada Needs Harry Reid" to the side of a truck.
At least the country won't have to endure that wacko Angle.
We can all be grateful that Nevada need not face national humiliation by having Sharron Angle in office. In the meantime, I have full confidence that all of her supporters, especially in Searchlight, will be on the phone to Harry Reid's office for help the minute something goes wrong--and they certainly won't call to thank him when they get better medical care that the health care bill made possible, or for that matter the Social Security and Medicare that wouldn't exist if not for the Democratic party. So I'll say it for him and for us: you're welcome.
Searchlight a little slice of Nevada. Independent and not swayed by the extremism of Angle.
Haha. So for all the talk of Reid not being in touch with his roots, a plurality of Searchlight voters knew better...
And a MAJORITY of Nevada voters certainly knew better!
And by the way, I took a look at those precinct results. My precinct in Henderson is one of the most conservative in the county... And Harry Reid WON my precinct! Go figure. ;-)
TonyCrazo thinks that since Harry Reid won his home town of Searchlight only BY THREE (3) VOTES then Harry is one popular guy back in Searchlight. TonyCrazo probably this is also a landslide victory for Harry.
Harry Reid was trailing Sharron Angle in Searchlight until the last day when Harry took the lead to win by a LANDSLIDE!!!
This is a riot...
That says a lot. The best Reid could do in his own home town was 46.6% of the votes cast there.
Maybe with a bigger SEIU and ACORN presence in Searchlight???
WHO CARES? IT DOESN"T MATTER! 3 VOTES OR 30,000. HE WON. CRAZY BAT SH*T ANGLE LOST. IT"S O-V-E-R. Man up. Deal with it. Move on. Rebels basketball can't start soon enough...
That was 3 idiots too many. But it comes as no surprise that the most famous person to come out of that hell hole is not even popular there.
This hole deal is very sad
Harry Reid Should`nt even be in Washington NOPE should be rt. back in S light rakeing the rocks And going to the NUGGET for his 10 cent coffee
Mr. M Green What health CARE
O Bomb us care is all but DEAD now ,, Thank You
WOW, these cry-baby, greedy, crazy republicans
are still crying.
Get over it.
HARRY REID IS THE MAN.
Angle couldn't even carry Washoe County! What a disgrace! Nevada is safer and better off with Senator Harry Reid!
"This hole deal is very sad
Harry Reid Should`nt even be in Washington NOPE should be rt. back in S light rakeing the rocks And going to the NUGGET for his 10 cent coffee"-kjg969
I don't normally rag on people for spelling and grammar on the net, but this is a classic.
"hole deal", Should'nt, rakeing," all in one paragraph while telling the rest of us why we voted incorrectly.
Thumbs up, my friend. Keep it coming.
TonyCrazo states that "...illegal money from our enemies being funneled thought the US Chamber of Commerce to Sharon Mangle to an illegal attempt to thwart voter turnout..."
SHOW US THE MONEY THERE TONY...
"...the Mangle campaign failed at every attempt to steal this election."
WHO STOLE THE ELECTION THERE TONY???
Maybe if Sharron Angle would have gotten 3 more votes from Searchlight, Angle would have stole Harry Reid's hometown...
I agree with the anti-Angleites. She appears to be an idiot. What a poor marketing job her handlers did. But, folks, I think she may come back like a bad check in future Nevada congressional elections. Sarah Palin and Sharon Angle - twin disasters.
WOW! It's stunning that so many people don't really understand the simple reality about a "W" as in WINNER, and "L" as in LOSER! These are probably the same type that just do NOT understand that there are some significant differences between a Primary Election (where all your nutty friends can nominate the nuttiest candidate) and a General Election when everyone gets to vote! LOL!
I am honestly dismayed at how many people actually cast a ballot for one of the craziest and extremely dangerous person like Angle to put their name on a ballot - I never would have thought that nearly half of Nevada are that stupid, crazy or just plain irresponsible and dysfunctional (I figured maybe a third - but, HALF) - WOW!
Just goes to re-prove the old axiom that the issue of EDUCATION trumps all other issues - from little old Searchlight through Las Vegas to Carson City! It was not all that long ago that my family were little more than stupid white trash - but most of us used our liberty and freedom to get an education and rise above the ignorance, bigotry and racism! There really is HOPE for CHANGE - and it begins with people being honest about their short-comings and choosing to work dilgently on becoming a really responsible citizen!
NOTE TO SUN: It would be really interesting to know how many of the 600 Searchlight citizens are receiving Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid or Veterans Administration benefits? Just saying...you know, as opposed to a BLM retirement?
Still waiting for LVRJ to publish a new Mason Dixon polling dated November 11-2010 showing Angle is ahead of Reid by 4 percentage points.
So: "Harry Reid sold out his small-town roots in favor of a lavish Washington lifestyle."
Lavish Washington lifestyle? You mean the Washington Lifestyle created from all the NO-BID Contracts for the Iraq War? Washington, where the "Friends of Sharron Angle" hold court?
Republican campaign planks are self reflection - they wave the Banner of God to validate their claims, then create wars for no reason to empty the public treasury into their believer pockets and claim that anyone who opposes them leads a Lavish Lifestyle. Oh SMeJ!
Remember that Searchlight, for all intent and purposes, is a ghost town today and perhaps, a harbinger of what is coming for an economy based on deception and greed, and Supreme Court economic philosophy called "Law".
His debt to the Unions for winning the election shall be rendered in tax payers dollars now.
Harry should DEMAND a recount.
I mean, how long could it take, right? LOL
Reid spent a lot of money and likely promised a lot of kick backs to his supporting unions and corporations to get re-elected. So, while he beat Angle, he lost a lot too. He doesn't have the power he had before, except to now be an obstructionist to legislation coming out of the House. Also, since the House controls the purse strings and will be curtailing wasteful pork (ear marks), Harry's supporters who are expecting their kick backs will be disappointed. So, what did he REALLY win? Oh yeah, his support for his king.
MichaelGreene says: "We can all be grateful that Nevada need not face national humiliation by having Sharron Angle in office." No, we have to face the humiliation of having Harry Reid in office for another term. Not sure which is worse, a person with little experience or Reid's, Pelosi's and Obama's desire to create the ultimate nanny state. The President's commission has stated to reduce the deficit they need to extend the retirement age to 69, reduce medicare spending and increases in social security benefits. Instead, let's cut entitlements extended to the illegal immigrants; cut back on welfare and food stamp programs to only the needy, not the lazy; eliminate the useless government departments such as the dept of education; the department of energy; and HUD. Instead congress will cut benefits of those who have paid into those programs for a lifetime. Nice reward for their excessive spending.
Harry's supporters will be gravely disappointing for what he will do for Nevada in the next 4 years. He and Pelosi will continue backing your Commander and Chief in his quest to bankrupt the United States. Did you ever hear old Harry object when Obama told America to stay away for Las Vegas, how has that worked for the Vegas economy?
Yes dippy, I did some exit polling in Pahrump over at "Sherri's Ranch" and concluded that Harry Reid would not carry Nye County because Harry's accomplishes are pretty limp...
Will there be a high speed train from Victorville to Searchlight now?
There will be a high speed train from Washington D.C. to Searchlight in 2012...
"...and if Sharon Mangle had stolen the seat..."
Some Liberals think that if Sharron Angle would have won, then the seat was stolen from Harry Reid. I did not know that the Senate seat belonged to Harry Reid. I thought it belonged to the people of Nevada...
3 votes. Now yes the high speed train to nowhere will stop in Searchlight. And run on solar for the bathroom lighting. 1 job created. only cost 100k for the 27k salary. Go Harry! nothing like a big hometown win.
These slow minded Reid supporters don't even understand how Angle told the truth and Reid lied.
The govt. wants to have co-pays for VA care and cut back Medicare and Social Security because they're TRILLIONS of dollars in the red.
Reid lied and his supporters and too dumb to realise it.
Do you people do anything but talk about Angle? What exactly has Harry Reid done and been doing? Nice stats on the housing market by the way. Absolutely clueless city.
Who said one vote cannot make a difference?
Wrong dumbo. "We won"? Ha..
The truth is we all lost with the liberal spender and Lap Dog Reid.
With Reid winning by a narrow margin, looks like he'll have to figure a way to secure more votes in the next election. Would be no surprise if he offers cheap housing to 100,000 muslims in exchange for their democratic vote.