Sunday, June 4, 2006 | 7:31 a.m.
Tom Collins shares his acre of North Las Vegas land with goats and chickens and a half-dozen cattle, which he keeps for high school and college rodeo kids who practice roping in a small arena on the property.
Paul Adams lives in a cool and airy modern home with French touches on the Anthem Country Club golf course in Henderson, with a yard that features a deep blue pool and fine desert landscaping.
Simple country vs. understated success, the starkly different environs of two brashly outspoken men with strong wills who are leading their respective Democratic and Republican parties into the November elections - and doing so with starkly different results thus far.
Collins is on a torrid fundraising pace. His party is energized and optimistic about a fall victory.
Adams is new to Nevada, and new to Nevada fundraising. His party is dispirited and divided.
Collins would seem to have the upper hand. But not quite. He must overcome demographic reality. Many of Nevada's new residents, thousands of whom arrive every month, settle into brand-new subdivisions where being a Republican is practically a requirement.
So who wins in November?
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