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Harry Reid to launch TV ads Friday in re-election campaign

Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 | 9:37 a.m.

Harry Reid ad

WASHINGTON -- If you needed any further evidence that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s re-election campaign has launched, Friday comes the first TV ads of the 2010 Nevada Senate race.

Reid has two ads airing, his campaign confirms -– one in the South highlighting his ability to use his considerable clout to help rescue the massive MGM development at CityCenter during the financial crisis and another in the North drawing on his roots as an up-from-the-bootstraps son of a hardrock miner.

We suggested not long ago that Reid’s team would soon start spending some of the $25 million he is raising to reintroduce the senator to the state and turn attention away from the narrative of the majoirty leader who is struggling in the polls.

Reid’s campaign has long maintained that with hundreds of thousands of new voters moving into the state since his last competitive election, Nevadans need to get to know the story of the senator from Searchlight.

The ads are being launched a day after the campaign appeared to rev up on several fronts this week. On Wednesday, Reid’s team issued a long missive about the successes of economic recovery aid in Nevada, an effort to reverse the Republican narrative that the majority leader has not delievered enough for his home state. Also on Wednesday, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee took one of its first major swings at one of Reid’s potential oppoents, former Nevada Republican Party boss Sue Lowden, raising questions about a lawsuit involving her husband’s company.

Republicans are facing a grueling primary contest as Lowden, former college basketball star Danny Tarkanian, state Sen. Mark Amodei and several other candidates are competing with no clearly backed frontrunner.

But Republicans are far from idle.

The Republican National committee is launching a radio ad timed to Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Reno on Friday questioning the success of the recovery act spending.

Discussion: 20 comments so far…

By tvegas

10/15/09 at 10:03 a.m.

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Do not support Harry Reid.

He sold you out on health care reform.
By its2hot

10/15/09 at 10:07 a.m.

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You voted for the stimulus bill and you were in office when the economy went in the dumps and he now want to tout his accomplishments and what he can do for Nevada. Sure you got Nevada $2.3 billion of which only $200 million went to infrastructures. The $200 million doesn't create jobs let alone save jobs, it provided asphalt mill and fills on streets that employee's less than 10 people per crew. What about the $2.1 billion for social programs, what kind of jobs will this create? From a layman's point of view you put more people on welfare payments and you've enabled people not to work? The people want to work and not become a broke state like California supporting illegal immigrants, career welfare recipients, and special interest groups.

C'mon Harry, provide a list of jobs your vote has provided and provide a list of how you've helped Nevada.

The only thing you've done is helped yourself with pay raises, free travel, excellent medical coverage and all other freebies you've sucked from us taxpayers.
By CynicalObserver

10/15/09 at 10:31 a.m.

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I am voting based on a double play. If Harry Reid does anything but use his powers as majority leader to include a true public option in health care reform, as a Democrat I won't vote for him. And to punish him I won't vote for Rory either.

I fully expect the publicity barrage for Harry Reid is designed to distract from real news stories about his stabbing Nevada's uninsured unemployed and working poor in the back.
By notacon

10/15/09 at 10:37 a.m.

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Support Harry Reid

We need someone to promote good health care for all Americans and keep the insurance companies from cheating us for profit.
By dhvincent1

10/15/09 at 10:44 a.m.

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If the union ads are not working, what makes Harry think that his ads are going to work?
By vegasmama

10/15/09 at 11:01 a.m.

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He's going to remind us that he used taxpayer money to bailout CityCenter...a 10 billion dollar white elephant owned by his biggest state donors?

Who is advising him the GOP?
By ElRavioli

10/15/09 at 11:32 a.m.

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By RebelRon

10/15/09 at 11:52 a.m.

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Reid's campaign has long maintained that with hundreds of thousands of new voters moving into the state since his last competitive election, Nevadans need to get to know the story of the senator from Searchlight.

Hundreds of thousands new voters?
Harry must plan on letting the illegals vote.
By texexnv

10/15/09 at 12:04 p.m.

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Sinator Gried pulled in $2 million in the LAST QUARTER alone. What a wonderful "Public Servant"!?!

And now Veep Joe will be in Reno to get him even more (@$2,400 per head). Aren't we O-so-lucky to have Sinator Gried?
http://texex-xpress.blogspot.com/2009/10...

The real "suckers" in NevaDUH aren't those playing the slots, etc. It's those who are playing at the election booths.
By jlb101

10/15/09 at 4:15 p.m.

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Reid is the lowest of the low. A totally corrupt and despicable individual (I can't call him a man). Send this little pathetic excuse for a human back to searchlight.
By marcus

10/15/09 at 4:29 p.m.

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If Nevada is to survive and want people to move to this great state,
vote Harry out. All of America is fully aware of this fruit cake.
By marcus

10/15/09 at 4:37 p.m.

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Fruit Cake, is a cake that is old, taste like crap, you can't seem to get rid of it and no one in the country wants it.
By texexnv

10/15/09 at 5:51 p.m.

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LOL, marcus! Nov 4th can be come the semi-official fruitcake toss day.
http://whattheheckholidays.wetpaint.com/...
By RollingPassion

10/15/09 at 5:52 p.m.

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Harry Reid is old and out of touch with the vast majority of Nevada's citizens. Time to give ole Harry his walking papers. The troubles of our country is the trouble with Harry.
By DessertSun

10/15/09 at 6:39 p.m.

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Agreed. Harry Reid is so out of touch with Nevadans I'm surprised that he even knows what state he's from. Perhaps he should move!
By Sun-Downer

10/16/09 at 12:13 a.m.

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Republican Narrative??????
Democrats and Independents are hurting too!
You don't earn low low low poll numbers just because the Republicans are sick of you!
Harry has become bad news for all Nevadans regardless of party.
By rumrunner

10/16/09 at 12:23 a.m.

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Harry's a floater,no matter how many times you flush him,he keeps comeing back!!!What a crapper.
By mpacny

10/17/09 at 9:13 a.m.

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Over 400,000 laid off american workers have exhausted their unemployment benefits, 7,000 lose benefits everyday and are living on nothing, whiel Sen. Reid counts his accomplishments we are counting our change.
By HollandforSenate

10/17/09 at 10:38 a.m.

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Jesse Holland is running as a Nonpartisan candidate for United States Senate, classified as an Independent candidate by Nevada State law, on the 2010 ballot. Jesse Holland is committed to foundational principles that will result in more unity and soundness, not only for Nevada, but for the United States of America. He affirms, he offers "foundational principles that are not a set of wavering philosophies hidden behind closed doors. His affiliation is the people. His ties are with the people. His loyalty is to serve the best interests of the people of Nevada."

"To serve the best interests of Nevada, a representative must listen to those who have entrusted their hopes with that representative," states Mr. Holland. Headlines continue to clamor dissatisfaction that Americans feel toward the present government and party politics. This election might bring forward many candidates speaking against current political affairs. Jesse Holland encourages voters to investigate all candidates, decipher the truth behind all candidates' words and exercise their freedom by voting.

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By DNVigerJr

10/20/09 at 6:48 p.m.

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Reid is a rubber stamp for Obama and all his horrible plans to change a Country which has done just fine without being re-tooled by some left-wing, community organizer, Rev Wright protege, anti-American President!
Every idea by the GOP whether it was smart or not Reid just said phooey to it in his robotic, personality-less manner.
There are plenty of seniors here who will not tolerate having Medicare cut in half, have their lives and their quality of life in the hands of some impassionate Government worker (check the US Post Office for people with compassion...not!)!
Reid is not good for Nevada or the Country! Unions love him, in their own selfish way, but are they really in favor or not allowing secret ballots, like in Communist countries? Dictator Countries? Unions have run off most of America's once prosperous industries, and jobs!
Reid is a sad sack sap that must go. His agenda like Washington's is that of complete control by Big Brother Government, with the lame, un-American excuse that we can't do anything for ourselves! There are plenty of ways of fixing and improving health care, and the Dems and our feeble Senator have mentioned none of them, only government wanting control over one more aspect of our lives. Sorry, Comrade Reid, the party is over for you! Getting rid of you is the change we need!