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3rd Congressional District Race - Dina Titus vs. Joe Heck

A horse wrangler uses a helicopter to herd wild horses into a corral during a gather near Tonopah in 2010.

Nevada’s Titus pushes for more humane wild horse roundups: May 24, 2023; By Casey Harrison; U.S. Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada was among a bipartisan group of lawmakers who introduced a bill today to change the way the federal government rounds up wild horses. Titus ...

A view of the Las Vegas Strip from a helicopter on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

As Biden goes after ‘junk fees,’ Nevadans in Congress leap to resorts’ defense: Feb. 12, 2023; By Casey Harrison; Democrats in Nevada’s congressional delegation say they support President Joe Biden’s bid to outlaw so-called “junk fees” that can translate into higher costs for American consumers.

In this Oct. 4, 2017, photo, a device called a "bump stock" is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah.

Titus introduces bill to ban rapid-fire rifle bump stocks: Jan. 17, 2023; By Casey Harrison; U.S. Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada and two other lawmakers today introduced a bill to ban rapid-fire bump stocks for rifles after a federal judge struck down a ban implemented ...

With Reid gone, Democrats turn to union to turn election: Oct. 26, 2022; By Casey Harrison; The Democratic political machine the late Sen. Harry Reid built in Nevada during his decades in office may well be on its heels. That is, unless, a key constituency group he leaned on for so many years comes out to the polls as enthusiastically ...

Adam Laxalt, the Republican nominee for Nevada’s U.S. Senate seat, listens at a news conference, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Las Vegas. Officials from several law enforcement unions, including the Las Vegas Police Protective Association and the National Border Patrol Counsel, spoke in support of Laxalt’s candidacy.

Laxalt campaign touts police group’s endorsement: Aug. 7, 2022; By Jessica Hill; Officials from several law enforcement unions spoke in support of Laxalt’s candidacy at an event Thursday in Las Vegas. Officials with the Las Vegas Police Protective Association, the Public Safety Alliance of Nevada ...

From left, Republican gubernatorial candidates North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee, Joey Gilbert, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, former U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and Guy Nohra appear Wednesday during a debate at the KLAS-TV studios in Las Vegas.

Voting aside, Lombardo confident ‘this primary is over’: May 29, 2022; By Jessica Hill; At the end of a debate of the five leading GOP candidates in the Nevada gubernatorial race, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo closed with a proclamation that the race was over.

Nevada Republican gubernatorial candidate and North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee speaks during a Republican Women of Las Vegas forum at Lawrys Steakhouse Wednesday, April 20, 2022.

Long shots in Republican governor’s field appear to be staying in race: May 22, 2022; By Jessica Hill; Anything can happen over the next three weeks before the June 14 primary, but it’s unlikely that any of the governor candidates will drop out of the race.

A rock formation is seen Nov. 12, 2021, in the Spirit Mountain Wilderness area in Clark County, where Avi Kwa Ame, also known as Spirit Mountain, is located. Avi Kwa Ame is a mountain and region that Native American tribes and conservation leaders are trying to protect and turn into a national monument.

Titus proposes national monument around Spirit Mountain: Jan. 13, 2022; By Jessica Hill; U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., is introducing legislation that would turn 450,000 acres of land in Southern Nevada into a national monument. The proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument would protect ...

A worker walks by containers of mixed waste in the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site of the Nevada National Security Site (N2S2), previously the Nevada Test Site, about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas on Feb. 1, 2011.

U.S. acknowledges shipping Idaho radioactive waste to Nevada: Jan. 12, 2022; By Ken Ritter, Associated Press; The federal government acknowledged it has been shipping mixed radioactive waste from a nuclear cleanup site in Idaho to Nevada and New Mexico for ...

Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., speaks during the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington.

Titus says universal leave integral part of human infrastructure bill: Aug. 12, 2021; By Casey Harrison; Peter Frigeri has seen a lot as a business owner in the Las Vegas Valley. The owner of two small companies, Frigeri has done business through the coronavirus pandemic ...

Rep. Dina Titus endorses Joe Biden: Nov. 25, 2019; Associated Press; U.S. Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada is endorsing Joe Biden, becoming the first sitting member of Congress from an early voting state to ...

Titus, Parkland congressman talk about gun safety legislation: Sept. 17, 2019; By John Sadler; Las Vegas and Parkland, Fla., are connected by tragedy: both have seen a mass shooting. U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., among House Democrats working on ...

Titus brings back LGBT rights protection bill: July 22, 2019; By John Sadler; U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, has reintroduced legislation aimed at cementing the U.S. as a global leader in LGBT rights protection ...

Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-Nev) holds an American Gaming Association (AGA) Code of Conduct for Responsible Gaming during a Responsible Gaming Panel at UNLV Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017.

Titus predicts Democrats will take control of U.S. House: March 24, 2018; By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers; Rep. Dina Titus said this week that Democrats will likely take the majority in the U.S. House in the midterm elections and that Nancy Pelosi of California will ...

Rep. Dina Titus urges preservation of internet gambling: March 6, 2018; By Wayne Parry, Associated Press; A U.S. congresswoman whose Nevada district includes the Las Vegas Strip asked the federal government Tuesday to keep internet gambling legal. Democratic Rep. Dina Titus wrote to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, urging ...

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