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

Rep. Heck's House seat among those poised for a fight in '14

June 16, 2013

By Karoun Demirjian

In 2014, Nevada’s highest elections are races for the House of Representatives, and among them, experts are predicting a knock-down, drag-out fight in only the 3rd Congressional District.

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Rep. Joe Heck apologizes for son's 'offensive' Twitter rants

June 13, 2013

By Andrew Doughman

Nevada Rep. Joe Heck’s teenage son has used his Twitter account to insult women, demean gay people and poke fun at President Barack Obama’s race. The Republican congressman apologized for the comments.

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Titus, House Dems push for immigration reform for 'mommies and daddies'

June 12, 2013

By Karoun Demirjian

As the Senate debates a comprehensive immigration reform bill, the House of Representatives is fighting a partisan battle over President Barack Obama’s stopgap measure, a program to defer deportations for young undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as children.

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Policy prevents UNLV student paper from accepting ad criticizing congressman

June 8, 2013

By Paul Takahashi

UNLV's student newspaper this week rejected a left-leaning political advertisement against Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., citing a university policy for student-funded publications to refuse political and religious advertisements.

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Reid tells May Day rally: Country owes immigrants a 'permanent solution'

May 1, 2013

By Tovin Lapan

Thousands of people gathered downtown Wednesday afternoon to rally in support of immigration reform, then chanted their way down Las Vegas Boulevard toward the Stratosphere while passing vehicles honked their horns in support.

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Lawmaker: GAO report shows lives, safety of Nevada workers at risk

April 19, 2013

By Karoun Demirjian

Lawmakers are reintroducing a bill to expand the federal government’s ability to assist states in performing their workplace safety oversight obligations, after a government report indicated Nevada was falling woefully short of its goals.

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Congresswoman renews push for 'Weekends without Hunger'

March 28, 2013

By Ron Sylvester

Congresswoman Dina Titus is renewing her fight to help feed needy schoolchildren on weekends. Backed by nearly three dozen Las Vegas chefs, the Nevada Democrat on Thursday morning began her latest push for her Weekends Without Hunger bill, an updated version of a failed proposal she originally introduced 2 1/2 years ago. The bill aims to provide funds to make nutritional meals available on weekends to poor students.

In Henderson, Heck draws a crowd eager for answers

Feb. 20, 2013

By Brian Nordli

Las Vegas Valley residents packed the Pacific Pines Senior Center community room Tuesday to participate in an open forum discussion with Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev.

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Did Heck agree that Giffords is 'prop' in gun control debate?

Feb. 19, 2013

By Karoun Demirjian

Rep. Joe Heck seems to have committed a political faux pas Tuesday when he appeared to agree with KDWN’s conservative radio host Alan Stock that President Barack Obama is using former Rep. Gabby Giffords as a “prop” to push a gun control message.

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Joe Downtown: Bipartisan crowd celebrates congresswoman's swearing-in

Jan. 3, 2013

By Joe Schoenmann

A gathering of some 50 people at The Beat coffee shop downtown was almost a throwback to the days when Republicans and Democrats acted civilly toward each other.

Time running out for Nevada bills to make it through Congress

Dec. 3, 2012

By Karoun Demirjian

With only a few weeks left in the Congressional session, it’s do-or-die time for two years’ worth of bills Nevada lawmakers have filed to fix local problems that need federal attention.

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Election results spawn speculation about Congress, governorship, County Commission

Nov. 11, 2012

By Joe Schoenmann

Speculation about why the elections turned out the way they did and what happens now is echoing through the halls of the Clark County government building.

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Republicans nationally can learn from Nevada GOP ... at least in some respects

Nov. 8, 2012

By J. Patrick Coolican

Tuesday was a disaster for the national Republican Party, as President Barack Obama won an election that secured a new governing majority and the Senate remained in Harry Reid’s hands. Elizabeth Warren, pot and gay marriage were just salt in the wounds. In Nevada, however, it wasn’t so bad.

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Congressional candidates get personal at rally addressing housing

Oct. 19, 2012

By Karoun Demirjian

A bipartisan handful of Nevada’s congressional hopefuls addressed a crowd of about 200 in Las Vegas on Thursday about the one issue it seems every Nevadan running for office agrees needs work in Washington: housing. The Rally for Homeownership, sponsored by the National and Southern Nevada Home Builders Associations, featured Sen. Dean Heller, the Republican running for re-election to the Senate seat he was appointed to last year; Rep. Joe Heck, the Republican running for re-election to the 3rd Congressional District’s seat; and former Rep. Dina Titus, the Democrat running to represent the 1st Congressional District.

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House candidates' responses to Sun questionnaire on immigration

Oct. 11, 2012

By Sun Staff

Here are the responses from each candidate to a series of questions posed by the Sun on immigration and citizenship issues. Responses are posted in their entirety with minor edits for clarity and to eliminate repetition.

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