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March 28, 2024

2008 Caucus

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  • Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval attends the grand opening of The Park Monday, April 4, 2016.
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  • Hillary Clinton, after her Nevada caucus victory on Jan. 19.
    When the skies were brighter
    Hillary Clinton’s long quest for the presidency officially ended Tuesday in Denver as she urged her followers to support Barack Obama.
  • Democrats vote during the Clark County Democratic Party re-do convention Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
    Quiet vote pleases most; some miss caucus flair
    It was a quick in and out with minimal chaos. You didn’t even have to talk to your neighbors. And it ended up not really changing anything.
  • Rory Reid, right, Hillary Clinton’s Nevada campaign chairman, is besieged by supporters who don’t want the vote on delegates to the Democratic state convention delayed.
    Convention ends in chaos, so Dems need a do-over
    The Clark County Democratic Convention turned into a fiasco Saturday, with a host of problems that were entirely predictable but blithely ignored by county party leadership.
  • Democracy? Not really
    Democracy? Not really
    It might be the Democratic caucuses and primaries, but that doesn’t mean it’s a democratic process. The selection of the Democratic presidential nominee could come down to the choices made by elected officials and other party leaders, including those from Nevada. It’s the latest reminder that the parties don’t have to follow otherwise treasured electoral principles when picking their nominee.
  • State Dems: Caucus tab worth it
    Like waking up with a doozy of a hangover after a great party, the Nevada Democratic Party is recovering from last month’s record-breaking caucuses with a financial headache.
  • Nevada caucuses left their mark on hopefuls
    The Democratic caucuses served as a critical dress rehearsal for the campaigns of Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as they head into Tuesday, the biggest day of presidential nominating contests in U.S. history.
  • Nevada’s importance is tied to caucus
    Our early position — and all of the rallies, debates, forums and coffee shop visits that come with that — could be put in peril if we did not have a caucus.
  • In the glare of photographers’ flashes, Sen. Hillary Clinton makes her victory speech at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas after winning the Nevada Democratic caucus.
    Boulder City has big caucus turnout
    Boulder City always gets a high voter turnout, and this month’s presidential caucus was no different.
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