General Election 2008

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Reid-Ensign pact fraying as recount goes on

Fri, Dec 5, 2008

By Lisa Mascaro

After all Nevada’s two senators have been through these past two years, it’s hard to believe they would come to blows over Minnesota.

Titus enjoys a week of firsts in Washington

Sat, Nov 22, 2008

By Lisa Mascaro

Congresswoman-elect Dina Titus arrived for dinner with lawmakers in a stately hall under the Capitol dome last week to find she had been assigned a seat worth noting: The chair ...

McCain got majority of votes from Boulder City

Thu, Nov 20, 2008

By Cassie Tomlin

While Nevada's five electoral votes went to Democrat Barack Obama this year, Boulder City voted for the Republican candidate in the presidential election, just as it did four years ago, ...

It's official: Election results certified

Wed, Nov 12, 2008

By Cydney Cappello

County commissioners gathered at the Clark County Government Center this morning to hear the final results of the Nov. 4 election. There were no surprises.

Ensign in campaign mode again in battle for Georgia Senate seat

Wed, Nov 12, 2008

By Lisa Mascaro

So much for the post-election getaway to Napa Valley.

Hits, misses and the in-between

Sun, Nov 9, 2008

By J. Patrick Coolican

Herewith, our list.

Regent’s election defeat suits Rogers fine, thank you

Fri, Nov 7, 2008

By Charlotte Hsu

Robert Blakely seemed convinced a month ago that he couldn’t get elected to the Board of Regents. Surprise.

Story on delay in results got it right

Fri, Nov 7, 2008

Clark County called out the Las Vegas Sun Thursday on its “Setting the Record Straight” Web page, grousing that our story about delayed election results Tuesday was “misleading and deceptive.”

Slate backed by teachers defeats change agents in rise to board

Fri, Nov 7, 2008

By Emily Richmond

Change might have ruled the top of the ticket on Election Day, but in races for the Clark County School Board, it was the status quo in a landslide.

For 94-year-old, election echoes our turbulent past

Fri, Nov 7, 2008

By Timothy Pratt

Before Tuesday, there was only one presidential election that had kept Gay Kauffman up until 2 in the morning: Dewey-Truman.

A call for unity

Thu, Nov 6, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama understands the dynamics of an inclusive society as well as anybody. It was evident in the Democrat’s ground game, which aggressively pursued a broad-based constituency that represents ...

‘Obama Effect’ bit the pollsters who foretold small victory here

Thu, Nov 6, 2008

By J. Patrick Coolican, Michael Mishak

Never mind the “Bradley Effect,” pollsters in Nevada may now have to consider the “Obama Effect.”

What Dems' tone tells us about how they will govern

Thu, Nov 6, 2008

By Lisa Mascaro

President Bush emerged from his 2004 reelection and famously said that he had amassed quite a bit of political capital in winning a second term — and he intended to ...

Historic victory no win for some

Thu, Nov 6, 2008

By Alexandra Berzon

As it turned out, there was no dancing in the streets of Elko on Tuesday night.

Election results: What took so long?

Thu, Nov 6, 2008

By Megan McCloskey

Hours after the nation knew Barack Obama would be the next president and local supporters started the celebration at the Rio, Democrat Dina Titus was waiting upstairs for word on ...

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