General Election 2008
- Washoe, Carson voters turn down tax proposals
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
By Cy Ryan
CARSON CITY – Voters in Washoe County don’t mind hitting the tourist with higher taxes to support the public schools, but they don’t want money coming out of their own ...
- President-elect may keep sending direct e-mails
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
By Charlotte Hsu
In a late-night, post-victory e-mail, president-elect Barack Obama told supporters he would "be in touch soon about what comes next."
- Democratic tidal wave
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s historic and overwhelming victory Tuesday, along with the big gains made by Democrats in Congress, were a repudiation of the failed and divisive Republican policies ...
- In barbershop, anxiety as results roll in
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
By Mike Trask
Darryl Jones, a tall, quiet 35-year-old barber, arrived at work Tuesday to find an Obama flier hanging on the front door of his shop. He had voted. For Barack Obama.
- Reid begins to relax as Senate race results show gains for Dems
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
By Lisa Mascaro
Election night has just begun, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is on the edge of his seat.
- How Obama won Nevada
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
By J. Patrick Coolican, Michael Mishak
A year and a half in the making, the Obama organization had become a machine. The Las Vegas Sun was given access to Obama meetings over the months, while conducting ...
- Titus scores a personal comeback
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
By J. Patrick Coolican, Michael Mishak
After Dina Titus lost the 2006 governor’s race to Jim Gibbons, who’d been accused of assaulting a women and other ethical misdeeds, she seemed to have lost some faith in ...
- Heller scores repeat defeat of Derby
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
By David McGrath Schwartz
There was a glimmer of hope Tuesday for the Nevada GOP.
- Two GOP pillars in state Senate felled
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
By David McGrath Schwartz
The defeat of Republican state Sens. Bob Beers and Joe Heck gave Democrats control of both the Nevada Assembly and Senate for the first time since 1991.
- Black and passionately for Obama in red Elko
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
By Alexandra Berzon
Among Elko voters at the Convention Center on Tuesday, there was no way around it. Julie Embry stuck out.
- Obama win resonates across city
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
Las Vegas Sun
When the giant TV screen on the front of Planet Hollywood projected an Obama win in Pennsylvania, Shaun Singleton, 37, screamed from the Strip sidewalk, “This is the dream!”
- Big election day also a work day
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
By Abigail Goldman, Charlotte Hsu, Megan McCloskey
Election Day meant heavy lifting and shifting emotions for campaign workers and those responsible for ensuring a fair vote. The Sun spent the day with three of them.
- Pride, anger, joy as Nevadans vote
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
By Brendan Buhler
Election Day in Las Vegas dawned cool and clear, a day when the mountains ringing the valley looked blue, just like on the license plates. But while the rest of ...
- Strip window display melds poker, politics
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Wed, Nov 5, 2008
By Melissa Arseniuk
The staff at Villa Reale erected a particularly political window display for Election Day.
- Democrats topple Republicans in Carson City
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Tue, Nov 4, 2008
By Brian Eckhouse
State Democrats fulfilled both of their goals: securing a veto-proof majority in the Assembly and gaining control of the state Senate.
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