2008 Caucus Guide

Chris Morris / Las Vegas Sun

For the first time, Nevada’s Democrats and Republicans will have a chance to play a stronger role in who the nominees will be for president by being among a select group of states picked to hold primaries and caucuses in January.

Caucus 101: A basic guide on how to participate. Or, read more about the logistics of Jan. 19.

By being one of the early states, Nevada’s caucuses are hoped to gain the state more national attention, bring in more presidential candidates and thus raise awareness of Western issues. More background...

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Las Vegas voting experience: Albertson's, banana bread and a beauty queen: During early voting at Albertson's, 2011 Miss Nevada Alana Lee cast her ballot -- amid no fanfare.

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Oscar Goodman saddened at the death of his friend and mentor Arlen Specter: Oscar Goodman was a young law student looking for work when he met Arlen Specter in Philadelphia.

Watchdog group hounds government for files on Ensign case: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a formal complaint this week to force the DOJ to turn over files collected during its now-defunct ...

Ron Paul, Mitt Romney delegates stand at the ready: GOP chairman Reince Priebus officially gaveled open the 2012 Republican National Convention today, only to immediately close it for a day-long recess. Even though the ...

Nevada alternate delegate compares national conventions past and present: For Nevada politico Patty Cafferata, the intrigue, plotting and wariness among opposing factions at a national convention is nothing new. Cafferata has been attending conventions ...

Senate passes tax cut extension for those earning $250,000 or less: Democrats in the Senate faced down the closest thing to a legislative dare from Republican leaders Wednesday and passed a tax cut extension for those ...

Senate observes moment of silence in honor of Colorado shooting victims: Sen. Harry Reid led the Senate in a moment of silence Monday afternoon for the moviegoers who died in a horrific shooting in Aurora, Colo., ...

Politics Stories

Photo: Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar talks with

Group recruiting military veterans as poll workers: By Ayden Runnels; National voting advocacy group Vet the Vote held an event today alongside state and Clark County officials to encourage veterans to become poll workers. Joined by Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar and ...

Photo: The U.S. Postal Service wants to repurpose the Ren

USPS commits to rerouting Reno-area mail despite bipartisan pushback and mail ballot concerns: By Gabe Stern, Associated Press; The USPS announced on Tuesday it will follow through with its plan to reroute Reno-area mail processing to Sacramento, a move that drew bipartisan ire from Nevada lawmakers ...

In Nevada GOP Senate primary, a long shot goes after the front-runner: By Kellen Browning, The New York Times Company; Nevada’s once-sleepy Republican primary for Senate, which has been dominated by Sam Brown, a U.S. Army veteran, was jolted to life in the past week, when a deep-pocketed rival took aim at the front-runner.

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Nevada Supreme Court rulings hand setbacks to gun-right defenders and anti-abortion activists: By Scott Sonner, Associated Press; Nevada's Supreme Court upheld a state ban on ghost guns Thursday, overturning a lower court's ruling that sided with a gun manufacturer's argument that the 2021 law regulating ...

Photo: Jesse Law, chairman of the Clark County Republican

DA office won’t pursue charge against Clark County GOP chair: By Ayden Runnels; The chairman of the Clark County Republican Party isn’t being charged by the district attorney's office following a weekend arrest on suspicion of domestic battery, court records show.

Photo: Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an even

‘It doesn’t have to be this way,’ vice president tells Las Vegas audience about gun violence: By Emma Brocato; Harris asked the crowd of high school students how many of them have had an active-shooter drill. Many raised their hands. “It doesn’t have to be this way,” she said in a somber voice ...

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Las Vegas program seeks to prepare LGBTQ+ candidates for future runs: By Ray Brewer; A Las Vegas nonprofit is planning a summer leadership academy for political hopefuls from the LGBTQ+ community looking to launch a campaign …

Photo: Robert Bigelow, left, owner of Budget Suites of Am

Las Vegas businessman Bigelow co-chairs Florida fundraiser for Trump: By Associated Press; Donald Trump's campaign said it raised $50.5 million on Saturday, a staggering reported haul as his campaign works to catch up to the fundraising juggernaut of President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party ...

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Democrats slightly outgain GOP in Nevada as over 28,000 register to vote in March: By Las Vegas Sun Staff; With the 2024 presidential election looming in November, the number of registered voters rose in March, nearly half of whom declared as nonpartisan, according to a news release from the Secretary of State.

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Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dies at 82: Associated Press; Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and ...