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2008 Elections

2008 Caucus Trivia Game

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Data gathering, question creation and editing: April Corbin, Stephanie Kishi, Jenna Kohler, Matt Toplikar, Dave Toplikar, Andy Samuelson, Billy Steffens

From The Politics Blog

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.
Buzzfeed: Romney campaign exaggerates size of Nevada event with altered image
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/romney-campaign-appears-to-exaggerate-size-of-neva
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: 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 ...
Photo: Jeff Gunter
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.
Photo: In this file photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019,
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 ...
Photo: Nevada State Sen. Dallas Harris, D-Las Vegas, work
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 ...
Photo: Election workers inspect mail-in ballots in the co
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.
Photo: No Labels leadership and guests from left, Dan Web
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 ...
Photo: President Joe Biden speaks during a Month of Actio
In Las Vegas visit, Biden outlines plan to lower housing costs for the working class
By Ayden Runnels
Biden laid out a proposal for a mortgage relief credit that would provide homeowners with a $10,000 tax credit over two years. The relief credit, according to the White House, would provide middle-class first-time homebuyers with …

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