- Stories
- Bill Clinton leads the cheering section for Harry Reid
- Sunday, June 13, 2010
- Leave it to Bill Clinton to capture the political zeitgeist in an old Cajun joke. There he was, the former president and one-time Arkansas governor, doing his best Southern revival act, rallying a restive Democratic base for the embattled Harry Reid.
- Bill Clinton rallies more than 800 for Harry Reid
- Thursday, June 10, 2010
- Nobody works a crowd like the Big Dog. Former President Bill Clinton lent Harry Reid’s re-election campaign some of his trademark fire and charisma Thursday night, arguing that Reid was hard at work turning around an economic disaster.
- Sharron Angle’s angle: Keep the spotlight on Harry Reid
- Thursday, June 10, 2010
- While on the stump, Sharron Angle has often used the catchphrase: “Don’t read my lips, read my record.” Visitors to her website Wednesday — a day after she won the Republican U.S. Senate primary — would have found that impossible.
- Sharron Angle wins; Harry Reid gets race he wanted
- Wednesday, June 9, 2010
- After years of maneuvering, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid got the race he wanted. Sharron Angle emerged from Tuesday’s Republican primary, lifted to a landslide by a solid base of conservative supporters but carrying political baggage that experts say gives the embattled Reid a new lease on political life.
- Voters don't find much to get excited about on the Republican Senate ballot
- Sunday, June 6, 2010
- Republican candidates seeking their party’s nomination for U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s primary face a staunchly conservative electorate, united by a desire to oust Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid but dissatisfied with the quality of the leading GOP contenders, according to interviews at polling places by Las Vegas Sun reporters in the final days of early voting.
- ‘No Child’ law not a hit with U.S. Senate hopefuls
- Tuesday, June 1, 2010
- Whoever is elected to Congress in November will review the No Child Left Behind law, looking for ways to improve the landmark federal legislation that uses standardized tests to judge schools’ progress.
- GOP’s feeble voter turnout exposes party flaws
- Sunday, May 30, 2010
- The Republican Senate primary is turning out to be a rather sleepy affair. There’s been plenty of media attention and advertising, but not much on-the-ground activity and fairly low turnout, according to last week’s early voting results.
- Danny Tarkanian says making bad loan for horse resort an aberration
- Friday, May 28, 2010
- It was 2007, and the Southwest was in the grips of speculative fever. The land frenzy was particularly acute in Las Vegas, where major casino companies were in the middle of ambitious expansions.
- Sue Lowden making last-ditch effort to swing voters her way
- Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Facing plummeting poll numbers and a relentless onslaught from the left and the right, Republican Sue Lowden is amplifying an old message to boost her fumbling campaign for U.S. Senate: Harry Reid is afraid of me.
- Gov. Jim Gibbons' intense desire for privacy collides with holding public office
- Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Gov. Jim Gibbons’ turn as Nevada’s CEO has been among the roughest in state history. Certainly some of the suffering Nevada has endured on his watch — among the highest unemployment and foreclosure rates in the country — was largely beyond his control.
Blog Entries
- GOP appeals for money to avoid 'stealing of elections'
- Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008
- The Republican National Committee is using the specter of voter fraud to raise money to ensure the November elections are "clean and fair."
- Nevada political roundup: Ad targets McCain on Yucca
- Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008
- Sen. Barack Obama's campaign, with the help of Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley, unveiled its second ad on Yucca Mountain today.
- The changing West
- Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
- Nevada political roundup: Obama to visit Nevada Sunday (UPDATED)
- Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
- Nevada political roundup: Parties spar over gas prices
- Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008
- Nevada political roundup: Dems upgrade Derby-Heller race (UPDATED)
- Friday, Aug. 1, 2008
- We lead today's Early Line with big news for Democrat Jill Derby and her campaign to unseat incumbent Rep. Dean Heller in Nevada's 2nd Congressional District. The Democratic National Campaign Committee has upgraded Derby's race to its top-tier list of targets, meaning she'll receive financial and field help from the national party.
- Nevada political roundup: Dems launch Web sites
- Thursday, July 31, 2008
- The Nevada Democratic Party plans to unveil a new Web site this afternoon aimed at chronicling Gov. Jim Gibbons' missteps. The site also "invites the public to help us keep track of the governor."
- Nevada political update: 3rd District a 'toss up'
- Thursday, July 24, 2008
- Bad news for Rep. Jon Porter. The Cook Political Report has upgraded the race for Nevada's 3rd District from "lean Republican" to "toss up."
- UPDATED: Nevada political roundup: Berkley circulates article
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008
- UPDATE: Nevada political roundup: Dems' new numbers, group targets Reid
- Friday, July 18, 2008
- Early Liners: We're reporting remotely from the old homestead in Connecticut, where there are mosquitoes and high taxes, and what they say about heat vs. humidity is true.
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