A day after his last minute near win in Iowa, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has hired staff in Nevada to put together an operation for him.
Nevada’s presumed front-runner in the Republican presidential primary, Mitt Romney, essentially shared a victory with come-from-behind candidate Rick Santorum in a razor-thin finish in the Iowa caucuses Tuesday night.
Realizing that staggered start times could lead to even more voter confusion on caucus day, Clark County Republicans have settled on a uniform start time of 9 a.m. for the Feb. 4 presidential caucuses.
Democrats, who have long focused their anti-Republican ire on Mitt Romney as the most likely challenger to President Obama are warming up against a secondary target: Newt Gingrich.
Secretary of State Ross Miller says a pair of fundraisers he held in Reno and Las Vegas this week were simply to replenish his campaign coffers. He’s still paying off bills from 2010 and he uses campaign funds to travel the state when his activities have any connection to politics, Miller said. Describing them as small-dollar fundraisers (the requested donation for the Reno event was $250), Miller said he doesn’t yet have his eye on any 2014 races.
Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto has filed a civil complaint against a political organization run by well-known conservative operative Chuck Muth, accusing him of violating campaign finance laws by failing to report money he spent attacking Assembly Speaker John Oceguera, D-Las Vegas, in last year’s election.
Acknowledging he’ll be labeled as “insensitive,” U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., said this week he is inclined to let long-term unemployment benefits expire, a move that could kick more than 45,000 jobless Nevadans off of their unemployment checks.
A party in Carson City to celebrate the Nevada Ethics Commission’s 35th anniversary last week has some elected officials questioning whether the public’s watchdog is juggling stones in a glass house of public perception. As a way to recognize the often thankless task assigned to the Ethics Commission, its executive director, Caren Jenkins, organized the party at a Carson City barbecue joint.
Being co-chairman of the international committee for the Council of State Governments comes with a few perks for Assembly Majority Leader Marcus Conklin, D-Las Vegas — such as an all-expenses-paid trip to Brazil. Conklin was joined on the trip by a small cadre of Nevada lobbyists.
In a brief interview Monday, Gov. Brian Sandoval was quick to demonstrate that he could name the three departments that Texas Gov. Rick Perry would eliminate if he becomes president. But he refused to say whether he thinks it’s a good idea to get rid of them.
State Sen. Barbara Cegavske, R-Las Vegas, today became the first Republican to throw her hat in the ring for Nevada’s new 4th Congressional District. Cegavske said she will run on a platform of “protecting social security” and job creation.
As sexual harassment allegations intensify again GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain, the 9-9-9 Fund has launched a robo-call in Nevada featuring a female narrator who touts Cain’s integrity and his lengthy marriage.
Ron Paul is having an I-told-you-so moment. Running for president four years ago, Paul spawned a movement of mostly young political outsiders with doomsday talk of deficit spending and manipulation of the monetary system leading to economic ruin.
The Nevada Supreme Court today put an end to the legal battle over how to redraw the state’s political districts, freeing candidates up and down the ticket to launch delayed campaigns.
