In the tip of rural southern Nye County, where brothels are legal, tumbleweed rolls free and a hungry traveler can still get a full rack of baby back ribs for $9.99, the towns folk made it clear on Tuesday they don’t have much use for Democrats Harry Reid and Rory Reid.
Rep. Dina Titus, who two years ago was swept into Congress by a wave of Democratic enthusiasm, lost her seat Tuesday to Republican challenger Joe Heck, another victim of the Republican backlash that has redefined the House of Representatives.
There were few surprises in voting for board members of the two most important educational institutions in the state — Clark County’s public schools and the state’s public university system.
It’s going to be another all-Democrat Clark County Commission. With a quarter of the precincts reporting, the race for Clark County Commission District G, which is being vacated by Democrat Rory Reid, shows Democrat Mary Beth Scow with a growing lead.
Republican Rep. Dean Heller coasted to a third term victory, brushing aside a relatively unknown challenger in a rural Nevada district that has never elected a Democrat.
Democrats broke out into cheers of “Harry! Harry! Harry!” as media outlets called the Nevada Senate race for incumbent Harry Reid, while Republicans reacted with a sudden, quiet gasp.
Months of campaigning was winding down today as Nevadans went the polls to decide a hotly contested U.S. Senate race, pick a new governor, decide three House races and choose the makeup of a 2011 Legislature.
Republicans outperformed Democrats getting to the polls in Nevada, a promising sign for Republican tea party favorite Sharron Angle in her dead-heat race with Majority Leader Harry Reid, figures showed Monday.
On Tuesday, Boulder City residents will vote on three ballot questions with serious implications for a small municipality facing decimated revenue and strained spending.
The first test of whether Republicans will heal the divide highlighted by the U.S. Senate race will come quickly after Tuesday’s election, when the state Senate GOPers choose a leader.
Judges on the Nevada Supreme Court and in the state’s District Courts make tough decisions that affect people’s lives. On Tuesday, voters will make a tough decision that will affect judges’ lives: How should they be selected?
As Sen. Harry Reid and boxer Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao popped out from behind the curtain with their fists raised high, the crowd inside William E. Orr Middle School erupted. Reid and Pacquiao, a seven-time boxing world champion and Philippines congressman, were the main event Friday night at a get-out-the-vote rally.
