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State Senate races 2008

Photo by Tiffany Brown / Las Vegas Sun

In a town hall meeting Thursday at Irwin Molasky Middle School in Las Vegas, Democrats, from left, Senate Minority Leader Steven Horsford, state Senate candidate Allison Copening and state Sen. Mike Schneider listen to constituents' suggestions on how to lead the state out of its budget crisis.

Members of the Senate are elected for four-year terms, with 10 senators elected in one general election and 11 senators in the following general election. To be elected to either house of the Legislature, a person must be at least 21 years old at the time of the election, a resident of the state for one year, and a qualified elector and resident in the district to be represented.

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Anti-Heck ads mislead voters

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

By J. Patrick Coolican, Brian Eckhouse

Nevada Democrats have spent tens of thousands of dollars on a series of attack mail pieces aimed at state Sen. Joe Heck, intensifying a battle to control the upper chamber ...

How the sinking Republican ship could take Bob Beers and Joe Heck down with it

Sun, Jul 13, 2008

By Jon Ralston

As Democrats here gush about their ever-widening registration advantage, the chances for Barack Obama to win the state and Dina Titus’ opportunity to erase Jon Porter from Congress, the conventional ...

Beers’ rival is ‘nice,’ but is nice enough?

Fri, Apr 25, 2008

By J. Patrick Coolican, David McGrath Schwartz

Allison Copening is in some ways a dream candidate to take on Republican stalwart Bob Beers in the pivotal race to decide the future of the state Senate, which Republicans ...