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2008 Elections

2008 Caucus Trivia Game

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Game developed by: Sean Hellwig.

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

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Nevada Supreme Court dismisses teachers’ appeal of sickout injunction
By Hillary Davis
The Nevada Supreme Court won’t decide whether a lower court erred last year when it stepped in to stop large-scale sickouts by teachers during a labor dispute with ...
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HUD acting secretary praises Las Vegas, Clark County for housing programs
By Grace Da Rocha
Affordable housing has been a focal point for President Joe Biden and his administration, with HUD instituting various programs to increase the number of new units built across the nation. But Todman, who has been in her position since March 22, said it’s not ...
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Vice President Kamala Harris headed back to Las Vegas
By Las Vegas Sun Staff
Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Las Vegas on Saturday for “political events,” the White House said this morning. It will mark her fifth visit to Nevada this year and her ...
Photo: People attend the 2024 Latino Loud nonpartisan vot
‘Latino Loud’ campaign looks to amplify Latino voices in Nevada elections
By Grace Da Rocha
Latino voters could change the tide of this year’s elections as a growing wave becomes eligible to vote, and local organizations are joining together to ensure that all of Nevada’s Latino voters ...
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Biden cuts into Trump’s lead in Nevada, new poll finds
By Ray Brewer
A new poll conducted with 1,000 would-be voters in Nevada found what has been long suspected about November’s presidential race: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are ...
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Post-Roe challenges in focus as abortion rights advocates navigate the future in Nevada
By Ray Brewer
Fifteen percent of the women seeking abortion care in Las Vegas since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 reversed its ruling in the landmark Roe v. Wade case are from out of state, according to data from Planned Parenthood. And, Planned Parenthood says, many of those women are ...
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EU ambassador stresses teamwork to build economy, fight climate change
Q+A with Jovita Neliupšienė:
By Katie Ann McCarver
Nevada is one of about a half-dozen states that Jovita Neliupšienė, the European Union’s ambassador to the United States, is visiting in the first few months of her tenure ...
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Group recruiting military veterans as poll workers
By Ayden Runnels
National voting advocacy group Vet the Vote held an event today alongside state and Clark County officials to encourage veterans to become poll workers. Joined by Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar and ...
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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 ...
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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.

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