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2008 Elections

2008 Caucus Trivia Game

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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

Photo: Cleveland businessman and Republican Senate candid
Trump campaigns for GOP Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio
Former President Donald Trump warned of a “bloodbath” if he loses in November as he campaigned for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno speaking at a wind-whipped airfield outside of Dayton, Ohio Saturday, March 16 ...
Photo: Retired Army Capt. Sam Brown, left, Air Force Col.
Nevada’s GOP Senate hopefuls wait for an endorsement that may not come before the June primary
Sam Brown, the retired U.S. Army captain, is polling as the front-runner to win the Nevada Republican primary in June for U.S. Senate. Fittingly, Brown grabbed a key endorsement last week ....
Photo: Veronica Wehby-Upchurch holds a sign and son Ladne
Alabama court’s IVF ruling fuels worry in post-Roe America
Cyndy Flores was sitting in a Las Vegas fertility clinic for an ultrasound late last month when her phone buzzed and a sense of sudden shock came over her.
Photo: First lady Jill Biden speaks during an event in th
Jill Biden coming to Las Vegas this week to appeal to women voters
First Lady Jill Biden will be in Las Vegas on Saturday as part of an effort to engage women voters in swing states, according to a statement from President Joe Biden’s ...
Photo: A federal judge last week affirmed a $5 million ar
Las Vegas resident debunked MyPillow guy’s challenge in 2021. Now he’s one step closer to collecting his $5M prize
Q+A: Bob Zeidman:
A federal court last week upheld a $5 million arbitration award in favor of a Las Vegas software forensics expert who disproved claims that China interfered in the 2020 presidential election by right-wing activist ...
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Trump wins South Carolina, beating Haley in her home state
Donald Trump won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday, beating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path ...
Photo: President Joe Biden meets with members of the Culi
Latest polling finds Biden has work to do in Nevada
Nevada voters have picked the Democrat in each of the last four presidential elections dating to Barack Obama’s victory in 2008 against John McCain of Arizona. Take 2020, when Joe Biden narrowly defeated incumbent ...
Photo: Maria Nieto, right, and Alma Romo, second from lef
Nevada's young Latino voters feel they're being ignored by campaigns
The Latino vote, especially in a swing state like Nevada, could be crucial in determining who is the nation’s next president, election watchers say. That makes Latino voters a natural demographic to target by the campaigns of ...
Judge to hold hearing Monday considering detention of ex-FBI source accused of lying about Bidens
A federal judge in California will consider whether a former FBI informant charged with lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he ...
Photo: Nevada Republican Senate hopeful Sam Brown, a reti
GOP Nevada Sen. hopeful has ‘closed the door’ on federal abortion ban
Nevada Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Sam Brown says he has “closed the door” on support for a federal abortion ban, marking a break with his party on an election-year issue that has beleaguered conservatives in recent years. In an interview ...

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