Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

Presidential candidates to take part in November event at Bellagio

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In this June 27, 2019 photo, Democratic presidential candidates, author Marianne Williamson, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, entrepreneur Andrew Yang, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., raise their hands when asked if they would provide healthcare for undocumented immigrants, during the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.

Multiple presidential candidates will travel to Las Vegas next month to attend the state Democratic Party’s “First in the West” fundraiser at Bellagio.

Former Vice President Joe Biden; South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg; former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro; former Rep. John Delaney of Maryland; Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Cory Booker, D-N.J. and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; and businessmen Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer are slated to appear. The candidates will discuss their platforms from the stage.

The Nov. 17 ticketed event is open to the public. Multiple Nevada Democratic office-holders, including Gov. Steve Sisolak, Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, Reps. Dina Titus and Steven Horsford and State Treasurer Zach Conine, will also speak.

“No other early nominating state possesses Nevada’s unique diversity and is as reflective of our country — that’s why I am grateful to join in hosting such an important conversation with our Democratic candidates here at home,” Sisolak said.

In a statement, Cortez Masto said Nevada was a “microcosm” of the country, with diverse communities and backgrounds.

“As the nation keeps its focus on Nevada in anticipation of our first-in-the-West caucus, I invite every candidate running for the Democratic nomination to continue coming to Nevada, hear the stories of Nevadans and make it clear how they’ll fight for the Silver State when they make it to the White House,” she said in a statement.