Category: Nevada

Primary Underdogs: Nevada ‘Establishment RINOs’ Don’t Want Red Wave Newcomers in Their Tent

LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Surging Republican voter registration numbers portend a swelling red tide is set to sweep incumbent Nevada Democrats from the Governor’s office, U.S. Senate, and three of the state’s four congressional districts come November. But former president Donald Trump missed the undercurrent driving the wave when he endorsed Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo for…


Three GOP Primary Favorites Emerge in Crowded Nevada U.S. House Race

LAS VEGAS,  Nevada—Three candidates have cleared from the rest of the pack in a heated Republican primary for a key U.S. House seat in Nevada: a Spanish-speaking daughter of Columbian immigrants who worked in Las Vegas’ hospitality industry for two decades, a certified financial planner and 30-year US Army veteran who espouses “wise water usage…


Three GOP Primary Favorites Emerge in Crowded Nevada US House Race

LAS VEGAS,  Nevada—Three candidates have cleared from the rest of the pack in a heated Republican primary for a key U.S. House seat in Nevada: a Spanish-speaking daughter of Columbian immigrants who worked in Las Vegas’ hospitality industry for two decades, a certified financial planner and 30-year US Army veteran who espouses “wise water usage…


MAGA Notables Descend on Nevada to Back Laxalt for Senate as Primary Nears

LAS VEGAS—Colt Ford’s concert may have been the marquee attraction at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Friday night, but hours before the country rapper took the stage, another traveling show had the club quaking and shaking. The “I Told You So Tour” headlined by Donald Trump Jr. and featuring an assembly of MAGAverse luminaries, drew on old…


Republicans Eager For Opportunity to Pick Up Nevada Senate Seat, Change Balance of Power

Political power players are eyeing Nevada’s primary election Tuesday, with races on the ballot on June 14 considered among the most important in the 2022 midterm elections. Republicans are vying for a chance to challenge incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in November as part of a broader plan to recapture the U.S. Senate. Cortez…


Nevada GOP Scrums Presage November Battles for Three Toss-Up Congressional Seats

Early voting has been underway since May 28 for the June 14 primary in Nevada, where most of the action is unfolding in rock ‘em, sock ’em Republican nomination battles for governor, US Senate, and in three of the state’s four congressional districts. Awaiting those five GOP scrum survivors are incumbent Democrats. Only one is…


Nevada Gubernatorial Primaries Setting Stage for Tight Race in November

Nevadans’ decisions in Tuesday’s Republican and Democrat primaries for governor will set the stage for a heated race to the general election on November 8, analysts predict. Analysts believe incumbent Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) will glide past his only primary challenger, even though voters’ thoughts on the race have not been well-tested in polls. If…


Nevada Gubernatorial Primaries to Set Stage for Tight Race in November

Nevadans’ decisions in the June 14 Republican and Democratic primaries for governor will set the stage for a heated race to the general election on Nov. 8, analysts predict. Analysts say that incumbent Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, likely will glide past his lone primary challenger, even though voters’ thoughts on the race haven’t…


GOP Rivals in ‘Toss-Up’ Nevada Congressional District Certain They’re Winning Primary Clash

There’s little reliable polling at the congressional district level in Nevada, so as the state’s June 14 primaries near, many candidates in three crowded Republican preliminary races think they still have a good shot at advancing to challenge incumbent Democrats in November. The two frontrunners in Nevada’s Congressional District 4 (CD 4) Republican primary—at least…


GOP Rivals in Toss-Up Nevada Congressional District Plot Primary Campaign’s Final Days

There’s little reliable polling at the congressional district level in Nevada, so as the state’s June 14 primaries near, many candidates in three crowded Republican preliminary races think they still have a good shot at advancing to challenge incumbent Democrats in November. The two frontrunners in Nevada’s Congressional District 4 (CD 4) Republican primary—at least…