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With Harry Reid’s Passing, A Political Power Vacuum Is Born

January 6, 2022 6:51 amJanuary 11, 2022 7:16 am

Starting in 1968, Harry Reid got his start in politics when he was elected at age 28 to the Nevada Assembly, serving two terms. At age 30, he became the state’s youngest lieutenant governor. From 1977-1981, he served as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission at a time when the...

From Lactating Rooms to Mail-In Voting. New Nevada Laws Take Effect in 2022

January 3, 2022 7:24 pmJanuary 4, 2022 7:35 am

As reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal (RJ): “A ban on the sale or possession of untraceable weapons heads a list of laws passed last session that take effect with the new year. Part of the weapons law, passed as Assembly Bill 286 in the spring, was struck down earlier in...

Lt. Gov Candidate Debra March Throws Shade at Lt. Gov Burkhead

December 30, 2021 8:29 amJanuary 2, 2022 8:53 am

On November 24, 2021 Henderson City Mayor Democrat Debra March announced her bid for Lt. Governor of Nevada. Just a few weeks later, Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak appointed Democrat Lisa Cano Burkhead, a bilingual educator to be the new Lt. Governor of Nevada. Burkhead expressed her dedication and advocacy for...

Senator Harry Reid Dead at 82

December 29, 2021 5:35 amDecember 30, 2021 12:00 pm

Harry Reid died at home on Tuesday evening following a battle with cancer. His rise through the ranks of state politics to the apex of Washington—a rise that made him the most influential Nevadan in United States history—revealed the toughness of the boxer he had been as a student at...

Washington Examiner: A Perfect Storm is Forming Against Democrats in Nevada

December 13, 2021 9:29 amDecember 16, 2021 11:55 am

A new column by the Washington Examiner notes that a “perfect storm is brewing for Republicans in Nevada” as large numbers of voters leave the Democratic Party. It notes the problems would worsen for the Democrats should Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt prevail in his efforts to win his party’s nomination....

Even CNN Admits Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is Vulnerable

December 8, 2021 8:07 amDecember 13, 2021 3:23 pm

“Biden backlash in Nevada raises Republicans’ hopes of taking back Senate in 2022” reads the CNN headline. If you are a Democratic candidate and you’ve lost CNN, you have to be worried. As The Globe has reported, Nevada is the state that will decide which party controls the Senate as...

Adam Laxalt Leads Catherine Cortez Masto in Latest Trafalgar Survey

December 7, 2021 11:42 amDecember 9, 2021 8:59 am

As expected, swing state Nevada is swinging during an election year that will decide which party controls the Senate. After the Cook Political report shifted the Governor’s and Senate race from ‘lean’ to ‘toss up’, a new Trafalgar Group survey shows Republican Senate hopeful Adam Laxalt taking a three-point lead...