Nevada: 2008 Election

LAS VEGAS-Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain launched a new Spanish language radio ad yesterday in parts of the southwest including Nevada. The ad, titled "Economy," focuses on rising food and gasoline costs and stays away from more divisive issues including his proposed temporary worker plan.

RENO-In U.S. Sen. John McCain's town hall meeting Wednesday, the first question he took from the crowd was on Yucca Mountain and nuclear power.  McCain repeated his support for Yucca Mountain with qualifications and as well as his hope for an international nuclear waste repository and expanding nuclear fuel reprocessing.

RENO-Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain returned to Nevada today, hosting a town hall meeting for a crowd of about 800 at the Truckee Meadows Boys and Girls Club in Reno. Although McCain brought the crowd to its feet several times during the course of the meeting, several attendees expressed reservations about a McCain presidency before, during and after his appearance.

"I would support him over the other two, I'll put it that way," said Ben Engel of Reno while the crowd awaited McCain.

[img_assist|nid=1448|title=Newly elected Nevada Senate Minority Leader Steven Horsford speaks to volunteers at a voter registration drive Saturday|desc=Politicker Photo|link=none|url=undefined|align=left|width=420|height=315]LAS VEGAS -- When Nevada Senate Democrats wrapped up their four-hour meeting Friday night, they had selected a new leader and created the outlines of a plan to take over the majority. The only things they lacked were specifics.