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Nevada: Richard Mcarthur

February 24, 2009 - 03:34 pm
NEWS FEED: Various Things and Stuff

Room tax vote shows Assembly GOP split

By Steve Sebelius

Assembly Minority Leader Heidi Gansert may have voted for that room-tax increase initiative that Gov. Jim Gibbons included in his budget, but seven members of her caucus didn’t. And those seven include Southern Nevada Republicans Chad Christensen, Richard McArthur and John Hambrick.
But with 35 votes, well more than the 28 needed for passage, this bad [...]

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Mon, 05/05/2008 - 18:00

Filing Day! Part 4

By Joseph K. Cooper

LAS VEGAS-- Filing began this morning for non-judicial candidates in the Silver State, officially kicking off the election season. Check back regularly throughout the day with PolitickerNV.com for a list of filed candidates.

And be sure to check back at the end of the day for a summary.

Newly filed candidates in Clark and Washoe Counties:

Congressional District 1: Yet another Republican has filed, Mike Powers. Still no sign of Ken Wegner.

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Thu, 04/24/2008 - 20:26

Primary battle brewing for Francis Allen

By Joseph K. Cooper

LAS VEGAS-Once again this year, it appears that Assemblywoman Francis Allen (R-Las Vegas) will have to fend off a challenge from the right.  Richard McArthur, a retired FBI agent who ran against Allen in her first race in 2004, is challenging her again this year, arguing that he, and not Allen, is a true conservative.

"She's not conservative enough," said McArthur Thursday.  "She votes with the Democrats most of the time and she's had those other issues." 

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