Nevada: Ron Paul

Tue, 06/24/2008 - 19:58

Republican CD-1 candidate hits Lowden in song

LAS VEGAS -In this YouTube video, Republican 1st Congressional District candidate Chris Dyer attacks Nevada Republican Party Chairwoman Sue Lowden on the controversy surrounding the state Republican convention.

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Tue, 06/10/2008 - 01:12

Future unclear for state GOP convention, national delegates

LAS VEGAS-With the announcement last week by the Nevada Republican Party that it has chosen Jul. 26 to reconvene its first, unsuccessful convention, controversies remain for Ron Paul supporters and previously voted-on delegates that could lead all the way to the Republican National Convention in September.

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Thu, 06/05/2008 - 00:11

New GOP convention scheduled for July 26

LAS VEGAS-Meeting tonight behind closed doors, the Executive Board of the Nevada Republican Party elected July 26 as the make-up date for the state GOP's aborted convention.  Like the previous convention Apr. 26, this will be held at the Peppermill Hotel and Casino in Reno.

The Apr. 26 convention was recessed following the election of several Ron Paul supporters as delegates to the national convention. Paul is the only remaining Republican candidate against presumptive Republican nominee John McCain.

Fri, 05/23/2008 - 15:11

This Week's Winners & Losers

[img_assist|nid=1494|title=|desc=|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=107]Just as Ron Paul Republicans are getting their way, the political future of Assemblywoman Francis Allen looks dim. Check out Nevada's weekly Winners & Losers for May 23, 2008. | CLICK HERE

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Fri, 05/09/2008 - 10:44

This Week's Nevada 'Winners and Losers'

[img_assist|nid=1337|title=Nevada Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=92|height=100]State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus is a winner this week, but why are her fellow Senate Democrats losers, along with Ron Paul supporters?

Find out in our weekly Winners and Losers for May 9, 2008. | CLICK HERE

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Mon, 05/05/2008 - 17:52

Never a dull moment in Nevada politics

After the events of last week, one thing that is for certain is that there is never a dull moment when it comes to Nevada politics. Indeed, last week the state was treated to the spectacle of Republicans acting like Democrats, Democrats acting like, well Democrats, and Governor Gibbons doing a Bush-like late Friday afternoon, avoid the media document dump.

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Sat, 02/16/2008 - 21:49

Libertarian leaders converge on Las Vegas Valley

Henderson- The Libertarian Party, one of the United States’ longest-enduring and most pervasive third parties, held its annual leadership conference in Henderson this weekend at the Sunset Station Hotel & Casino.  The event drew party leaders and activists from around the country and featured training workshops on topics like filing with the Federal Elections Commission, planning a state convention and communicating with the media.

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Sat, 01/19/2008 - 19:51

Clinton, Romney take Nevada wins

Las Vegas- With over 90 percent of precincts reporting on both sides, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney have won their parties respective Nevada caucuses today. 

On the Democratic side, Clinton defeated Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) by a strong margin of 51 to 45 percent.  Former N.C. Sen. John Edwards received four percent of precinct delegates.

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Sat, 01/19/2008 - 12:35

Nevada's big test

LAS VEGAS – There are a lot of questions about today’s Nevada Caucuses. The questions include who will win? How will they win? How many people will show up to caucus? What does it mean to win here or lose here?

But really just stop. Hold the questions. There is no way to answer them.

Sure there are polls out. Those polls show that Mitt Romney will likely to win the Republican race here. They also show Hillary Clinton with a single digit lead in a tight Democratic race.

Mon, 01/14/2008 - 17:53

McCain builds Nevada organization, leads new poll

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has opened his first campaign offices in Nevada and is furiously building a staff here, according to Paul Jackson, McCain’s Nevada state director.  These moves come as a new poll by the Reno Gazette-Journal shows McCain with a lead in the state for the first time since May.

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