Nevada: Sue Lowden

ST. PAUL, Minn. – At least several candidates have begun the process of building campaign war chests in anticipation of challenging U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Searchlight) in 2010, Nevada Republican Party chair Sue Lowden said today.

 "We have a deep bench of candidates who are looking at that seat, some are already raising money," Lowden told PolitickerNV.com after a breakfast meeting of the Silver State delegation at The Saint Paul hotel.

LAS VEGAS - Although the details of the special session next week remain murky, Gov. Jim Gibbons can be assured of at least some support of his call to cut state employees' and teachers' cost-of-living allowance increase. 

Nevada Republican Party Chairwoman Sue Lowden released a statement this morning eschewing any talk of tax increases during this "severe economic downturn" and calling the scheduled COLA increase "unfairly and irresponsibly benefitting the government employees who work for [taxpayers]."

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.

Carson City- Jill Derby resigned as Nevada Democratic chairwoman today and shortly afterward announced that she would again seek the 2nd Congressional District seat currently held by Republican Dean Heller.