From the PolitickerNV:

That’s when three of the GOP’s top prospects for derailing U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Searchlight) – U.S. Reps. Jon Porter (R-Henderson), Dean Heller (R-Carson City) and state Sen. Joe Heck (R-Henderson) – are up for re-election. Reid is something of a political behemoth and even in a moderate-to marginally conservative state will be difficult to knock off, analysts say, and strategists from both parties agree that these potential Reid challengers would be greatly assisted by victories.

“There’s always an advantage to being an incumbent when you’re running for something else,” said Ryan Erwin, a Nevada-based GOP consultant. Maintaining an incumbency status provides the institutional stature needed to knock off an incumbent as powerful and politically savvy as Reid, Erwin explained.

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