Posts Tagged ‘Nevada’
NV: State GOP Focuses on Getting Vote Out
Last Updated on Monday, 4 October 2010 07:38 Written by rslcpol Friday, 1 October 2010 02:02
From ElkoDailyPress:
Nevada Republican Party Chairman Sen. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, said Wednesday the state party is focusing on “turning folks out to vote” in the Nov. 2 election to put Republicans in office.
He also said Republicans “need to reach out and touch as many independents as we can.
“We’ve been blessed with a phenomenal amount of volunteers,” Amodei said at the new Elko County Republican Party headquarters during a town hall gathering. Former Elko resident Ralph McMullen echoed his comment on volunteers.
McMullen, who is the northern Nevada director for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle and chairman of the Washoe County Republican Party, said people are even coming from out of state to help with Angle’s campaign.
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NV: Governor Will Join Lawsuit over ObamaCare
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:57 Written by rslcpol Monday, 5 April 2010 01:50
From LasVegasSun:
Gov. Jim Gibbons plans to have Nevada join a lawsuit in Florida over the federal health care reform law.
Sun columnist Jon Ralston reported late this morning that Gibbons will say a Nevada statute prohibiting him from taking action doesn’t apply if the state joins the lawsuit filed in Florida.
Ralston said the official announcement was expected to be made Tuesday.
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NV: Governor Tells Attorney General to Sue over Health Care
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:13 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 25 March 2010 01:44
From Nevada Appeal:
Gov. Jim Gibbons on Wednesday directed Nevada’s attorney general to sue the federal government over health care reform, intensifying Republican pressure on Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto to file the lawsuit.
Masto, in a response issued late in the day, said she wouldn’t be pressured to act swiftly.
Gibbons said Nevada law gives him authority to direct the attorney general to take legal action to protect and secure the interest of the state.
“There is no question that the recently passed health care act eviscerates the interests of the state,” the Republican governor wrote in a letter to the attorney general.
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NV: Republican Calls on AG to Fight Health Care Bill
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:14 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 24 March 2010 12:42
From Las Vegas Review Journal:
Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., joined Gov. Jim Gibbons on Tuesday in urging the state attorney general to sue the federal government over health reform, while one GOP U.S. Senate hopeful announced an effort to fight the law with a ballot initiative.
In a letter to Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, Heller echoed concerns that the bill will create unfunded mandates and questioned the constitutionality of requiring everyone to obtain health insurance.
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NV: Republican Leader not Seeking another Term
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:45 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 4 March 2010 02:20
From Las Vegas Review-Journal:
“The reason I ran for office was to serve my community,” Gansert said in the statement. “Being a member of the Legislature has been a gratifying personal experience and I’m pleased that I was able to successfully represent my district and my state. However, at this time I’ve decided to step aside and take a break from elected office.”
Gansert, who was voted leader of the Republican Assembly Caucus in 2007, served on the Ways and Means, Commerce and Labor,and Elections committees for the last six years. She was named co-Freshman Legislator of the Year in 2005 and authored over 10 bills that were signed into law
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NV: More than 2 Dozen Candidates File on Opening Day
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:49 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 2 March 2010 02:09
From Nevada Appeal:
More than two dozen candidates filed for office with the Secretary of State Monday as filing for the 2010 elections opened.
The list included several front-runners in major races including Republicans Brian Sandoval for governor and Sue Lowden for U.S. Senate.
Filing is open through March 12.
Sandoval, who faces a tough primary challenge against incumbent Gov. Jim Gibbons, said he would not have supported the increased mining taxes proposed by Gibbons. Those revenues were cut from the final plan, replaced by the unanticipated increase in Net Proceeds of Mines revenue coming to the state because of booming gold prices.
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Political Dynasties in Nevada
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:03 Written by rslcpol Monday, 22 February 2010 02:35
From Nevada Appeal:
The Nevada ballot has more budding political dynasties than ever before — and it may have more than any state in U.S. history, according to a scholar at the Brookings Institution think tank.
Nevada will fill election posts this fall that could leave offspring of prominent politicians as governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and U.S. senator.
“I’ve been keeping track of this from the Colonial era, and I’m not quite sure I’ve ever heard of anything quite that complete,” the Brookings Institution’s Stephen Hess told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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NV: Republican Lt. Governor Not Running for US Senate
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:18 Written by rslcpol Friday, 12 February 2010 02:39
From Las Vegas Sun:
First term Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki says he won’t run for the U.S. Senate to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Krolicki, a two-term state treasurer, said he will be seeking a second term as lieutenant governor.
The first-term Republican lieutenant governor had said he was giving the Senate race serious consideration after receiving encouragement from Washington insiders, including Ariz. Sen John McCain.
Republicans in Washington are afraid the current crop of GOP challengers to Reid is second-tier.
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NV: Republican Attorney Running for Attorney General
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:22 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 9 February 2010 02:28
From ReviewJournal.com:
Jacob Hafter, a Las Vegas attorney whose clients are suing two local hospitals for shoddy care, will run for attorney general of Nevada.
Hafter, a Republican, said Monday he will seek the seat held by Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto.
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NV: Lt. Governor Reconsiders Run for US Senate
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:54 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 21 January 2010 01:22
From Las Vegas Sun:
Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki is strongly reconsidering a run for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Harry Reid, he told the Sun on Wednesday, a move that would shake up a crowded Republican primary.
“There are serious people making compelling arguments to me both in the state and out of the state to reconsider the Harry Reid race, and based on that pressure and those conversations, I am indeed looking at it,” Krolicki said.
Republicans in Washington are displeased with the current crop of candidates taking on Reid, including former state Sen. Sue Lowden, former UNLV basketball star Danny Tarkanian and former state Assemblywoman Sharron Angle.
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