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UPDATE, 7 AM, 7/16/15: I added Rep. Cresent Hardy's report below. he has much more on hand than any of the Democrats, and his advantage is likley to be quite large by June 2016 after the internecine carnage to come.
Susie Lee is the decisive winner so far, with $100,000 more than Ruben Kihuen and $200,000 more than Lucy Flores. (John Oceguera announced after the deadline.)
I will post all of the FEC reports here as they come in.
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Many political observers believe the Democrats have an excellent chance to recapture the lower house in 2016 because of so many likely GOP one-termers.
But if the examples below of initial fundraising pitches are any indication, their creativy quotient is going to be quite low. See if you can spot ANY differences. Any?
Welcome to the Weekly Report.
This week:
1. An exclusive complaint you may not have seen
2. The early look at Cortez Masto-Heck
3. The early look at CD3
4. The early look at CD4
5. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week
My insiders agree with me that the Senate race is a toss-up or close to one; some think Susie Lee could beat Michael Roberson in CD3 (I think she’s in too deep in CD4 to switch), and several mentioned her impressive fundraising totals as making her an immediate factor; no one...
Former Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt-Bono, former state Sen. Sue Lowden and former state Treasurer Patty Cafferata, along with the Kiss of Death Caucus from the Legislature, are hosting an event July 18 for Carly Fiorina's presidential campaign.
The event's co-hosts include Assemblywomen Michele Fiore, Vicki Dooling, Shelly Shelton and Victoria Seaman, a quartet of lawmakers that managed to do little more than introduce controversial and unconstitutional bills that went nowhere. Why Fiorina, the ex-HP...
Marco Rubio wants Sheldon Adelson's money -- what GOP presidential hopeful wouldn't? -- but he also has to live with a history of opposing gaming expansion in Florida.
This issue surfaced again Thursday when The Washington Post published a piece on Rubio's signing on to the Adelson-backed online gaming ban, and included this: "In the past, Rubio has been highly critical of the gaming industry in Las Vegas....In 2011, again opposing more gambling in south Florida, he pointed to maladies in...
A group of Nevada businesses, including slot bar giant Dotty's and Tilman Fertitta (whose family hates Dotty's), has sued Gov. Brian Sandoval, asking that the minimum wage amendment to the state Constitution be thrown out.
The complaint from these strange bedfellows, which is below, asserts that the amendment, which raised the minimum wage to $8.25 for businesses that don't pay health care benefits and $7.25 for those that do, was passed twice with nearly 70 percent of the vote in 2004 and 2006...
If you believe an internal poll conducted by Public Policy Polling, if you think it's more than name recognition after a statewide bid, if you believe this was released for any reason besides fundraising, then you need to increse your political education.
Lucy Flores crushing everyone else? Ruben Kihuen, Susie Lee and John Oceguera might as well get out now.
Here's the memo, courtesy of Politico Pro:
From: Tom Jensen, Director of Public Policy Polling
To: Interested Parties
Subject: Lucy...
Welcome to the Weekly Report.
This week:
1. The likely CD3 candidates
2. Who won’t be on the ballot in ‘16
3. Who will lead the Legislature in ‘17
4. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week?
My team of insiders had the usual great insight. State Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson is likely to have a CD3 primary, but could he actually lose it? Some think Justin Jones, ousted by Team Roberson, may be the general opponent. Others think Ross Miller, but I think he passes – young kids,...
Jon: Secretary Clinton, welcome to Ralston Live. Thanks for coming on. You repeated a line today in your speech to NALEO that you said Las Vegas when you were at a high school a few weeks ago and it was “If Congress continues to refuse to act,” this is on immigration reform, “as President I would do everything possible under the law to go even further.” You know what the President’s powers are. What do you mean specifically? What could you do more than the President has...