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Democratic voter registration edge in state down to 63,000
With Clark County knocking inactive voters off the rolls, the Democrats now have a 63,000-voter edge statewide over the GOP -- that's significant but 30,000 fewer than Election Day 2012 and about what the margin was on Election Day 2010.
Flores will announce for lieutenant governor on March 1
So the Democrats have a candidate for that race, at least. Here's the flyer for Assemblywoman Lucy Flores' event two days before filing opens as she becomes Harry Reid's MOST IMPORTANT CANDIDATE:
Sandoval's robust numbers, weak Democratic bench ended governor's race
As Democrats fret about their lack of a candidate in the state’s most important race, with Steve Sisolak’s inevitable decision not to run for governor, the question is: How did this happen?
Gamers, restaurants campaign against patent trolls
The scourge has come to Nevada and the two NRAs, neither of them guns, are aligned. A new radio ad paid for by the Nevada Resort Association and the Nevada Restauarant Association, is attached here.
State GOP nominating committee confirms commitment to political suicide
The state Republican Party, under the unswerving, steady hand of Michael McDonald, didn't endorse candidates Saturday in Fallon after saner heads prevailed over the crazies. But a nominating committee, which I have told you was a set-up to hurt incumbents and be a list for McDonald's Citizen Outreach destructive puppeteers, released its recommendations, which I have posted here. Needless to say, it's something else, including endorsement nods for those running against Assembly and Senate leaders.
MY COLUMN: The water czar steps down
There never will be another Pat Mulroy. No one will ever possess the unique combination of toughness, knowledge and indomitability, not to mention longevity, that Mulroy brought to her job as the water overseer of Southern Nevada.
GOP chairman: Party endorsement does not cancel primary election in June!
That and other gems come from the neverending clown show headed by Michael McDonald. Permit me to reprint his latest missive to the faithful, with helpful annotations:
My piece on Sheldon Adelson for POLITICO
Sheldon Adelson, the most successful gambling entrepreneur in history, is terrified.
Did Dean Heller lie to CNN?
Sen. Dean Heller was on CNN's "Crossfire" on Tuesday and was asked about Ted Cruz filibustering the debt limit, which the Nevadan said he was wrong to do. And today, Heller voted to....filibuster the debt limit. I kid you not.