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Poll: Flores viable in LG's race, life story is a big plus
Assemblywoman Lucy Flores is hardly known by Nevada voters but has a compelling life story and “would have a good chance of winning an election against (state Sen.) Mark Hutchison,” according to a national pollster who surveyed the lieutenant governor’s race for her.
Could GOP freak show threaten the national convention coming to Vegas?
I am trying to help the Republicans land the 2016 national convention in Vegas, but they are so….helpless.
High court reaffirms faith in rule of shield law
I kept saying I never had any doubts how the case would turn out. But I doubted. And I was afraid.
Fiore bragged about carrying weapons in gun-free zones, mocked governor, chancellor in speech to conservative GOP group
Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, who last week talked about picketers being shot and how she would “hire thugs” if she were running the Cosmopolitan, said last month she carries weapons in gun-free zones, sneered at the governor for making the wrong GOP chairman choice and made an anatomically impossible reference to the chancellor, among other off-color and bizarre remarks.
Supreme Court strengthens shield law, quashes attempt by lawyers to smear journalist
Remember this case? Despite an attempt by Jeff Guinn and his lawyers to tarnish journalist Dana Gentry's reputation with a "when did you stop beating your wife?" type of inquiry, the state Supreme Court has quashed the attempt and in so doing likely strengthened Nevada's shield law. The decision is attached.
What some prominent Nevadans will give thanks for Thursday
So what will high-profile Nevadans be giving thanks for on Thursday? I happen to know:
ACU names true conservatives, liberals in Legislature
There are six real conservatives and the same number of "true liberals" in the Nevada Legislature, according to one of the older conservative rating groups in the country. The American Conservative Union used 18 Assembly votes and 15 Senate votes, counting votes for taxes, gay marriage and the big NV Energy bill against lawmakers. The full report, attached here, found no one had a 100 percent rating. The conservatives named were: State Sens. Don Gustavson and James Settelmeyer and Assemblymen Wes Duncan, John Ellison, Pete Livermore and Jim Wheeler.
Heck meets with broad array of groups, presents immigration draft bill
Rep. Joe Heck, who has been pummeled by progressives on immigration reform, met Monday evening with a broad spectrum of groups and presented his own bill.
Lowden's Reno event features Siena investor, Raggio's daughter, business leader DiLoreto, ex-Treasurer Cafferata
Lieutenant governor hopeful Sue Lowden has a Reno fundraiser featuring daughters of two recently deceased political icons, old-time city business players, an independent-minded assemblyman and an ousted assemblyman.