Topic: Brian Sandoval

Gov. Brian Sandoval is holding two high-dollar campaign fundraisers next month, part of an effort to assert himself as the dominant force in Nevada politics and scare off potential challengers, his advisers said.Both fundraisers - coming less than a year into Sandoval's ...

National GOP has eye on Nevada early

The Republican presidential field, if it can even be called that yet, has begun an early flirtation with Nevada's GOP power structure.The latest example: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's quick swing through Northern Nevada on Tuesday where he met with Republican lawmakers, party ...

THE RUNDOWN

House Republicans put agenda on hold for a weekHouse leaders put the GOP's ambitious agenda on hold this week after Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot last weekend in Tucson in an attack that killed six and injured 14. Among the items ...
RENO — Midway through her speech at a Tea Party Express rally here Monday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said her goal, and that of the conservative group hosting the event, is not to see Republicans in general win this crucial midterm ...
In this Season of Firsts in Nevada, with records being set no one wanted to see, the real uncharted political territory is this: For decades, Nevada has had a couple of months between the primary and the general; this year, the season ...
As Harry Reid recalibrates his vaporizer to remove the Sue Lowden setting and Sharron Angle somehow survives D.C. and the vast left-wing conspiracy (catch me if you can, liberal media!), hereÕs your Friday Flash of this weekÕs events: ¥ The Angle Introduction ...
Gibbons has an agenda that may not suit whoever succeeds him as governorCarson City So much for riding quietly off to his ranch in Elko. Gov. Jim GibbonsÕ administration plans to aggressively push conservative policies and challenge the LegislatureÕs authority in its ...

Moving Nevada forward

In the general election, candidates must show how theyÕll leadTuesdayÕs primary was the first benchmark in what could become the year of voter outrage. The Tea Party movement fanned the anger and is capitalizing on it to push its agenda. The movement ...
WashingtonThe drip, drip, drip of political scandal can suddenly turn into a deluge. Such was the case last week for John Ensign.Ensign has damaged his party at home and in Washington with his extramarital affair and his subsequent efforts to land jobs ...
As we look forward to the next 60 days in Nevada politics, I am reminded of Bette DavisÕ immortal line from the transcendent ÒAll About Eve,Ó when she glances back and offers this admonition: ÒFasten your seat belts, itÕs going to be ...
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