Topic: Jim Gibbons
In 2008, the state Republican Party was a painful joke.The GOP had a governor (Jim Gibbons) who was a national laughingstock, and a senator (John Ensign) who was, ahem, otherwise occupied. The party had no money and no credibility.Result: Barack Obama won ...
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 ...
Rory Reid, son of Sen. Harry Reid, wins Nevada Democratic gubernatorial primaryRory Reid, the son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has won Nevada's Democratic gubernatorial primary.The chairman of the powerful Clark County Commission had only token opposition on Tuesday's ballot from ...
Nevada governor trails Republican primary challenger in campaign fundraisingCampaign finance reports show Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons is working with a slim campaign budget in his uphill re-election effort.Gibbons reported just $179,000 in contributions and $184,000 in paid expenses since January, according to ...
New federal health care legislation seems to have breathed more life into Gov. Jim GibbonsÕ re-election campaign.After weeks of attacking the health insurance mandate in politically charged news releases, Gibbons announced Tuesday that Nevada will join 14 states in a lawsuit challenging ...
Governors say Ariz., Nev. to join 14 other states in lawsuit over federal health care overhaulThe governors of Arizona and Nevada say their states will join 14 others suing the federal government over health care reform.Gov. Jan Brewer announced Arizona was joining ...
With filing and flirtations over (Oscar, we hardly believed ye) and silly GOP machinations consummated (putting a viable state Senate contender in a no-win congressional race), letÕs reassess the odds in the stateÕs two major races from my September line.U.S. SenateWhen voters ...
Candidate for governor finds his primary foe isnt going down without a fight CARSON CITY When Brian Sandoval gave up his lifetime appointment to the federal bench last year to seek the Governors Mansion, the conventional wisdom was that the GOP primary ...
The first few days of Campaign 2010 were busy can they keep up this pace? As Gov. Jim Gibbons does his best Bob Dylan When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose I am bemused at the administrations defensiveness on one ...
By now, the instant post-mortems on Election 2009 results will have been written, either overstating (most likely) or understating their significance for Campaign 2010.Such is the standard day-after fare. What does all of this mean, if anything, for Nevada, where the states ...
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Nevada Governor Horse Accident
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Nevada Governor-Divorce
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Jim Gibbons Talks About Glendavock And ...
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Jim Gibbons Talks About His Youth ...
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Jim Gibbons' Movember 2010 Mustache Growth ...
A look at how my 2010 Movember mustache came together ...2011-10-31
