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Clinton, Obama take to Nevada airwaves with ads on Spanish-language networks |
 By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
In both candidates' first-ever Spanish-language television efforts, Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama began airing ads on Spanish-language networks in Nevada on Tuesday.
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Nevada gets the 'Daily Show' treatment |
 Steve Timko
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
January 15, 2008
Nevada's political caucus on Saturday is attracting more attention than just the conventional news media.
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Before debate, supporters show their colors |
By HENRY BREAN
REVIEW-JOURNAL
With her 4-year-old son tugging at her arm and sticking rocks in his mouth, Danielle Vyas stood on the sidewalk in front of Cashman Center on Tuesday and did her bit for democracy.
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Newsweek: Beyond Showgirls and Slot Machines |
Nevada prepares for its most meaningful caucuses
By Steve Friess | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Jan 15, 2008
It's new to everyone in Nevada. The state has been a presidential battleground in general elections in the past, but for the first time the caucuses are front and center in the Democratic presidential selection process.
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Key union to endorse; races still up in the air |
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RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
January 6, 2008
The Iowa Caucus set the stage for a much more competitive Democratic primary race in Nevada, but two wild cards stand in the way: New Hampshire and the Culinary Union.
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Biden, Dodd backers won't endorse others |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
State Sen. Bob Coffin was at Disneyland when he heard his favorite candidate had dropped out of the presidential race. The news put a bit of a damper on an otherwise delightful vacation.
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Presidential candidates boost pace in Nevada |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Republican
presidential candidate Mitt Romney is beginning radio ads in Nevada.
Democrat Barack Obama is buying more airtime on Nevada television and
radio. And John Edwards and Bill Richardson, both Democrats, are
getting infusions of new workers in the state.
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Republicans and Democrats Set Their Sights on Nevada |
Democrats and Republicans across the country are gearing up for New Hampshire but here in Las Vegas, both parties have very different approaches in getting people involved.
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PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS: Window of opportunity |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Like a rock band on a very odd tour schedule, the presidential race left Iowa on Friday, with a gig in Nevada coming up on the calendar.
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Focus turns to Silver State |
Elko Daily Free Press
By DOUG McMURDO - Associate Editor
ELKO - When it comes to this year's presidential election, Nevada is a brand new game.
While Iowans exhale as candidates, their staffs and the vast media horde flee the Hawkeye State following Thursday's caucuses, New Hampshirites gear up for Tuesday's Round 2.
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Local Republicans and Democrats watch Iowa caucuses with interest |
 MICHAEL MARESH
January 4, 2008, 12:05 AM
Churchill County Republicans and Democrats paid close attention to Thursday night's Iowa caucus with an eye toward the state's own caucus that takes place Jan 19.
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Iowans show Nevadans how to caucus |
 By Michael J. Mishak
Published in the Sun on Jan. 4, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa — Clink! Clink! Clink!
Outside Theodore Roosevelt High School, Barack Obama volunteer Dan Egnor is hammering a steel rod into the frozen ground with little success. He’s trying to shore up a large campaign sign to compete with Hillary Clinton’s three. The ice is winning.
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Obama gathering energized by Iowa results |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Barack Obama was the only candidate to throw a party in Nevada to watch the Iowa caucus returns come in, and by the end of Thursday night it looked like a farsighted decision.
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Iowa results could shape Nevada caucuses |
Anjeanette Damon
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
January 2, 2008
For nearly a year, Democratic presidential front-runners have been building campaign organizations in Nevada to win the first nominating battle in the West.
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Democrat frontrunners make their pitches in Cedar Rapids on caucus eve |
By Michael J. Mishak
Published in the Sun on Jan. 3, 2008
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Karen Hoyt has lived in Iowa for the past 35 years, but has never until now participated in the political circus that descends upon her state every four years.
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Wherever black votes are, campaigns will follow |
By J. Patrick Coolican
Las Vegas Sun
Even on Christmas Day, the work of the caucus goes on.
So there was Pat Brown, a precinct captain for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, again trying to persuade her next-door neighbor, who'd come over for holiday cheer, to caucus for Obama. Obama is the candidate for badly needed change, she told him.
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Defiantly, 'other candidates' campaign onward |
By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun
Listen to the polls and the media, and these 20 supporters gathered at New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s Las Vegas office wasted their time Saturday. Instead of knocking on doors, they should have stayed home and played with the dog or the kids, saving time — and pride.
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Iowa results will affect Nevada |
By Erin Neff
Las Vegas Review Journal
Four years ago, you had to be a true political junkie to watch television coverage of the Iowa caucuses. Yet, there at the Tap House on West Charleston Boulevard, a crowd of fervent John Kerry supporters, many of them clad in the signature yellow T-shirts of the firefighters union, cheered wildly as Kerry "came from behind" to nab the Hawkeye title.
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FORECAST: SILVER STATE '08 |
By Jeff German
Las Vegas Sun
With O.J. Simpson's trial and the upcoming Democratic presidential caucus, Nevada will find itself in the national spotlight throughout 2008. But amid the media attention, 2008 is shaping up as a year of uncertainty, especially for the state's sputtering economy.
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POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Look to Nevada for colorful caucus sites |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Churches, schools, community centers. Bo-ring.
That's where most Iowans will gather for their presidential caucuses this Thursday, as the first votes for the nominees are finally cast. But when Nevadans caucus in less than three weeks, they'll have some cooler options.
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Will Nevada's Latino promise finally pay off? |
 By J. Patrick Coolican
When the Democratic National Committee chose Nevada to be an early presidential voting state, the group had Latino voters on the mind.
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Glover stumps for Edwards at local soul food restaurant |
By ALAN CHOATE
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Stephono Stowers went to the new location of M&M Chicken and Waffles on Saturday expecting nothing more than a tasty meal.
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got a bonus, though -- a visit from actor Danny Glover and possibly a
switch in who he's backing Jan. 19 in Nevada's presidential nominating
caucus.
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Hispanic Voter Bingo in Nevada Caucus |
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soccer team, a radio show, mock caucuses. These are just a few of the
tactics that political parties are using to woo what's become a crucial
voter segment in Nevada elections this year - the Latino vote.
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Parties Prep For Caucuses, Dems Focus On Latinos |
 Posted: Dec 28, 2007 04:02 PM
There is less than a month until the Nevada caucuses.
Both Republicans and Democrats are getting ready for the big day.
Today, they spent the day stuffing precinct folders.
For this caucus, Democrats are putting more material in their packets.
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Voters urged to show up and be included |
 By MARK WAITE
PVT
Silver State residents who want to be part of the much hyped Nevada caucus Jan. 19 only have to do one thing: show up and be counted.
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Nevada labor unions withhold endorsements as caucus approaches |
 By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
Associated Press Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The state that was intended to highlight union strength in the Democratic presidential nomination process instead is putting the spotlight on labor's largest fear: Picking the wrong horse.
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Office count for Obama in Nevada reaches 11 |
Having more than twice as many offices as any other candidate wasn't enough for presidential candidate Barack Obama. He has opened yet another one, bringing his total in the state to 11.
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Clinton campaign to air Nevada-specific TV ads |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Monday will become the first presidential candidate to air Nevada-specific television ads, with a 30-second spot that features Nevada statistics, people and issues.
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Nevada, now early in '08 calendar, needs Caucus 101 |
 By Ben Arnoldy
The DJ spins the Jackson 5's "Sugar Daddy" as grown-ups get out of their chairs to line up behind their favorite candy. Some head for Snickers, others gravitate toward Milky Way.
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Union takes caucus down to the wire |
By Michael J. Mishak
Published in the Sun on Dec. 23, 2007
With the Nevada presidential caucus less than a month away, the Culinary Union is hitting the streets to prepare its 60,000 members for perhaps the biggest political event in the state’s history. There’s only one catch: The union hasn’t settled on a candidate.
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Nevada betting caucuses will count |
 Sunday, December 23, 2007
By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
LAS VEGAS -- Nevada accepts gambling and prostitution, so it should come as no surprise to see it embrace presidential politics, which can embody elements of both.
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Prominent women back Biden |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has some well-known women on his side in Nevada.
The Delaware senator's Nevada Women for Biden Outreach Committee includes Barbara Aupperle, a former president of the state's Service Employees International Union, and Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod, a Democratic activist and daughter of former Rep. Jim Bilbray.
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Obama and Clinton hit Nevada airwaves; Edwards to follow |
By J. Patrick Coolican
Although the presidential candidates are spending the bulk of their time in Iowa and New Hampshire in the run-up to those early January contests, the Nevada campaign here has taken on a new intensity, with organization ramping up and surrogates hitting the hustings hard.
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Shaken by a friend’s death, Clinton campaigner finds his calling |
By Michael J. Mishak, Las Vegas Sun
Ryan Williams is living out of his car.
The floor mats double as a trash can, littered with Taco Bell refuse. The back seat is both clothes closet and storage locker, with easel, draft pad, clipboard and yard signs.
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Obama campaign to shift gears with holiday television ad |
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Presidential candidate Barack Obama plans to take a break from the campaign ads he has been airing and wish Nevadans a merry Christmas next week instead.
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Nevadans Catching on Quick to the Early Caucus Game |
 Las Vegas, NV – Nevadans are the new kids on the block when it comes to early presidential caucuses, but a new poll finds they’re catching on quickly. One in four Democrats now say they plan to vote in the state caucuses in Nevada and that’s only a couple points behind the number of people making similar plans in Iowa, a long-time early caucus state.
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Yale second to Obama for one law student |
By J. Patrick Coolican
Published in the Sun on Dec. 20, 2007
The wall calendar in Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s North Las Vegas field office has a curious word scribbled on Jan. 21, which is two days after the presidential caucus in Nevada.
“Property.”
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Nevada caucuses a month away |
 by Kurt Hildebrand
A month from today, an estimated 3,000 Douglas County Republicans and Democrats will gather to make their preferences for president known, as Nevada follows Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan and Wyoming in picking who will run for president in November.
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Split results could enhance caucuses |
Guy Clifton
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
December 18, 2007
With Nevada’s fledgling caucuses a month away, state Democrat and Republican party officials are hoping for a good turnout from voters and anticipating visits from presidential candidates in the days before Jan. 19.
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Nevada Democratic Party Reaches Out to Hispanic Voters |
Chris Saldana, Reporter
The Nevada Democratic Party is hoping a mega campaign reaching out to the Latino community will get this growing minority group involved in the January caucus.
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Political stars go knocking, door after door after door |
By Michael J. Mishak, J. Patrick Coolican and David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun
As the leading Democratic presidential campaigns hit the pavement over the weekend to convince and lock down supporters in the run-up to Nevada’s third-in-the-nation caucus, the race took on a new sense of urgency — with perhaps no candidate feeling the pressure more than New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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Dems to debate in Las Vegas again |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Get ready for Debate Night in Las Vegas all over again, only bigger.
The Democratic presidential candidates' debate a month ago brought swarms of attention to Nevada and its first-time early nominating caucus. A month from now, it will happen again.
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New local Democratic Club conducts inaugural meeting |
STAFF REPORT
Last week, local precinct captains seeking to form a Democrats group in south Lyon County conducted a first meeting of the as-yet unnamed group, where visitors could enjoy a lunch, participate in a holiday food drive and hear information from three speakers.
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Making last-minute moves count: Presidential campaigns beef up as Jan. 19 approaches |
By J. Patrick Coolican
Published in the Sun on Dec. 13, 2007
If the long run of this presidential campaign has been a giant chess match, it’s now speed chess, with the Iowa caucus about three weeks away and Nevada two weeks after that.
Every day the candidates are making strategic choices. On Wednesday, the three major Democratic candidates offered up more offices, more staff and a practice run.
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Obama set to open more Nevada offices |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign, which already had the most locations in Nevada, is opening three more offices in the state for a total of 10.
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Clinton campaign to air 'New Beginning' TV ad |
By PAUL HARASIM
REVIEW-JOURNAL
When you turn on your TV, don't be surprised if you see Hillary Clinton talking about the need for a new beginning.
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Lawmaker backs Richardson |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Assemblyman Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, announced Monday he is supporting Bill Richardson for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Obama pledges tax breaks to help people save at Vegas roundtable |
By RYAN NAKASHIMA
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A roundtable discussion with Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on retirement security morphed Monday into a talk about the participants' myriad other economic problems, from mortgage woes to escalating health care costs.
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PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS: Obama face time |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
For about 45 minutes Monday, Dan Martinez was literally the right-hand man of the candidate he hopes will be the next president.
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Kucinich campaigns for husband |
By MARK WAITE
Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D.-Ohio, said voters in the January caucus really need a choice between the Democratic and Republican candidate.
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Kucinich addresses many issues at Reno rally |
JAMES BALL
Touching on issues ranging from Yucca Mountain to the Patriot Act and the war in Iraq, presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich spoke to a crowd of several hundred people in Reno Saturday.
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Richardson, Democrats coach Hispanic audience on caucus politics |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- "Enero 19, Sabado."
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week, billboards will go up advertising the caucus vote on Saturday,
Jan. 19, reminding Hispanics to participate in the Democratic
presidential nomination.
Starting Thursday, the party also will go on the air with Spanish radio ads.
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Richardson doesn't have to share the spotlight in Nevada |
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- While his rivals jockeyed for the spotlight in Iowa, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson had the stage to himself on Saturday at a caucus-training event in an Hispanic neighborhood in Las Vegas.
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Democrats rush, rush, rush for commitments from caucusgoers |
By J. Patrick Coolican
While Americans gawked at Oprah Winfrey’s embrace in other early presidential primary states of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic campaigns in Nevada continued working furiously, if often out of public view.
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Democrats address a Nevada issue: Foreclosures |
By Michael J. Mishak
The Democratic presidential candidates, reluctant to embrace Western issues as they campaign here, are now addressing the one subject that is hitting harder in Nevada than in any other state: the subprime mortgage crisis.
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Four pols a-promising, three pollsters polling, two unions endorsing ... |
ERIN NEFF
Most thoughts these days are on the 12 days of Christmas, but mine are on the 11 days of the caucus.
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Richardson speaks during NLV mock caucus |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Everything was in Spanish at a Democratic political education event Saturday, including the presidential candidate who came to address the gathering.
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By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Democrat Barack Obama will become the first presidential candidate to advertise on Nevada television in this election, his campaign announced Friday.
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Nevada’s rise to Division I in caucuses |
By Jon Ralston, Sun Columnist
Published in the Sun on Dec. 05, 2007
Like Appalachian State stripping the Michigan Wolverines of their dignity on opening day, the Democratic National Committee last weekend executed the political equivalent, cementing the importance of The Little Caucus That Could.
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New local Democratic Club conducts inaugural meeting |
STAFF REPORT
Local precinct captains seeking to form a Democrats group in south Lyon County conducted a first meeting of the as-yet unnamed group on Tuesday where visitors could enjoy a lunch, participate in a holiday food drive and hear information from three speakers.
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Clinton, Richardson tackle foreclosures |
ANJEANETTE DAMON
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
With Nevada leading the nation in home foreclosures, two Democratic presidential candidates used the national campaign trail today to call for immediate action to curb the crisis.
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Party, campaigns teach Democrats how to caucus |
By J. Patrick Coolican and Michael J. Mishak, Las Vegas Sun
A group of four Democrats had gathered inside a tidy mobile home in Las Vegas last week to hear about something called a caucus.
Ryan Donohue, a field operative for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, made a pitch for the candidate and relayed some basic information about the contest.
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Local Republicans, Democrats seek to educate public about caucuses |
MICHAEL MARESH
Educating people about the caucus process is the challenge local Republicans and Democrats are facing.
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Dems focus on historically strong Vegas precinct |
ANJEANETTE DAMON
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
On the edge of a downtown entertainment district trying desperately to gentrify itself is a 1950s subdivision of flat-roofed homes.
There live the voters who have made Nevada a major player in the presidential race.
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It takes a certain type to run a caucus |
By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun
When you need to find 1,754 Nevadans to lead caucus meetings come January, it’s a good idea to start with someone who was at the head of the high school marching band, organized freshman orientation at college, and brims with civic enthusiasm when the jury summons arrives.
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Reshuffled Primaries Have Candidates Betting on Nevada |
The Jewish Daily Forward
By Jennifer Siegel
When it comes to presidential primaries, Jewish Americans have generally found themselves sitting on the sidelines in such late-voting states as New York, New Jersey and California. This year, due to the reshuffling of the primary calendar, the community has the potential to have an impact in at least one key battleground state.
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The Nevada caucuses, which began as a Democratic Party project, were supposed to elevate Western issues in the debates over who should win the presidential nomination. Nevada Republicans joined the Democrats in moving their caucuses back to January, but neither journalists nor the party’s candidates have given much attention to the state’s issues. Reporters tend to ask about Yucca Mountain and stop there.
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Is Nevada More Important? |
 Posted by REID WILSON
This reporter hypothesized yesterday that, thanks to the brief window between Iowa and New Hampshire and some Democratic candidates' promises not to campaign in Michigan (despite the state legislature's move to force every candidate onto the ballot), Nevada has finally become important.
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'Nevada Caucus 101' begins |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
The presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton plans to begin holding dozens of meetings across Nevada to help Democrats understand what they're in for on Jan. 19.
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Pizzas explain political process |
By PAUL HARASIM
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Caitlin Stolworthy says she has heard the admonition from schoolteachers for as long as she can remember: If you're old enough to vote and don't, you really have no right to complain about government decisions you don't like.
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When “only 33 percent” isn’t so bad |
By Michael Mishak · November 26th, 2007 ·
The Reno Gazette-Journal has a new poll, on the heels of this month’s Democratic debate, showing “only” 33 percent of those surveyed said they would definitely or probably attend their party’s caucus, while 39 percent said they may not or will not participate.
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Finally, Nevada Finds Its Moment |
By
Reid Wilson
When New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner announced last
week that his state would hold its traditional first in the nation
primary on January 8, virtually audible sighs of relief came from
campaigns that, until then, had been shockingly unsure of the calendar
under which they would have to compete for their party's presidential
nominations. And while Gardner's move was expected, simply seeing an
official order of states must have been a relief.
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Nevada's key role in Democratic presidential nomination process |
 Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer
Las Vegas -- Dan Carbone has seen the strippers, the dancers and the showgirls come and go in his shop - and today's he's watching Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards do the same.
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Being the third caucus state might be a good thing |
By Michael Mishak
So New Hampshire today finally weighed in on its caucus date, pushing Nevada to No. 3 on the Democratic nomination calendar.
New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner said this afternoon that the Granite State will hold its presidential primaries on Jan. 8, five days after the Iowa caucuses. The Nevada caucuses — both Democratic and Republican — will be held Jan. 19.
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Democratic Debate Generates Political Energy at UNLV |
Edward Lawrence, Reporter
Thursday night's democratic debate is not only creating a lot of political energy at UNLV, but also across the state.
Nevada democrats moved their caucus up to Jan. 19, the second one in the nation. For candidates, that increases the importance of a win in the Silver State.
All seven democratic candidates for president came to UNLV to talk about the issues and to separate themselves from the pack.
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POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Parties don't regret hours spent in caucus building |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if tens of thousands of people do not show up at the Democratic and Republican caucuses on Jan. 19, the parties will have failed.
But why?
While the Nevada Democratic Party and the Nevada Republican Party have taken on substantial responsibility for raising awareness and encouraging participation in the first-time event among their partisans, it's not really their job.
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Politicians get close, personal |
By PAUL HARASIM
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Friends and family of Lori Spielberg have long known how multiple sclerosis has crippled her both physically and financially. Since October, the leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination has also known.
How did Sen. Hillary Clinton find out?
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Las Vegas debate nets highest viewership for a primary debate—ever |
 By Joseph K. Cooper
Over 4 million people tuned in to last night’s Democratic presidential debate held at UNLV, hosted by CNN. That audience was three quarters of a million more viewers than the previously most-watched debate, 2004’s “You Decide” Democratic debate hosted by FoxNews, and more than 800,000 more viewers than the most-watched debate of this election cycle, FoxNews’ Sep. 5 New Hampshire Republican Debate.
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Dems try to raise their odds |
 By Susan Greene
The Denver Post
LAS VEGAS — "What happens here, stays here."
Western Democrats hope the slogan that has boosted business on the Las Vegas Strip doesn't ring true in the race for the American presidency.
Nevada's caucuses on Jan. 19 position the state as a likely third in the national lineup and relevant for the first time in presidential politics.
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Clinton touts renewable energy in Fernley |
MARTIN GRIFFITH
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
FERNLEY (AP) — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton put the spotlight on a key Western issue Friday night, saying the region can help lead the nation in the development of renewable energy.
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With debate, Nevada gets its 15 minutes |
By Jeff German and Steve Kanigher
Las Vegas Sun
You knew there would be a few cheap shots and cliched one-liners about the gambling, the gangsters and the other things that long have made Las Vegas such an easy target, wrapped around endless variations on the city's famous "What happens here ... " marketing slogan - and there were.
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Clinton, Obama flex different sets of muscles in Nevada |
By Tony Cook and J. Patrick Coolican
Las Vegas Sun
While the cameras clicked and flashed at the candidates, and onlookers gawked at CNN anchors in the parking lot before Thursday's debate, the two leading campaigns engaged in an organizational dry run, a rough draft for what's to come when Democrats caucus Jan. 19.
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Edwards addresses war strategy, corporate corruption |
 BY LISA STILLER
Like many of the approximately 800 people who flocked to Hug High School to hear presidential candidate John Edwards speak on Sunday, Sparks resident Jeannie Smith said she was “entirely undecided” for whom she was voting.
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PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS: Caucus fever heats up |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Thursday night's big Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas might have felt like a culmination, but for the Nevada caucuses, it's just the beginning.
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GET READY: THE PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUSES, JAN. 19 |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
In just two months, Nevadans will have more influence than ever before on the selection of the Democratic and Republican nominees for the 2008 presidential election. The Nevada caucuses scheduled for Jan. 19 come before most other states will have voted. The eyes of the nation will be on Nevada for a reason other than O.J., slot machines or Siegfried & Roy -- although even the former Strip entertainers have gotten into the act, endorsing Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
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Nevada a microcosm of fight for West |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
The Nevada caucuses were born out of resentment.
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., looked at Iowa and thought, why do they get all the attention?
Why does that little state, overwhelmingly white and rural, get such a big say in determining America's choices in presidential elections?
Why couldn't another state share the job?
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NEVADA CAUCUS: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
Q: WHAT'S A CAUCUS? HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM A PRIMARY?
A: A primary is an election: You go to a polling place and vote by secret ballot. You can go whenever you want on Election Day or even during the early voting period, or vote by absentee ballot. A caucus is a neighborhood meeting. You have to be at your caucus site at a certain time on Jan. 19, and there is no early or absentee voting. The idea behind a caucus is to have a conversation among neighbors.
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Nevada takes center stage |
By Michael J. Mishak, Las Vegas Sun
The latest stage in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination effectively ended in a draw Thursday night as Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards came out aggressively against front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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FACEOFF IN THE SILVER STATE: Clinton strikes back |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
As expected, Sen. Hillary Clinton's rivals once again came out swinging at Thursday night's Democratic debate, but this time, Clinton swung back.
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West will soon overtake the U.S. heartland as bellwether, scholars say |
By Joe Schoenmann
Published in the Sun on Nov. 15, 2007
Las Vegas and much of the Intermountain West will supplant the Midwest as the nation’s heartland over the next four decades as growth brings the region a diverse population, a thriving economy and political clout, according to the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, D.C.
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Edwards campaign strong upstate |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
A new endorsement, a new office and an upcoming visit have Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' campaign crowing about its strength in Northern Nevada.
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Reid, Salazar predict West will play key role in presidential race |
 WASHINGTON (CNN)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, and Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colorado, predicted Tuesday that Western states will play a critical role in electing the next president.
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Democrats hoping to hit the union jackpot |
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN)
The key to winning the Nevada Democratic caucuses could hinge on the endorsement of a powerful Silver State union that represents 60,000 people who work in the state’s casinos.
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Nevada has more Democrats |
By Wally Edge
PolitickerNV.com
The Las Vegas Sun reported Thursday that Nevada Democrats have finally registered more voters in Nevada than Republicans. Not since 1992 has Nevada been Democrat. D's outnumber R's by 2,800 active voters out of 1,033,569 total active voters. That's a very slim margin indeed, but there are many factors at play here.
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Strong turnout for Henderson “Mockus” |
By Joseph K. Cooper
PolitickerNV.com
Working to educate voters ahead of the January 19th Nevada Caucus, the Henderson Democratic Club hosted a mock caucus Wednesday at the Painter’s Union Hall in Henderson. Ellen Barre Spiegel, president of the Henderson Democratic club, said more than seventy people attended and was excited by the turnout.
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Democratic Debate Breakfast Held to Invigorate The Hispanic Vote |
Chris Saldaña, Reporter
The nationally televised Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas is les than a week away on Thursday, Nov. 15. As candidates stump for supporters, the push is heating up for the Hispanic vote.
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Group with health care focus holds mock caucuses |
RENO -- A group advocating affordable health care for all is traveling the state to tell voters about Nevada's presidential caucuses and encourage them to press candidates to make health care reform a priority.
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Democrats edge out GOP among Nevada voters |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Democrats now have 8,600 more registered voters in Nevada than Republicans, doubling the edge they held in September and building on the edge they first gained in April, according to state election data.
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Obama outlines rural Nevada plan |
By MOLLY BALL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he does not support mining reform legislation that recently passed the House of Representatives and would work to find a compromise that is more friendly to the mining industry.
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