Early voting in Nevada begins Saturday, and dozens of state and federal candidates are scrambling to get their message out to voters.
Congressional District 3 candidates
Rep. Jacky Rosen was one of four top-ticket candidates to speak and answer questions at the Jewish temple in Las Vegas. She was joined by Democrat Susie Lee and Republican Danny Tarkanian — both vying to replace her in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District — and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak.
From a former presidential candidate to the president’s oldest son, businessman Danny Tarkanian has called on some of the biggest names in politics and entertainment to boost his congressional campaign.
The midterm elections are less than two months away, and outside groups are ramping up their spending efforts in Nevada in hopes of influencing Silver State voters when they head to the polls.
Republicans in Nevada have made California the boogeyman of the 2018 midterm elections, stoking fears that if Democrats win in November they will turn the Silver State into the Golden State.
The panel, comprised of a dozen voters from various backgrounds, age groups, occupations and political parties, met for a third time to discuss election issues. The newspaper invited 10 candidates to speak with the panelists, but Tarkanian, a Republican businessman, was the only candidate who showed up.
Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday threw his support behind three Nevada Democrats running for U.S Senate and Congress as part of his “first wave” of midterm endorsements.
Congressional candidate Danny Tarkanian is demanding his opponent retract claims that he “set up telemarketing scams” and took a $16 million taxpayer bailout in a scathing cease-and-desist letter.
Nevada congressional candidates Susie Lee and Danny Tarkanian, who are vying to replace Rep. Jacky Rosen in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, sparred over debate terms and ultimately rejected each other’s ideas.
The money race in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District is much closer thanks to drastically different spending patterns between the two major party candidates.
In a move that signals National Republicans’ sharp focus on Nevada, the National Republican Congressional Committee added GOP candidates Danny Tarkanian and Cresent Hardy to the final round of its “Young Guns” program.
Nevada congressional representatives as well as candidates running for key offices weighed in on the issue of children of undocumented immigrants being separated from their parents as part of the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” crackdown on immigration.
Democrat Susie Lee and Republican Danny Tarkanian appear to be headed for a November showdown in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, one of the state’s most competitive federal districts.
Twenty-one candidates are vying to replace U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen, who represents Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District and is leaving the House to run for the Senate.
Republicans Adam Laxalt, Danny Tarkanian and Wes Duncan kicked off two get-out-the-vote events Wednesday in Las Vegas, but their efforts were greeted by protesters who swarmed the coffee shop where they gathered.