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If a candidate wanted to run for a prominent office and that person were a Muslim, in this Trumpian world, wouldn’t you advise the prospective officeholder of the attacks that would come?
That was the situation last August when Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid met with Jesse Sbaih, a Jordanian immigrant and successful lawyer who had announced he was running for GOP Rep. Joe Heck’s congressional seat, a key swing district and national Democratic target. At the time, Reid was desperately...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week:
1. Stadium wars
2. Likely legislative leadership in ‘17
3. Rank most to least likely:
NFL team in Vegas
DOI Secretary Sandoval
Congresswoman Jacky Rosen
Speaker Paul Anderson
4. Smartest-dumbest moves of the week
Provocative stuff, as always, from my insiders, got me to thinking about:
Special for solar or special for Sheldon or special for neither? Former seems dicey, latter seems dicier. And UNLV hooking up with Sands vs. the world could be interesting...
Congressional hopeful Michael Roberson has responded to a complaint filed by a friend of one of his opponents, claiming that he has done nothing wrong and insisting the complaint itself is deficient.
In his response, Roberson says allegations about a network of PACs tied to him are not similar to a 2010 case involving then-gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid, who was forced to pay a $25,000 fine after erecting dozens of phony PACs. Reid used the PACs to circumvent campaign contribution limits to...
A new poll paid for by Sheldon Adelson not only shows where voters are on various issues -- for marijuana legalization, split on the U.S. Senate race and much more -- but it provides an excellent and comprehensive blueprint of what the casino mogul really cares about: Gutting the convention authority and the power company monopoly, building a stadium and stopping the pot initiative.
The full poll is below -- and it is very unusual for a company to allow such in-depth strategic questions to be...
On the eve of the latest battle between Las Vegas Sands and MGM Resorts (and other gamers) over whether to expand the convention center or build a stadium (to house the Raiders?), MGM is poised to release a poll that bolsters its case.
The polling memo, which you can see below, is being released a day before the meeting of the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee, which will consider the Sands proposal. The findings distilled:
A commanding majority of Nevadans support a proposal to...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week:
1.End of filing thoughts? What surprised or didn't? What changed or didn't in any major races?
2. Post-filing baselines:
U.S. Senate
CD3
CD4
State Senate
Assembly
3. Smartest-dumbest moves of the week
Like the beginning of the NCAA tournament, the field is finally set, we know what the matchups are (unless someone withdraws) and we can set the odds. Here are my thoughts, followed by my insiders:
►U.S. Senate: Moves from toss-up to slight lean D as Sharron...
Ex-Speaker John Oceguera's announcement Wednesday that he would not file for Congress may not be especially surprising, considering he had no natural base and slim dollars compared to state Sen. Ruben Kihuen and education activist Susie Lee.
But his departure, I've learned, gives a window into the state of the race and indicates that Lucy Flores, the ex-assemblywoman who lost a statewide race in 2014, retains name recognition no one else has (enduring truism: no one knows who legislators are) ...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his cousin, SolarCity chief Lyndon Rive, hosted a small group of lawmakers at the Northern Nevada gigafactory on Wednesday evening to talk about unlocking the power of renewables in Nevada.
Venture capitalist Nancy Pfund, who has invested in renewables, also was expected at the event at the still-under-construction sprawling complex not far from Reno. The governor's economic development czar, Steve Hill, also was supposed to be there -- Gov. Brian Sandoval and Lt. Gov....
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week:
1. CD3 and CD4 updates
2. Smartest-dumbest moves of the week
Some of my insiders actually think Michele Fiore has a chance in CD3 (I don't) and that Moose is not an endangered species in CD4 (I don't). But what if I am wrong? That seems....inconceivable.
Good stuff, as always, from my group:
►Classic: Not sure it's the smartest or dumbest, but the beat news of the week is Fiore for Congress. In the best case she loses and is out of office, in the worse...