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Harry Reid proxy battle in CD-1

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Who does U.S. Sen. Harry Reid support in the 1st Congressional District contest between former Rep. Dina Titus and state Sen. Ruben Kihuen?Officially, of course, the answer is nobody. Reid has said he's officially neutral in that contest, as well as all the other Democratic primary fight in the 4th

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So, let’s talk race here for a second

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

There's no getting around the racial dynamics developing in the 1st Congressional District. Dina Titus, a white woman, is running in a Democratic primary against Ruben Kihuen, a Hispanic man. And today, the day Titus announced her campaign at a senior center named in her honor, Kihuen held a news

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They’re so alike! Kind of. A 1st District campaign guide

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Nevada Democrats are sad that, despite getting handed some serious early Christmas gifts in the form of those redistricting maps, they're going to have to watch a down-and-dirty primary in the 1st Congressional District between former Congresswoman Dina Titus and state Sen. Ruben Kihuen.Already, progressive and Hispanic leaders have

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An election message?

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

In U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's speech to the Project New West summit this morning, he made a point of thanking one particular ethnic group for his lofty perch in government: Hispanics.Reid said he persevered when others asked him why he was working with a community that sometimes fails

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Titus is back, baby

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Coming as a surprise to no one, former Rep. Dina Titus announced Monday on Face to Face with Jon Ralston that she will seek to return to Congress in 2012.Titus had cleared the decks for another bid, resigning from her job at UNLV, where she'd worked for 34 years, and

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And they’re off!

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Just a couple days after I praised them for not running from one of the Democratic Party's biggest accomplishments in the past year -- health care reform -- Nevada's two Democratic congresswomen laced up the sneakers and took off like Flo Jo on another issue -- tax cuts. U.S. Reps.

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The end of Yucca as we know it?

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Yucca Mountain has been declared dead more often than Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Meyers and John Travola's

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Is that her professional opinion?

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

The Democrats lose one election, and suddenly they're at each other's throats with a viciousness seldom deployed against rival Republicans. But even amidst the anger, recriminations and obvious fear about what will happen in November, there's some truth.Take, for example, Politico's story today that quotes Congresswoman Dina Titus saying

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