Election 2022
McConnell rebukes RNC for saying Jan. 6 attack was ‘legitimate political discourse’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the Republican National Committee erred in censuring two House GOP lawmakers for joining the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The Kentucky Republican rebuked the RNC for referring to the riot as “legitimate political discourse” in the censure resolution. McConnell said […]
Proposed ballot measures would repeal all-mail ballots, create voter ID requirement
A pair of proposed ballot measures filed Friday seeks to undo voting laws implemented by Nevada Democrats in recent years. North Las Vegas resident David Gibbs has filed two proposed ballot measures with the Nevada Secretary of State. The first proposes to amend the state constitution to require photo identification at physical polling places and […]
Mining’s supporters should be thanking, not blasting Cortez Masto
Demar Dahl is a Republican rancher in Elko County who served on the county commission through 2020 before he was termed out. Last week he wrote a guest column in the Elko Daily Free Press praising Adam Laxalt and scorning Catherine Cortez Masto. I know what you’re thinking: So what? Here’s what. Dahl got a […]
Debate crowd cheers Fiore and Gilbert, jeers Heller
Republican gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Sen. Dean Heller tried to hit all the right notes at a Republican debate Thursday night among eight candidates for governor, but his repeated pitch that he’s the only true conservative in the race fell flat, cut off each time by a chorus of jeers and boos from naysayers […]
Gubernatorial hopeful Joey Gilbert: No regrets about Jan. 6
Joey Gilbert, the Reno attorney who wants to be the Republican choice for governor this year, says one of his opponents, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, refuses to talk about issues and is declining opportunities to debate, including one Thursday night in Reno. Lombardo has also turned down Gilbert’s invitation to debate later this month […]
Civil rights group, former lawmaker speak on bringing change to DA’s office
The deaths of Byron Williams, who died in police custody, and Jorge Gomez, who was fatally shot by officers, are still felt by the community and will most likely cast a shadow over the 2022 race for Clark County District Attorney. Both deaths, as well as the role District Attorney Steve Wolfson played in handling […]
Adam Laxalt, Trumpism and the Big Lie: A chronology
There are policy disagreements. There are campaign talking points. Then, there’s the Big Lie. Republicans have long pushed voter restriction laws and made dubious claims about voter fraud, but in the Trump era those flirtations escalated into the full-on conspiracy known as the Big Lie: the baseless allegation that widespread voter fraud has occurred in […]