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Good morning, everyone. You can see the number in this newsletter, and it is stunning: Exactly six months from today, Nevada will hold its primary election, nominating candidates who could change the course of history. (Flair for the dramatic in case you haven’t had coffee and need a jolt.) Sue Lowden or Mark Hutchison? What about a slew of supposedly conservative challengers in legislative races? You notice also that these primaries are all on the GOP side. We will know in exactly six months...
Good morning, everyone. My first Flash sent from my new digs in Summerlin. I feel like a dyslexic George Jefferson – movin’ on up to the West side! I will miss the people of Green Valley – they were of good stock, hale and hearty, always ready to lend a helping hand. But it became time to seek my manifest destiny after a decade and a half in the East, so leave I must to settle far, far from where I was. (As for the move, yes, it was hell. But an ankle injury appears to be the only adverse...
      TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 87 DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 186 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 333       Good morning, everyone. The death of such a towering figure as Nelson Mandela tends to overwhelm all news (unless, of course, you are the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which kept a family court judge’s sordid scandal at the top of the page – I kid you not)....
Good morning, everyone. I grew up in Buffalo, NY. I went to grad school in Ann Arbor, MI. I know cold. I know the Lake Effect. But if there is any doubt I am a Nevadan through and through after nearly three decades, my shivering bones in 45 degree weather say it all. I do not like this weather. I have become a wimp. This is clear. You know what warms me up, though? The prospect of an unpredictable Nevada political dynamic. And that’s what we are on the eve of, dear Flashees, with the campaign...
      TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: We'll see. DAYS UNTIL FILING FOR OFFICE OPENS IN 2014: 89 DAYS UNTIL PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 2014: 188 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 335       Good morning, everyone. So the Republicans have found their2014 bogeyman, and he is ours: Prince Harry. The “dictator” and the “bully” of the Senate, the man who pushed through Obamacare and the nuclear option, will be all over TV screens in key states across the country...
Will Sue Lowden have her Senate debt paid off by the time filing opens? Primary tabs View Edit Outline Results(active tab) Votes No   84% (129 votes) Yes   15% (23 votes) Total votes: 152  

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