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Dem Incumbent Surges To +7 In Nevada US Senate Poll

USA Today reports: In Nevada, incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto leads her Republican opponent, Adam Laxalt, by seven percentage points (45%-38%), according to a new poll conducted by Suffolk University and the Reno Gazette-Journal. Cortez Masto’s latest polling numbers are a significant voter swing in her favor. In April, in a hypothetical matchup prior to winning the Nevada Republican …

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QAnon NV Gov Candidate Sues After Losing Primary

The Nevada Independent reports: Attorney Joey Gilbert has filed an election contest lawsuit after initial results, and then a subsequent recount made at his request, showed he lost the Republican governor primary by about 26,000 votes to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo. Robert Beadles, a cryptocurrency millionaire and activist who funded the recount, wrote on his website that the lawsuit …

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FBI Seizes NV GOP Chair’s Phone In Fake Electors Probe

Las Vegas’s CBS affiliate reports: FBI agents served a search warrant Wednesday on Nevada’s top GOP official, sources told the 8 News Now I-Team’s George Knapp. Agents seized the cell phone of state Republican chairman Michael McDonald, reportedly as part of an investigation into the fake elector scheme initiated at the end of the 2020 presidential election. The Nevada Republican …

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QAnon Nutbag Wins Nevada GOP Sec Of State Primary

NPR reports: Jim Marchant, a former Nevada state lawmaker who has made Donald Trump’s baseless claims about fraud in the 2020 election a cornerstone of his own campaign, is the Republican nominee to oversee voting in the swing state, according to a race call by The Associated Press. Marchant becomes the latest election-denying GOP candidate to take a step closer …

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Trump Pick Joe Lombardo Wins Nevada Gov Primary

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo emerged from a crowded field of candidates vying for the Republican nomination for Nevada governor, leading with more than 40 percent of the votes that had been counted as of Tuesday night. Lombardo’s closest rival, Reno attorney Joey Gilbert, had 26 percent of the vote, according to statewide results posted …

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Trump Pick Adam Laxalt Wins Nevada Senate Primary

NBC News reports: Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt has won the state’s Republican Senate primary, NBC News projects, fending off a late challenge from retired Army Capt. Sam Brown. Laxalt, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, had 56 percent of the vote just after 1 a.m. ET, while Brown, whose prospects had risen in recent weeks amid …

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Trumpworld Floods Nevada To Boost Senate Candidate

NBC News reports: Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt served as a fierce foot soldier in former President Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 election results. Now, he’s getting rewarded for that loyalty. In the closing days before Tuesday’s Republican U.S. Senate primary, the Trump cavalry has arrived. Friday night, Donald Trump Jr. holds a rally for Laxalt in …

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Nevada Pastor Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Inmate

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: A pastor at a women’s prison in Las Vegas has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate, according to police and court records. Donald Burse, 55, was booked at the Clark County Detention Center on May 24. Court records show the Nevada attorney general’s office has filed two felony counts against Burse of sexual abuse …

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Las Vegas Chapels Ordered To Stop Depicting Elvis

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: Elvis might be leaving the buildings. The company that lords over the King’s image and likeness is cracking down on Las Vegas chapels that book Elvis-themed weddings and otherwise embrace his persona. Authentic Brands Group (ABG), which licenses Elvis Presley-related merchandise, has issued a cease-and-desist letter dated May 19 to several Las Vegas chapels. “This …

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Las Vegas Newspaper: Every Republican Candidate For Nevada Governor Is “An Active Threat To Democracy”

From the editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun: No one knows better than Nevadans when it’s time to put our cards on the table. The Editorial Board, and Nevadans as a whole, are facing an agonizing problem. We have endorsed Republicans in the past and might do so again in the future. Yet as we survey the field of …

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Trump Endorses Clark County Sheriff For Nevada Gov

The Nevada Independent reports: Former President Donald Trump is endorsing Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo for governor, giving the candidate a significant leg up over Nevada’s crowded pool of Republican gubernatorial candidates with less than two months to go until the June 14 primary election. In his endorsement message late Wednesday, Trump wrote that Lombardo, who was already considered the …

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Nevada School Board Candidate: The US Constitution Commands Procreation, Therefore Being Gay Is Illegal

“I believe the Constitution. I believe in the way our founding fathers believed in this country: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That means that homosexuals cannot procreate. This goes against our Constitution. “This goes against what parents want in the school district, and this is only one book out of thousands.” – Clark County, Nevada school board candidate …

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Anti-Vax Men Threaten Dem Nevada Governor: “We Should String You Up Right Now, Pussy Boy” [VIDEO]

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: A video obtained Sunday night by the Las Vegas Review-Journal shows Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and first lady Kathy Sisolak being accosted by at least two men at a Las Vegas restaurant. “I can’t tell you what a piece of fucking shit you are,” one man says. “Sorry to hear that,” Sisolak says, stepping away. …

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Nevada County Renames Courthouse For Famous Liar

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: A rural Nevada county has renamed its justice complex after former President Donald J. Trump. About 50 people attended the formal dedication of the Donald J. Trump Justice Complex in Yerington on Saturday, Lyon County Manager Jeff Page said. The complex, which opened in 2013, houses the sheriff’s office, jail, Third Judicial District Court and …

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Cultist Charged With Death Threats To Election Worker

From the Justice Department: A Nevada man made his initial appearance in federal court today for allegedly making multiple threatening phone calls to an election worker in the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office. Gjergi Luke Juncaj, aka Gjergj Juncaj, aka Gjurgi Juncaj, aka George Juncaj, 50, of Las Vegas, was arrested by the FBI yesterday in Las Vegas. According to …

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GOP Nevada Gov Candidate Runs Ads In Palm Beach

The Associated Press reports: In a campaign ad, Nevada gubernatorial candidate Michele Fiore steps out of a Ford F-150 with a handgun holstered on her hip and tells viewers she was one of the first elected officials to endorse Donald Trump in the lead-up to the 2016 election. “You better believe I was attacked for it,” Fiore says, affirming her …

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Nevada GOP Sent Fake Docs Declaring Trump Winner

Las Vegas’s CBS News affiliate reports: The Nevada Republican Party sent the federal government documentation certifying the election for former President Donald Trump, even though the state’s real electors for President Joe Biden had already done the same, documents obtained by the 8 News Now I-Team indicate. The certificate, which looks much different than the official state one, reads, “We, …

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Court Rejects Challenge To NV School Mask Mandate

The Hill reports: A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit from two Nevada parents seeking to challenge the state’s public school mask mandate, saying in her ruling that parents did not have the constitutional right to dictate school policies. In their lawsuit filed in August, two Nevada parents claimed that the mask mandate, as well as their exclusion from …

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O.J. Simpson Granted Early Release From Parole

ABC News reports: O.J. Simpson is a free man. The 74-year-old former football hero and actor, acquitted California murder defendant and convicted Las Vegas armed robber was granted good behavior credits and discharged from parole effective Dec. 1, Nevada State Police spokeswoman Kim Yoko Smith said Tuesday. “Mr. Simpson is a completely free man now,” said Malcolm LaVergne, Simpson’s lawyer …

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Insurance Surcharge For Unvaxxed NV State Workers

The Associated Press reports: Nevada will be the first state to charge state workers enrolled in public employee health insurance plans a surcharge if they aren’t vaccinated. The state Public Employees’ Benefit Program Board voted on Thursday to charge unvaccinated workers up to $55 per month to offset the costs of testing those who haven’t gotten shots are required to …

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