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Truckee Meadows Community College political science professor Fred Lokken will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon. Prof. Lokken will give his expert analysis of the recent midterm election and look ahead to the lame duck session of congress, the 2023 legislative session, and prospects for 2024, including the possibility of Nevada hosting the first in the nation presidential primary.

Truckee Meadows Community College political science professor Fred Lokken will be the featured speaker at Monday's Democratic tele-luncheon. Prof. Lokken's presentation will include insights into the prospects for passage of physical and social infrastructure bills currently stalled in the US Senate, as well as the status of on-going attempts to entrench minority rule in state legislatures and the House of Representatives through district map gerrymandering and voter suppression laws.

The featured speaker at Monday's Democratic tele-luncheon will be Elliott Parker, PhD, Economics professor at the University of Nevada-Reno and Nevada's Second Gentleman. His presentation, on the subject of budget deficits and public debt, will explore the issue of when reliance upon deficit spending to finance public sector investments is warranted and prudent, and how increases in levels of accumulated government debt affects interest rates and perceptions of national credit worthiness.

Featured speaker at Monday's Democratic tele-luncheon will be Elliott Parker, PhD, Economics professor at the University of Nevada-Reno and Nevada's Second Gentleman.