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Elizabeth Warren presidential campaign to open Carson City office

Event Date: 
December 14, 2019 - 2:00pm

Following Elizabeth Warren’s trip to Northern Nevada for a Reno town hall on Tuesday, Nevada for Warren will open its latest field office in Carson City on Saturday, Dec. 14. This will be the Warren campaign's ninth announced office across the Silver State.

Joe Biden's campaign in the spotlight at Monday's Carson City Democratic luncheon

Event Date: 
December 9, 2019 - 11:30am

Featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Alysia Peters, Northern Nevada Political Director for the Biden for President campaign. Following her presentation, she will field questions from Democrats still undecided ahead of February's precinct caucuses.

Events around Carson City for Monday, Dec. 2

With Thanksgiving leftovers winding down, we're winding up to the second day in December and the first day of the work week ahead, with activities lined up through the weekend. For Monday, activities around the capital city include a free yoga class offered through Partnership Carson City, a discussion on the Tom Steyer campaign hosted by the Carson City Democratic Men's Club, art events and more. If you are driving, do be careful out there. For weather-related travel and road updates see NVroads.com.

Tom Steyer campaign featured at Monday's Carson City Democratic luncheon

Event Date: 
December 2, 2019 - 11:30am

Featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Kennan Peterson, regional organizer for the Tom Steyer presidential campaign. In 2013 he finished his degree in Political Science and International Relations at Beloit College in Beloit Wisconsin, his hometown. In the summer of 2014, he was hired as a field organizer for the Wisconsin Democrats' mid-term coordinated campaign.

Events around Carson City for Monday, Nov. 25

Enjoy any sunshine Monday as our first significant snow storm of the season is ahead this Thanksgiving holiday week. Activities and happenings on the first day of the work week, Nov. 25, 2019 include a free yoga class offered through Partnership Carson City, a discussion on the Julian Castro campaign hosted by the Carson City Democratic Men's Club, art events and more.

Julian Castro campaign featured at Monday's Carson City Democratic luncheon

Event Date: 
November 25, 2019 - 11:30am

Featured speaker at Monday's Carson City Democratic luncheon will be Benjamin Challinor, Nevada state director of Julián For The Future, Julián Castro's presidential campaign. A veteran of Hillary for America's Reno organizing efforts in 2016, Challinor was most recently Chief of Staff for Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, and before that served as campaign manager for State Senator Julia Ratti. Assisting him will be Julián For The Future Regional Organizing Director Megan Joy Macias.

Buttigieg ramping up presidential campaign in Nevada

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is ramping up his ground game in Nevada, staffing up and opening offices in Las Vegas and more rural areas like ...

Buttigieg ramping up presidential campaign in Nevada

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is ramping up his ground game in Nevada, staffing up and opening offices in Las Vegas and more rural areas like Elko and Carson City. In an interview with the Sun this week, Buttigieg stressed his appreciation for ...

Nevada Day 2019 Parade Lineup is here

Event Date: 
October 26, 2019 - 10:00am

Hello Carson City! Are we excited for the parade yet? I know I am! We’re only a few days away now, so take a gander below to find the parade line up and parade categories.

Buttigieg quickly growing campaign in early voting Nevada

Democrat Pete Buttigieg is using an impressive fundraising haul to quickly grow his presidential campaign in early state Nevada, erasing a slow start that trailed other campaigns. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, had been ...

What role will unions play in the 2020 presidential election?

The largest 2020 presidential campaign event so far in Nevada was inexorably tied to organized labor.

Nevada political memorabilia, collectibles included in national show and sale

Event Date: 
July 12, 2019 - 10:00am
July 13, 2019 - 10:00am

CARSON CITY — Attendees at the Largest Political Collectibles Show and Sale in the West will not only see a cross-section of national political memorabilia, but also have an opportunity to see rare political items from Nevada.

Sanders in Las Vegas: 'We are taking on virtually everyone'

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders detailed a long list of institutions Saturday that his revolution-themed presidential campaign seeks to challenge, from pharmaceutical and fossil fuel companies to ...

Paul Laxalt, former senator and Nevada governor dies at age 96

Paul Dominique Laxalt, a former Nevada Governor, United States Senator, Lieutenant Governor and District Attorney, and one of former President Ronald Reagan’s closest friends in politics, died at a healthcare facility in Northern Virginia on Monday. He was 96.

John McCain: In a New Fight for His Life

Event Date: 
August 2, 2017 - 8:45am

Arizona’s United States Senator John McCain has been a difficult Republican for libertarian limited-government conservatives like us to embrace. Often, we stand opposite him on important issues of the day. He is too lacking in overarching principle for our taste. James has called on him to retire and actually sided with his Republican primary opponents in 2010 and 2016.
Yet, today we are sad.

Georgia-6 special election has local implications

On May the 4th, the House of Representatives passed their version of health care reform (H.R. 1628) without a single hearing or any input from the Democratic minority. The vote was 217 to 213. All 193 Democrats voted no, as did 20 Republicans:

Independents Day Letter To Donald Trump

I want Trump to

To promote our mandate as outlined below, The People hereby contribute the first billion dollars to your Presidential campaign fund. If you need more to avoid accepting any special interest donations, just ask and every true American will donate. You are our champion for saving the American dream.

Clinton Nevada team gets new blood

After successfully winning Nevada, a key pivot point in the presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton's campaign has new leadership in the We Matter State.

Sen. Rand Paul to visit Carson City on Thursday

Dr. Rand Paul, Senator (R-KY) and candidate for President, will be coming to Carson City, the day after the second debate of GOP candidates on CNN.

Rubio stumps in Carson City, calls for stronger military

CARSON CITY — Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio brought his Republican presidential campaign to rural Nevada on Tuesday, calling for a stronger military, more vocational training in the education system and reforms to Social Security and Medicare.

Having a Ball: Presidential candidate’s campaign includes Carson City

Dennis Andrew Ball has been making a cross-country trek in his effort to legitimize his presidential campaign and to have the American Party of America recognized as an official party in all 50 states.Ball is taking p...

Fiore and her "team" hosting event for Fiorina

Former Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt-Bono, former state Sen. Sue Lowden and former state Treasurer Patty Cafferata, along with the Kiss of Death Caucus from the Legislature, are hosting an event July 18 for Carly Fiorina's presidential campaign....

Clinton appeals to working families in first major rally

Hillary Clinton took the stage on New York City’s Roosevelt Island Saturday, looking to offer hundreds of supporters her answer to the question that has dogged her presidential campaign through its first two months: Why?...

Martin O’Malley launches 2016 presidential campaign

The former Maryland governor unveiled his campaign in Baltimore, the city where he was once mayor — a role that is central to his political persona. But his Baltimore credentials could become more of a challenge than he initially thought after a riot erupted in the city in April....

Rubio makes presidential campaign stop at Las Vegas pawn shop

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio paid his first campaign visit to Nevada on Thursday, presenting a 20-minute press conference outside downtown Las Vegas’ famed Gold and Silver Pawn Shop that was short on Nevada issues and long on criticism of Democratic policies....

State Dept. ordered to develop plan to release Hillary Clinton emails

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the U.S. State Department to produce a plan to release batches of Hillary Clinton’s emails from her time there, raising the prospect of months of drip-by-drip disclosures that could plague her presidential campaign....

Hutchison: I will talk to Rubio on Yucca

Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison said today he would use his position as Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign chairman for Nevada to influence Rubio’s stance on the Yucca Mountain issue....

Former Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison to direct Marco Rubio campaign in Nevada

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday gained a strong ally when Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison announced would be the Florida senator’s presidential campaign director in Nevada....

Clinton’s campaign logo becomes rainbow for gay marriage support

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday changed the colors of her presidential campaign logo Tuesday on social media to the rainbow colors symbolizing the gay rights movement, less than an hour before the Supreme Court on Tuesday was set to hear oral arguments on same-sex marriage....

Reid: No apology for Romney comment

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., last week walked back the explosive charge he made during the 2012 presidential campaign that Republican candidate Mitt Romney “hasn’t paid any taxes for 10 years.”...

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