Nothing says “I want to be the U.S. Senate nominee” more forcefully than taking down six figures in ad buys after voting has started.

DeNiro should walk up to them and say, “You talkin’ to me? Are you talkin’ to me? Are you f-ing talkin’ to me?”

Good morning from The #WeMatter State.

On this day in 2013, a DailyKos user started a petition to remove Harry Reid as Dem leader for not passing the WH agenda and not confirming judges. It did not work. Later that year, he invoked the nuclear option.

Primary: 14
General: 161

Yes, check it out. I agree.

“We're very pragmatic..We are very much willing to listen to all sides. However, what's more important to us is delivery. If you're not delivering something to us, if you're not serving, if you're not solving problems — what's the use?”

via Gabby Birenbaum on veterans/Senate race.

Good morning, all, on this long holiday weekend.

The early voting blog for the Nevada primary is updated:

thenevadaindependent.com/article/the-ea…

Vegas (owned) Mavericks win again!

#WeMatter

'(CCSD) is preparing to squash one of its smallest schools, which was damaged in the severe flooding (and) closed for the 2024 school year, its students as young as 5 sent by bus to Indian Springs Elementary..in a 41-mile trip that takes about 50 minutes...'

via John L. Smith

'NV Republicans voting in the...June primary would do well to consider the possibility that just because Trump is currently ahead in the polls doesn’t mean voters are buying red trucker hats in droves or ready to become card-carrying members of Trump’s fan club.' Michael Schaus

I am shocked, shocked to find elected officials make it very hard to qualify petitions. Indeed, it should be difficult, but David Colborne suggests it is unreasonably so and that the laws in Nevada make it nearly impossible to qualify one.

Here Nevada Independent we are paying close attention to races for the Legislature because the GOP governor is trying to prevent a Dem supermajority that would render him virtually helpless. A lot is at stake.

Today, Tabitha Mueller and Eric Neugeboren on Assembly primaries to watch.

The early voting blog is live!

Early voting for the primary started Saturday in Nevada, and as usual, I am collecting the data and putting it in context. Not much to go on yet, but bookmark this page!

One man in Washoe County is responsible for sending out disgusting mail pieces to affect local government races, in addition to posting awful stuff about electeds, and our Carly Sauvageau has the goods in two stories today:

thenevadaindependent.com/article/politi…

thenevadaindependent.com/article/whats-…

Election-year epiphanies are my favorite epiphanies!

Really interesting piece by Gabby Birenbaum on a group that measures effectiveness of federal lawmakers, which is difficult to do because there are so many intangibles. The Nevada delegation did pretty, pretty good.

Excellent CNN piece about cryptocreep conspiracy theorist Robert Beadles, who is using his money to cast doubt on elections in NV and is a cancer on the body politic. We will have more on Beadles in Nevada Independent very soon, too:

cnn.com/2024/05/24/pol…

Only one place to get the most and best info about elections in Nevada: Nevada Independent

Coming soon: The early voting blog, a biennial ritual from yours truly.