Nevada
Senate Control Hinges on Neck-and-Neck Races, Times/Siena Poll Finds
Control of the Senate rests on a knife’s edge, according to new polls by The New York Times and Siena College, with Republican challengers in Nevada and Georgia neck-and-neck with Democratic incumbents, and the Democratic candidate in Pennsylvania clinging to what appears to be a tenuous advantage. The bright spot for Democrats in the four […]
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Pushing an Immigration Conspiracy Theory, While Courting Latinos
Brian Hughes, the co-founder and associate director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab at American University, said he was not surprised to see the far right cheering Mr. Masters on. “If a candidate is pointing toward the ideas that make up replacement theory, he or she doesn’t have to spell it out […]
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Sharing Stories, and a View, Aboard the California Zephyr
I woke up around 5 a.m. to a low but incessant rumbling. Faint hints of daylight had appeared over my fellow passengers’ heads, most of which were still bent in rest. Some people yawned; others stared intently out the window at the valley. I had been aboard the train for about 40 hours, and there […]
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Democrats Weigh Shake-Up to Presidential Primary Calendar
WASHINGTON — New Jersey is billing itself as a “microcosm of the country.” Washington State is highlighting its diverse communities — and robust vote-by-mail process. And as Iowa’s status as home to the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating contest looks increasingly tenuous, other Midwestern states see an opening. Just over two years after Iowa’s disastrous Democratic caucuses, […]
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A Republican Fights Voter Fraud in His Race (231 Days Before Election Day)
We have an item tonight from our colleague Nick Corasaniti, who reports on how a Republican running for Senate in Nevada has been anticipating an election-fraud fight in November. Nevadans still have 231 days until they head to the polls in November. But Adam Laxalt, the former attorney general of Nevada and a Republican candidate […]
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House Democrats Push Biden to Build a Better Midterm Message
Still, White House aides acknowledge the pressure to revamp their strategy. They have been frustrated by how little credit they have received for enacting major legislation such as the Covid relief bill or bipartisan infrastructure legislation. “You tell them about the American Rescue Plan, and they say, ‘What the hell are you talking about?’” Mr. […]
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Republicans Sense an Opportunity in Nevada’s Restless Latino Voters
Last week, the Laxalt campaign — which has the backing of both Trump and Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader — launched “Latinos for Laxalt” in an effort to appeal to Hispanic voters. Cortez Masto’s allies have made sure to use Spanish-language criticism by Latinos against Laxalt — what they say is just smart, hard-nosed […]
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Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak Is Accosted by Man Who Threatens to Hang Him
Gov. Steve Sisolak of Nevada was accosted at a Mexican restaurant in Las Vegas on Sunday by a man who recorded the confrontation in a video in which he threatens to “string you up by a lamppost.” In the video, the man asks Mr. Sisolak, a Democrat, for a photo together. The governor agrees, and […]
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Snow Closed the Highways. GPS Mapped a Harrowing Detour in the Sierra Nevada.
The road once carried stagecoaches during the Gold Rush, twisting its way through what is now a national forest and an area of the Sierra Nevada known for snowmobiling. In the winter, the rugged passage, known as the Quincy-La Porte Road or County Road 511 in Plumas County, Calif., is closed. But Wendy Becktold, an […]
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