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Jonathan Mark Ralston (born July 13, 1959) is an American journalist, political commentator, and former talk show host. His show, ''Ralston Live'', was seen each weekday on the two Nevada PBS stations in Las Vegas and Reno until his show was discontinued on June 21, 2016. In 2017, Ralston launched ''The Nevada Independent'' (TNI), a nonprofit online news site devoted to Nevada business and government. Early life and education Ralston was born in Morristown, New Jersey and grew up in Buffalo, New York, where he attended Williamsville South High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Cornell University in 1981 and an Master of Arts in journalism from the University of Michigan in 1983. Career After completing his master's degree, Ralston moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, to become a night-time police reporter for the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' in 1984. In 1986, he was assigned to cover politics and in 1989, he became a full-time political columnist for that paper. I ...
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Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown () is a town and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Jersey County Map
New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017.
Morristown has been called "the military capital of the " because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Great Britain. Today this history is visible in a variety of locations throughout the town that collectively make up

KTNV-TV
KTNV-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Laughlin-licensed Ion Television owned-and-operated station KMCC (channel 34). KTNV-TV's studios are located on South Valley View Boulevard in the nearby unincorporated community of Paradise (though with a Las Vegas mailing address), and its transmitter is located atop Mount Arden in Henderson. Channel 13 was the third station to be activated in Southern Nevada, beginning broadcasting in May 1956 as KSHO-TV. The station originally operated on a 24-hour basis, unique for the time, with a rotating schedule of movies and minimal news coverage; it remained an independent station until affiliating with ABC in December 1957. Amid financial difficulties, multiple stock sales and ownership transfers occurred from 1957 until 1961, when the licensee, Television Company of America, declared bankruptcy, and a receiver was appointed. In ...
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2022 United States Senate Election In Nevada
The 2022 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Nevada. In the election, incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto narrowly defeated her Republican challenger, former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt. Nevada's election results were slowed due to state law that allowed voters to submit mail-in ballots until November 12, and allowed voters to fix clerical problems in their mail-in ballots until November 14, 2022. According to exit polls, Cortez Masto won 62% of Latinos, 64% of young voters, and 52% of women. Cortez Masto made protecting abortion rights a central issue of her campaign. Many experts and forecasters saw Nevada as Republicans' best chance to pickup a seat in the Senate. Cortez Masto flipped Washoe County, improving her 2016 margin by 1.5%, although Laxalt improved on Joe Heck's margin in rural counties, and performed slightly better in Clark County. With a ...
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2020 United States Presidential Election In Nevada
The 2020 United States presidential election in Nevada was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Nevada voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Nevada has six votes in the Electoral College. Throughout the campaign, polls of the state generally showed a Biden lead, albeit with a sometimes slender margin. Prior to polling day, most news organizations considered that Nevada was leaning towards Biden. Trump became the second ever Republican incumbent to consecutively lose Nevada after William McKinley and only the fourth Republican to have ever held office without winning the s ...
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United States Senate Election In Nevada, 2016
The 2016 United States Senate election in Nevada was held November 8, 2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Nevada, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The state primary election was held June 14, 2016. Incumbent Democratic Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Minority Leader and former Senate Majority Leader, initially said he would seek re-election to a sixth term, but announced on March 26, 2015, that he would retire instead. Former Democratic State Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Republican U.S. Representative Joe Heck in the general election on November 8, 2016. Heck won sixteen of the state's seventeen counties; however, since Cortez Masto won Clark County, which comprises nearly three-quarters of the state's population, she defeated ...
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United States Presidential Election In Nevada, 2016
The 2016 United States presidential election in Nevada was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Nevada voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Nevada has six votes in the Electoral College. Clinton won the state with 47.92% of the vote, while Trump won 45.5%, which represents a tight margin between the two. Clinton's vote share marked a considerable decline from the vote shares Barack Obama got from the state in 2008 and 2012. With his overall victory in the presidential election, Trump became the first Republican since William Howard Taft in 1908 to win the presidency without ...
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Ralston Live
Ralston may refer to: Place names United States *Ralston, California *Ralston, Iowa *Ralston, Nebraska * Ralston, Oklahoma *Ralston, Wyoming * Mount Ralston in the Sierra Nevada of California * Ralston Creek (Colorado) *Ralston Hall, Belmont, California, the country house of William Chapman Ralston Elsewhere *Ralston, Alberta, Canada *Ralston, Renfrewshire, Scotland People Surname * Ralston (surname) Given name *Ralston Bowles, American musician *Ralston Cash (born 1991), American baseball player *Ralston Crawford, American artist *Ralston Hill, American stage actor *Ralston Westlake, mayor of Columbus, Ohio, USA Businesses *Ralston Foods, a unit of Ralcorp *Ralston Purina, a part of Nestlé Purina PetCare *Ralston Steel Car Company, early 20th-century company based in Columbus, Ohio Educational institutions *Ralston College, a liberal arts college in Savannah, Georgia, United States *Ralston High School, Ralston, Nebraska *Ralston Valley High School, Arvada, Colorado Other us ...
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Alpha House
''Alpha House'' is an American political satire streaming television series produced by Amazon Studios. The show starred John Goodman, Clark Johnson, Matt Malloy, and Mark Consuelos as four Republican U.S. Senators who share a house in Washington, D.C. It was created by ''Doonesbury'' creator Garry Trudeau. The show premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 19, 2013. The series is inspired by several real Democratic Senators who share a row house in Washington D.C. The series has a number of cameos from celebrities such as Bill Murray (as Senator Vernon Smits) and politicians such as Chuck Schumer as himself. Amazon Studios offered the first three episodes of ''Alpha House'' for free, with each subsequent episode released weekly thereafter for Amazon Prime members on Amazon Prime Video. On February 11, 2014, the series was renewed for a second season. Production for the second season began filming in July 2014, and the entire second season became available on Amazon.com on Octob ...
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Kenny Guinn
Kenneth Carroll Guinn (August 24, 1936 – July 22, 2010), was an American academic administrator, businessman and politician who served as the 27th Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007 and interim president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 1994 to 1995. Originally a Democrat, he later joined the Republican Party prior to being elected governor. Early life and career Guinn was born in Garland, Arkansas and reared in Exeter, California. He married his wife, Dema, in Reno on July 7, 1956. They had two sons, Jeff and Steve. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in physical education from California State University, Fresno. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1957. In 1970, Guinn earned an Ed.D. from Utah State University in Logan. Guinn was the superintendent of the Clark County School District from 1969 to 1978. From 1978 to 1987, he was vice president of Nevada Savings and Loan. From 1987 to 1988, he was president and chairman of the board of the same ...
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Greenspun Media Group
The Greenspun Media Group is an independent company and was a wholly owned subsidiary of The Greenspun Corporation. Headquartered in Henderson, Nevada, the group has over 60 years experience in the Las Vegas Valley. Beginning with the '' Las Vegas Sun'' newspaper in 1950, the company has grown to more than 30 publications and a total distribution exceeding 27 million magazines and newspapers. In 2007, The Greenspun Group acquired Niche Media, which was founded in 1992 by Jason Binn. Niche Media was sold in 2014. Publications * '' Las Vegas Sun'' * ''VEGAS INC'' Vegas' business newspaper * ''Las Vegas Weekly'' an alternative weekly newspaper * ''Las Vegas Magazine'' a tourist guide; prior to 2006, known as ''Showbiz Weekly'' * ''Vegas2Go'' Former publications * The Home News Community Newspapers of Nevada ** ''Boulder City News'' 89005
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its luxurious and extremely large casino-hotels together with their associated activities. It is a top three destination in the United States for business conventions and a global leader in the hospitality industry, claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any other city in the world. Today, Las Vegas annually ranks as one ...
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Williamsville South High School
Williamsville South High School is a high school located in Williamsville, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, New York. South is one of three high schools in the Williamsville Central School District, along with Williamsville North High School and Williamsville East High School. History Origins, 1853-1892 In 1853, the Williamsville Classical Institute was formed as a private school to provide education in Williamsville beyond the elementary level. The property on Academy Street was purchased for $700. The first catalog was published in 1857, but the Williamsville Classical Institute (which had become known as the "Academy") eventually closed in 1869. In 1874, School District No. 3 rented the building for use as an elementary school.Sue Miller YoungA History of the Town of Amherst, New York Chap. 15 (1965) Academy Street School, 1892-1950 Union Free School District No. 3 was organized on May 7, 1892.
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