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Nevada's 3rd Congressional District
Nevada's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district occupying the area south of Las Vegas, including Henderson, Boulder City and much of unincorporated Clark County. The district was initially created after the 2000 census. It was intended to be a competitive district, and as originally drawn had a relatively equal balance of registered Republicans and registered Democrats. It is currently represented by Democrat Susie Lee. It was one of only a handful of districts to vote for the national Presidential winner in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 (in each case, by a very narrow margin). Cities and communities * Las Vegas (part) * Summerlin South * Blue Diamond * Spring Valley (part) * Enterprise * Paradise (part) * Henderson * Whitney (part) * Boulder City * Goodsprings * Sandy Valley * Searchlight * Laughlin Recent election results from statewide races List of members representing the district Election results 2002 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Vegas Valley
The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the second largest in the Southwestern United States. The state's largest urban agglomeration, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Statistical Area is coextensive since 2003 with Clark County, Nevada. The Valley is largely defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a basin area surrounded by mountains to the north, south, east and west of the metropolitan area. The Valley is home to the three largest incorporated cities in Nevada: Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas. Eleven unincorporated towns governed by the Clark County government are part of the Las Vegas Township and constitute the largest community in the state of Nevada. The names Las Vegas and Vegas are interchangeably used to indicate the Valley, the Strip, and the city, and as a brand by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to denominate the region. The Valley is affectionately known as the "ninth island" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Valley, Nevada
Sandy Valley is an unincorporated community in the Mesquite Valley in west–central Clark County, Nevada, United States. Sandy Valley has a variant name of Sandy, Nevada. The population was 2,051 at the 2010 census. Sandy Valley is bordered on the East by the southern extension of the Spring Mountains and on the west by the California state line. Sandy Valley began in the 19th century as the five mining communities of Kingston, Sandy, Ripley, Mesquite and Platina. It is approximately forty-five miles from Las Vegas. Sky Ranch Estates Airport (FAA Identifier: 3L2), is the local general aviation field. Geography Sandy Valley is located at (35.828999, -115.651943). According to the United States Census Bureau, Sandy Valley has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 2,051 people and 1,024 households in the census-designated place (CDP) of Sandy Valley. The population density was . There were 811 housing units at an average density ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Nevada Gubernatorial Election
The 2010 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor of Nevada, who would serve a four-year term to begin on January 3, 2011. Despite speculation that incumbent Republican Governor Jim Gibbons would not run for a second term due to low approval ratings, he ran for re-election and was subsequently defeated in the Republican primary by former Attorney General of Nevada and federal judge Brian Sandoval. Sandoval defeated the Democratic nominee, Rory Reid, son of then-current U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who won his fifth term in the Senate on the same ballot. Republican primary Candidates A total of five Republican candidates filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada and qualified for the ballot. Declared * Tony Atwood * Jim Gibbons, incumbent Governor * Stan Lusak, perennial candidate * Mike Montandon, Mayor of North Las Vegas * Brian Sandoval, former judge of the United States District Court for the District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 United States Senate Election In Nevada
The 2010 United States Senate election in Nevada took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator and Majority Leader Harry Reid won re-election to a fifth and final term. Democratic primary The Democratic primary took place on June 8, 2010. Reid won by a large margin over a field of political unknowns. Candidates * Harry Reid, incumbent U.S. Senator * Alex Miller * Eduardo Hamilton * Carlo Poliak Polling Results Republican primary The Republican primary also took place on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Candidates * Sharron Angle, former state assemblywoman and candidate for NV-02 in 2006 * John Chachas, businessman * Chad Christensen, state assemblyman * Greg Dagani, former member of the Nevada Board of Education * Chuck Flume, businessman * Sue Lowden, former state senator * Mark Noonan, Navy veteran * Bill Parson, Marine veteran and businessman * Danny Tarkanian, real estate owner Endorsements Lowden Tarkanian Angle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015. After earning an undergraduate degree from Utah State University and a law degree from George Washington University, Reid began his public career as the city attorney for Henderson, Nevada, before being elected to the Nevada Assembly in 1968. Gubernatorial candidate Mike O'Callaghan, Reid's former boxing coach, chose Reid as his running mate in 1970; following their victory Reid served as the 25th lieutenant governor of Nevada from 1971 to 1975. After being defeated in races for the United States Senate and mayor of Las Vegas, Reid served as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 1977 to 1981. From 1983 to 1987, Reid represented Nevada's 1st district in the United States House of Representa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 United States Presidential Election In Nevada
The 2008 United States presidential election in Nevada was part of the 2008 United States presidential election, which took place on November 4, 2008, throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain by 12.5 percentage points. Both candidates heavily campaigned in the state. Obama almost always led in polls, however some argued that McCain, a nationally prominent Senator from neighboring Arizona, had a legitimate chance of pulling off an upset in Nevada. In that vein, most news organizations considered Obama to be the favorite in the state, while many still viewed it as a relative swing state. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004, and previously worked as a civil rights lawyer before entering politics. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. After graduating from Columbia University in 1983, he worked as a Community organizing, community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, he enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the ''Harvard Law Review''. After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Turning to elective politics, he Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama, repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Marie Cortez Masto (born March 29, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nevada, a seat she has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Cortez Masto served as the 32nd attorney general of Nevada from 2007 to 2015. Cortez Masto graduated from University of Nevada, Reno and Gonzaga University School of Law. She worked four years as a civil attorney in Las Vegas and two years as a criminal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C. before being elected Nevada attorney general in 2006, replacing George Chanos. Reelected in 2010, she was not eligible to run for a third term in 2014 because of lifetime term limits established by the Constitution of Nevada. Cortez Masto narrowly defeated Republican Joe Heck in the 2016 United States Senate election in Nevada to replace outgoing Democratic senator Harry Reid, becoming the first woman elected to represent Nevada in the Senate and the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Nevada Gubernatorial Election
The 2006 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Governor Kenny Guinn could not run due to term limits. Republican Congressman Jim Gibbons defeated Democratic State Senator Dina Titus. As of 2022, this is the most recent election in which Nevada voted for a gubernatorial candidate of the same party as the incumbent president. Democratic primary Candidates * Dina Titus, Minority Leader of the Nevada Senate * James B. Gibson, Mayor of Henderson * Leola McConnell, liberal activist Results Republican Party Candidates * Bob Beers, Nevada State Senator * Jim Gibbons, U.S. Representative from Nevada's 2nd congressional district and nominee in 1994 * Lorraine Hunt, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada * Stan Lusak, perennial candidate * Melody "Mimi Miyagi" Damayo, former adult film actress Results Other parties Green Party * Craig Bergland, activist Independent American Party *Christopher Hansen Predictions Polling Election result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 United States Senate Election In Nevada
The 2006 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican John Ensign defeated Democratic nominee Jack Carter to win re-election to a second term. Republican primary Candidates Nominee * John Ensign, incumbent U.S. Senator Defeated in primary * Ed Hamilton, businessman Results Democratic primary Popular Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman had said in January 2006 that he would probably run, but decisively ruled out a run in late April. Going into the 2006 cycle, many top Nevada Democrats such as State Assembly speaker Richard Perkins indicated that the party would put more efforts into the gubernatorial election than into defeating Ensign. Candidates Nominee * Jack Carter, Navy veteran and son of President Jimmy Carter Defeated in primary * Ruby Jee Tun, middle school science teacher Declined to run * Oscar Goodman, Mayor of Las Vegas * Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General of Nevada * Dina Titus, mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 United States Senate Election In Nevada
The 2004 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Minority Whip, won re-election to a fourth term. Republican primary Candidates * Richard Ziser, anti-gay marriage activist * Kenneth A. Wegner, U.S. Army veteran * Robert Brown * Royle Melton * Cherie Tilley, businessman * Carlo Poliak, perennial candidate Results General election Candidates * Thomas Hurst (L) * Gary Marinch (NL) * Harry Reid (D), incumbent U.S. Senator * David Schumann (I) * Richard Ziser (R), conservative activist Predictions Results See also * 2004 United States Senate elections References {{United States elections, 2004 2004 Nevada elections Nevada 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 United States Presidential Election In Nevada
The 2004 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Nevada was won by incumbent President George W. Bush with a 2.6% margin of victory. Prior to the election, news organizations who made predictions were split on whether Nevada was a swing state or leaned towards Bush. Kerry won just one county of the state— Clark County, Nevada's most populous county, and home to Las Vegas. Kerry's second-best performance in the state was in Washoe County, Nevada's next-most populated county, which he lost with 47% of the vote. The statewide results were very similar to the nationwide vote, making it the bellwether of the 2004 election. Moreover, Nevada at the time had voted for the winner of every presidential election since 1912, except for 1976. Independent and third-party ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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