Archive for January, 2010:
filed in Campaign News, Campaign Strategy on Jan.30, 2010
The Reno Conservative Examiner has video: Nevada Republican Danny Tarkanian couldn’t have asked for better exposure than what he got from Glenn Beck on FOX Thursday night. More than 3 million viewers tuned in, as Beck highlighted key 2010 races, including the seat currently held by incumbent Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who seeks [...]
Tags: 2010 Election, Danny Tarkanian, Glenn Beck, Harry Reid, Nevada, Nevada GOP, Senate, Senator
filed in Campaign News on Jan.30, 2010
Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki hasn’t really given up thoughts of running for the Senate: Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki made his strongest statements to date today about a possible challenge to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, but stopped short of declaring himself a candidate. Krolicki said the fact he won Clark [...]
Tags: 2010 Election, Brian Krolicki, Deficit Spending, Harry Reid, Nevada, Nevada GOP, Senate, Senator, Sue Lowden
filed in Campaign News on Jan.29, 2010
Dullard Mush reports: It started, as they all do, innocently enough with a question on which candidate would you vote for. The choices were Tarkanian, Sue Lowden and, somewhat surprisingly, Sharron Angle (sorry Mark Amodei). For fun, I said Lowden to start the ball rolling. You were then asked the obvious questions (i.e., Do you [...]
Tags: 2010 Election, Danny Tarkanian, Mark Amodei, Nevada, Nevada GOP, Senate, Senator, Sharron Angle, Sue Lowden
filed in Campaign News on Jan.29, 2010
From Inside Nevada Politics: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., raised $1.9 million for his re-election campaign last quarter, bringing his total contributions to $14 million. He has said he’ll have raised $25 million. Reid, whose campaign started airing its own television ads last quarter, spent about $2 million in the last three months [...]
Tags: 2010 Election, Harry Reid, Nevada, Nevada GOP, Senate, Senator
filed in Campaign News on Jan.28, 2010
Benjamin Spillman of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle says she has raised $582,941 so far in her quest to challenge Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. Of that, she raised $368,941 in the fourth quarter. Angle did not report how much her campaign has banked. [. . .] Other candidates who have [...]
Tags: 2010 Election, Danny Tarkanian, Fundraising, Harry Reid, John Chachas, Nevada, Nevada GOP, Senate, Senator, Sharron Angle, Sue Lowden
filed in Campaign News on Jan.27, 2010
By email from Nevada Republican Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian’s campaign, here is a schedule of his tour of rural Nevada: Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:00-12:30pm Tonopah Meet and Greet Convention Center 301 W. Brougher Ave. Tonopah, NV 89049 5:00-6:30 Hawthorne Meet and Greet El Capitan 540 F Street Hawthorne, NV 89415 8:00-9:00 Yerington Meet and [...]
Tags: 2010 Election, Danny Tarkanian, Nevada, Nevada GOP, Senate, Senator
filed in Campaign News, Issues on Jan.27, 2010
And then denies it: In a display of contempt unfathomable in the feel-good days after Obama’s Inauguration, freshman Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) stood up at a meeting with Pelosi last week to declare: “Reid is done; he’s going to lose” in November, according to three people who were in the room. Titus denied Tuesday evening [...]
Tags: 2010 Election, Dina Titus, Harry Reid, Nevada, Senate, Senator
filed in Campaign News, Campaign Strategy on Jan.27, 2010
It has come to this. Chuck Muth has had enough — as have we all — of the off-kilter malarkey coming out of the Tarkanian campaign. He is adding the feature Tark Tales to his blog. Last week the Tarkanian campaign suggested that Lowden broke her “no tax pledge” by voting for the $100 per [...]
Tags: 2010 Election, Danny Tarkanian, Nevada, Nevada GOP, Senate, Senator, Smears, Sue Lowden
filed in Campaign News, Issues on Jan.26, 2010
This is going to be an awesome event: In coordination with PACT (Project Americans Coming Together), the NVRA (Nevada Republican Assembly), and the Nevada 9/12 group, the Western Representation PAC is putting together a truly unique candidate forum on May 1! The event which will be held in the Reno area and broadcast live on [...]
Tags: 2010 Election, Bill Parson, Chuck Kozak, Constitution, Danny Tarkanian, Harry Reid, John Chachas, Mark Amodei, Mike Wiley, Nevada, Nevada GOP, Senate, Senator, Sharron Angle, Sue Lowden
filed in Campaign News on Jan.26, 2010
From the Armenian Weekly: On Jan. 24, Danny Tarkanian’s campaign for the United States Senate announced the recent endorsement by former California Governor George Deukmejian. “I am pleased to announce my endorsement of Danny Tarkanian for the United States Senate,” said Governor Deukmejian. “Danny is both an entrepreneur and a leading voice in non-profit educational [...]
Tags: 2010 Election, Danny Tarkanian, Harry Reid, Nevada, Nevada GOP, Senate, Senator
filed in Campaign News on Jan.25, 2010
Easy to see this coming: Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki was once regarded as a top 2010 GOP contender, a prominent pol who has won statewide office three times and who was prepared to mount a serious challenge to powerful Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. But more than a year after announcing that he was [...]
Tags: 2010 Election, Brian Krolicki, Harry Reid, Nevada, Nevada GOP, Scandal, Senate, Senator, Smears
filed in Campaign News on Jan.25, 2010
Calling all golfers! This is from a Team Tark email: On Wednesday, March 17th we will be hosting a golf tournament at the legendary National Golf Club – www.LasVegasNational.com. As former host to both PGA and LPGA events, this will be a fantastic day of golf. Please join us for an exciting 18-hole scramble and [...]
Tags: 2010 Election, Danny Tarkanian, Fundraising, Harry Reid, Nevada, Nevada GOP, Senate, Senator