WASHINGTON — With news that Sen. John Ensign has signed up to deliver a speech to a conservative audience in Iowa, how soon before the speculation begins that he is positioning for national office in 2012?
Experience carried the day in Henderson today, as six-term City Councilman Andy Hafen and four-term City Councilman Steve Kirk comfortably advanced in the race for mayor.
Hafen took 37 percent and Kirk took 32 percent of the 16,720 votes cast.
Election results from the Clark County Elections Department
MESQUITE: Six Mesquite council candidates advance to general election
An article in Politico today takes a look at the beating Las Vegas and other tourist destinations have taken in the current political climate.
Back in December, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wrote to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation asking it to help out a small bank from his home state with bailout funds, according to The Hill.