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Similar starts for Reid, Angle lead to opposite ends

The candidates in Nevada’s high-profile U.S. Senate race came from hard-working families, but their paths diverged from there. The incumbent, Harry Reid, is the insider. The challenger, Sharron Angle, is the outsider.

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Heck draws more campaign funds than Titus in quarter

Republican Joe Heck raised more cash in the third quarter than incumbent Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and has more money to campaign down the stretch in the race for the 3rd Congressional District seat.

Ensign fundraising dwarfed by legal fees

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign raised $18,550 for his campaign fund over the past three months, a paltry sum that was dwarfed by more than $500,000 in legal fees for himself and aides drawn into ongoing investigations of his ethics.

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There’s a new verb that means getting your butt kicked in an election you were supposed to win. It’s called getting “Whippled.”

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In a debate many pundits have declared sloppy and devoid of a knock-out punch, GOP challenger Sharron Angle on Thursday attacked U.S. Sen. Harry Reid as a man of privilege who made millions while raising taxes on people more than 300 times.

In Profile: Career politician Harry Reid started small, climbed high

At one of the lowest points in Harry Reid’s life, he nearly quit. After two failed elections, Reid’s political and personal mentor, then-Gov. Mike O’Callaghan, picked him up and appointed him chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission in 1977.