Hillary to bring her campaign to Nevada on May 5

Hillary Clinton will campaign in Nevada on May 5, a campaign official said Friday, demonstrating the state’s importance to winning the White House.

The visit will be the Democrat’s third stop in an early voting state since the former secretary of state announced her presidential candidacy April 12. Her first two campaign visits were to Iowa and New Hampshire.

A campaign official said the May visit will be the first of many conversations she’ll have with Nevadans about how to strengthen families and make the economy work for everyday Americans.

No details were released, although a Democratic operative not involved in the campaign said she plans a Las Vegas event.

Clinton isn’t taking any vote for granted, the official said, although she is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Nevada holds the first caucus in the West, typically in January or early February.

The Republican presidential field in contrast is crowded as the GOP works to take back the White House after eight years of Democratic leadership by President Barack Obama.

Obama and Clinton split the Nevada delegates during the 2008 Democratic caucus.