Six Democratic candidates for president went after each other more than in any previous debate, as they struggle for attention and votes in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses.
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Many Democratic presidential hopefuls joined a Culinary union protest Wednesday. Workers want labor contracts with several Station Casinos properties.
Just days before the Nevada Democratic caucuses, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Monday touted her ability to reach across the political aisle and find common ground with political opponents.
A Democratic party spokesperson said the party believed early voting went well overall and that having a paper backup option used by some precincts to speed up the process was a planned contingency.
Half the remaining Democratic presidential candidates spoke Thursday at a town hall held by the League of United Latin American Citizens in North Las Vegas.
Early voting for Nevada’s Democratic presidential caucus will take place Saturday through Tuesday.
Supporters of top candidates are busy training volunteers how to run Nevada’s caucuses, including the mathematical formulas involved in awarding delegates.
Nevada Democrats had originally planned to use an app for the caucus. But after a similar app failed miserably in Iowa, the party scrapped it.
A statement from Unite Here, the parent of the large Nevada union representing hotel and casino workers, did not indicate whether the Culinary Union, the union’s largest local, would issue its own endorsement before Nevada’s Feb. 22 caucuses.
The Clark County Education Association, the union for teachers in the Clark County School District, endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president on Tuesday.
Amanda Kennedy served two years in the district communications role, resigning in 2013 shortly after the appointment of Pat Skorkowsky as superintendent.
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday blamed President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from a nuclear agreement with Iran for the current instability in the Middle East and touted his own foreign policy experience as a key reason he’s the Democrat with the best chance to unseat him in November.
Thirteen candidates will appear as possible options for Nevada Democrats when they caucus next month, the Nevada State Democratic Party announced Thursday.
Two senior officials with Sen. Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign discussed the importance of Nevada as a diverse early state and shared some insights on the candidate’s preparations for the second national debate.
The former state treasurer said his most important reason for joining the race was what he characterized as Democratic attacks on a free-market economy.
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