Giuliani makes rare Nevada election stop
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani is in Southern Nevada today and Friday, the first of several Republican visits in the coming weeks.
Tonight, the former New York mayor is scheduled to speak at the annual dinner of the Keystone Corp., a North Carolina-based national real-estate development giant. That event, at The Venetian, is not open to the public.
On Friday, Giuliani will campaign in Henderson. Details of his schedule were not available Wednesday.
Giuliani has never truly campaigned in Nevada, if campaigning is defined as offering the general public an opportunity to come and hear him speak. He's held fundraising events in the state and walked through big-box retail stores pursued by TV cameras.
On Sunday, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., will hold a meet and greet at an airport hotel in Reno, according to the state Republican Party.
Next week, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will make a swing through the Silver State. He'll be in Southern Nevada on Nov. 16 and Northern Nevada on Nov. 17.
Romney's son Josh will precede his father in the state. He'll campaign for his dad in Caliente and Alamo today before ending up in Las Vegas, where he'll stay through Friday.
On Nov. 19, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is scheduled to come to Las Vegas. He'll hold a news conference at 10 a.m., a fundraising lunch at noon and a rally that's free and open to the public at 3 p.m. at UNLV's Artemus Ham Hall.
The following day, Paul will make his first visit to Reno with a similar series of events scheduled.
The libertarian-leaning congressman has shocked political observers with his fundraising prowess. Earlier this week, he set the single-day Republican fundraising record with more than $4 million from an effort by a grass-roots group on his behalf.
Formal and informal surveys alike have shown the Republican race in Nevada to be up in the air, with a close race and a largely undecided electorate among the party faithful.
