McCain’s final stop in Nevada

On the eve of Election Day, Republican nominee John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, plan to make their final stops of the presidential campaign in Nevada, campaign officials announced Thursday.

McCain and Palin are to campaign separately in the Silver State on Monday evening, according to campaign officials.

Palin will rally supporters first in Reno, then in Elko. McCain will hold a single rally in Las Vegas.

On Tuesday, Palin, the governor of Alaska, heads to her hometown of Wasilla to vote.

McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona, will travel from here to Phoenix for Election Day. He'll be joined there by Palin on Tuesday evening.

Further details about the times and locations of the duo's campaign stops weren't available Thursday and were slated to be announced in the coming days.

The stop will allow McCain to have the last word with Southern Nevada voters despite having been outcampaigned in the state by Democratic nominee Barack Obama in recent months. Obama is scheduled to campaign in Henderson on Saturday.

Obama has visited the state four times since McCain's last trip to Nevada, which was in early August. Palin has been to Nevada twice in that same time span.

Obama's Saturday rally is scheduled for 7 a.m. at Coronado High School, 1001 Coronado Center Drive. Online RSVPs are suggested, but not required, at nv.barackobama.com.

Contact reporter Molly Ball at mball@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2919.