Week in Review: Reporters’ Notebook

Mayoral candidate Victor Chaltiel was a long shot to survive Tuesday's primary contest, but you wouldn't know it from his election night party to watch the results.

Like his campaign, he spared no expense.

For starters, it was at his home in Summerlin's exclusive Tournament Hills neighborhood. Actually, his second home in Tournament Hills. The one on the right, to be exact.

There were several valets in the street outside to help park people's cars on, well, the sides of the street.

In the backyard, a giant screen showed prime-time coverage of the election while an open bar inside served a variety of wines and champagnes.

Then there were the desserts: miniature parfaits and berry presentations topped with flecks of what appeared to be real gold and silver.

But perhaps most impressive was the line of cookies that snaked around the dessert table, each decorated with the candidate's smiling mug.

Chaltiel ended the night with 14 percent of the vote, but it didn't seem to dampen the spirits of the Gatsby-like gathering.

LAWRENCE MOWER

As most people watched the drama unfold at the top of the las vegas mayoral ticket, long-shot candidate Tim Gamble was anxiously tracking his modest returns as they came in Tuesday night.

At one point, the results showed him in a tie near the bottom with Larry Jeppesen, who wore a toy fire helmet plastered with fake money at an early debate.

That prompted an excited Twitter post from Gamble: "OMG IM TIED WITH FIRE HELMET GUY....AHHHHH!!!!!"

By night's end, though, he had nothing to worry about. Gamble finished with 41 votes to Jeppesen's 31.

ALAN CHOATE

TWEET OF THE WEEK: @KyleTheChemist (UNLV student activist and president of the Nevada Student Alliance Kyle George) Great! Today I didn't shave or dress up, and now it appears that I have 2 TV interviews lined up. I'm going to play up the poor student look