RACE IN THE NEWS

Nevada Governor’s Race In the News 2009 Headlines:

SEPTEMBER 2009
Moderate image could hurt Sandoval (Las Vegas Sun, 9/17/09)
Legislators: state budget can’t be cut any further (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 9/17/09)
Sandoval past tax votes roil the GOP right (Muth’s Truths, 9/16/09)
Sizing up the 2010 gov contest (KTVN, 9/16/09)
Sandoval to challenge Gibbons (Reno Gazette Journal, 9/15/09)
Buckley’s decision best for her; perhaps not for Nevada (Las Vegas Sun, 9/13/09)
Buckley’s decision reshapes gov contest (Los Angeles Times, 9/11/09)
Buckley decides against 2010 run (Las Vegas Sun, 9/11/09)
Reid: geneology not a factor in gov race (Reno Gazette Journal, 9/10/09)
The Nevada plan: reintroduce Harry Reid (Politico, 9/9/09)
Each Reid sees the other as an obstacle (Las Vegas Sun, 9/8/09)
Nevada races will take shape after Labor Day (Reno Gazette Journal, 9/6/09)
Sandoval’s political soft spot (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 9/6/09)
Laying odds on NV 2010 races (Las Vegas Sun, 9/6/09)
Vegas’ economic pain hurting politicians (LA Times, 9/5/09)
State GOP candidates not playing team ball (Las Vegas Sun, 9/4/09)
Is Harry Reid losing it? (Reno Gazette Journal, 9/4/09)
Gibbons favorability at 17% (DailyKos, 9/2/09)
Goodman attacks Time Mag over Vegas article (Las Vegas Sun, 9/1/09)
AUGUST 2009
Meet Brian Sandoval, candidate for gov? (Las Vegas Sun, 8/30/09)
Another fiscal crisis, another state tax study (Las Vegas Sun, 8/30/09)
Gibbons stoops to new low in stimulus fight (Las Vegas Sun, 8/28/09)
Nevada’s taxable sales dropped 20% in June (Reno Gazette Journal, 8/28/09)
NV legislature looks to revise state’s tax structure (Las Vegas Sun, 8/27/09)
Have Democrats actually revived Gibbons? (Las Vegas Sun, 8/26/09)
Summer polls show both Reids could have trouble in 2010 (CQ Politics, 8/23/09)
Are two Reids too many? (Las Vegas Sun, 8/23/09)
Gibbons not budging in battle over stimulus funds (Las Vegas Sun, 8/23/09)
Stimulus standoff could cost NV $60 million in grants (Reno Gazette Journal, 8/21/09)
Nevada pols ponder a Sandoval guv run (Los Angeles Times, 8/21/09)
Reid trailing in primary poll (Politico, 8/21/09)
Gibbons gauranteed loser, voters want Sandoval – Goodman matchup (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 8/21/09)
Gibbons year end fundraising goal – $3M (Las Vegas Sun, 8/20/09)
Sandoval resignation stirs 2010 gov talk (CQ Politics, 8/17/09)
Governor, legislature near showdown over stimulus funds (Las Vegas Sun, 8/16/09)
Political intrigue brewing in governor’s race (Las Vegas Sun, 8/16/09)
Retiring Judge Sandoval to run for governor? (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 8/15/09)
Can Down and out Vegas make a comeback? (Time Magazine, 8/14/09)
Gibbons defies legislators and appoints stimulus czar (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 8/14/09)
Trouble looming for Silver State GOP (Nevada Appeal, 8/14/09)
Gibbons can’t govern, doesn’t want anyone else to either (Blue Sage Views, 8/10/09)
Manuevering for the 2010 elections (Las Vegas Sun, 8/8/09)
Legislature reins in Gibbons, who denounces partisan manuevers (Las Vegas Sun, 8/5/09)
JULY 2009
The overreaction that hasn’t gone away (Las Vegas Sun, 7/31/09)
Brief filed to protect Gibbons’ personal emails (Las Vegas Sun, 7/31/09)
Governor to Senator re: Yucca, “Put up or shut up” (AP, 7/31/09)
Might Cashell run? (Reno News & Review, 7/30/09)
Gibbons blames Nevada economy on Washington (Fox5News, 7/30/09)
Gibbons says he’s running for reelection (Reno Gazette Journal, 7/29/09)
Former GOP gov not sure if Gibbons will run again (Reno Gazette Journal, 7/27/09)
Gibbons’ shortsightedness hurts NV with business community (Las Vegas Sun, 7/26/09)
Gibbons outraged over Obama’s “blacklisting” of Vegas (Las Vegas Sun, 7/24/09)
Local, state officials blame one another for service cuts (Las Vegas Sun, 7/24/09)
State GOP prepares for ideological battle over taxes (Las Vegas Sun, 7/19/09)
With scant crew, Gibbons reelection effort begins (Las Vegas Sun, 7/19/09)
Is there a doctor in the house to help the state GOP? (Nevada Appeal, 7/16/09)
GOP leg leader Raggio thinking ahead to 2011 redistricting in tax compromise (Las Vegas Sun, 7/16/09)
How low can the GOP go? (Las Vegas Sun, 7/10/09)
Who would replace Ensign? (The Walker Report, 7/9/09)
Nevada politics: dramatic storylines everywhere (Politics Daily, 7/9/09)
Gibbons behavior more bizarre than Sanford’s (Las Vegas Sun, 7/5/09)
Could Reno or Vegas Mayors become Governor? (Las Vegas Sun, 7/4/09)
GOP view of NV GOP primaries (DesertConservative.com,7/2/09)
Reid looking serious about 2010 governor run (CQ Politics, 7/2/09)
JUNE 2009
Clark County loses in budget deal – whose to blame? (Las Vegas Sun, 6/28/09)
Governor must hand over phone records (San Jose Mercury News, 6/26/09)
GOP woes: what’s the matter with Nevada? (Politico, 6/20/09)
Speaker Buckley’s leadership still on trial (Reno Gazette Journal, 6/20/09)