The Green Papers: Nevada 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 12 August 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Electoral Votes:5(0.93% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
2000 Census:2,002,032 (0.71% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):1,390,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):898,347
Capital:Carson City
Tuesday 12 August 2008 polling hours 7:00a PDT (1400 UTC) to 7:00p PDT (0200 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a PST (1500 UTC) to 7:00p PST (0300 UTC).
 

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Nevada State and Local Government

Nevada 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 5 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator John Eric Ensign
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1994, 1996]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 3 Democratic Senator Harry Reid
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor James Arthur "Jim" Gibbons
First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 

 
15 February 2007: Media reports state that Governor Gibbons is the target of an FBI investigation. There are allegations that Governor Gibbons received payments, while he served in Congress, from a company awarded military contracts.


Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Brian K. Krolicki
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined);
2 Republican (2 Undetermined)

CD 1
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Shelley Berkley
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Shelley Berkley
FEC H8NV01071: $1,643,004
  Candidate Republican     Christopher Alan "Chris" Dyer
FEC H8NV01196: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Edward " Mr. Clean " Hamilton
  Candidate Republican     Greg N. Nance
  Candidate Republican     Kenneth Alexander Wegner
FEC H6NV01158: $0
    Independent American     Leonard Foster - apparently not a candidate
Running for State Assembly District 13

CD 2
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Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Dean Heller
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Jill Talbot Derby
FEC H6NV02180: $143,923
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Dean Heller
FEC H6NV02164: $980,665

CD 3
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Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Jon C. Porter, Sr.
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
    Democratic     Robert James Daskas - apparently not a candidate
Withdrew circa 28 April 2008

FEC H8NV03028: $583,983
  Candidate Democratic     Andrew B. Martin
FEC H8NV03010: $378,676
  Candidate Democratic     Barry Michaels
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Dina Titus
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Jon C. Porter, Sr.
FEC H0NV01078: $1,800,305
  Candidate Independent American     Christie Taylor

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Secretary of State Ross Miller
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Treasurer Kate Marshall
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Controller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Controller Kim Wallin
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 6 incumbents, 5 candidates
  Republican: 5 incumbents, 6 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  Independent American (affiliate of Constitution): 1 candidate
  Right to Life
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Const/NVConst.html
Election Authority
  Nevada Secretary of State
  Nevada Secretary of State: Election Center
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Nevada Assembly
  Nevada Legislature
  Nevada Senate
Democratic
  Nevada Democratic Party
  Nevada Democratic Presidential Caucus!
Republican
  Nevada Republican Assembly Caucus
  Nevada Republican Party
Third Party
  Libertarian Party of Nevada
  Nevada Green Party
  Nevada Right to Life
  The Independent American Party of Nevada (state affiliate of Constitution Party, may disaffiliate with the national party)
  The Independent American Party of Nevada (Recognized by the Nevada Secretary of state as the affiliate of Constitution Party)
Media & others
  DC's Political Report - Nevada
  KLAS TV - CBS - Las Vegas
  KOLO-TV - ABC - Reno
  KRNV-TV - NBC - Reno
  KTNV TV - ABC - Las Vegas
  KTVN TV - CBS - Reno
  KVBC-TV - NBC - Las Vegas
  KVVU-TV - FOX - Henderson - Las Vegas
  Nevada Appeal - Carson City
  North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
  Politics1.com - Nevada
  Reno Gazette-Journal
  Review-Journal - Las Vegas
  Tahoe World
  The Record-Courier - Gardnerville

 


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