Nevada Congressional Candidates for Congress, NV Election Race 2012

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State Primary in June 2012

Nevada Senator Election Race

Republican Senator Candidates

Dean Heller (R)
Ed Hamilton (R)

Democrat Senator Candidates

Shelley Berkley (D)
Barry Ellsworth (D)

Nevada Candidates for US Congress from NV 2011

District 1:
Shelley Berkley (D)
Ruben Kihuen (D)
Dina Titus (D)
Brian Landsberger (R)

District 2
Mark Amodei (R)

District 3:
John Oceguera (D)
James Haning II (D)
Joe Heck (R)
Rob Sheridan (Independent)

District 4: (NEW)
Steven Horsford (D)
Barbara Cegavske (R)
Dan Schwartz (R)
Danny Tarkanian (R)

Sharron Angle for Congress Neveda 2011

Former Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle may run for Congress as an independent, the Las Vegas Journal-Review reports. According to Republican strategists, Angle is considering a third-party run if she does not secure the Republican nomination for Nevada’s 2nd congressional district. The congressional seat, currently held by Republican Rep. Dean Heller, may be filled by a special election if Heller is appointed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval to replace John Ensign in the Senate.

Currently there is uncertainty over whether Nevada law would allow each political party’s central committee to pick a candidate for a special election without a primary election. If parties chose their candidates, Angle would consider running as an independent, the Journal-Review reports.

According to the Journal-Review, a recent poll shows a neck-and-neck race if Angle ran as an independent. Republican and Democratic candidates are reportedly in a dead heat with Angle, all placing within the unnamed poll’s margin of error. The potential independent candidacy of Angle could place the longtime Republican stronghold within striking distance of a Democratic candidate.

Angle’s run could make her either the first House independent since Vermont’s Bernie Sanders or a spoiler like Doug Hoffman, who’s conservative third-party candidacy in 2009 for New York’s 23rd district flipped the seat to Democrats.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/04/26/sharron-angle-the-first-tea-party-congressman/#ixzz1Mx5sQ0H4

History of Nevada. Information that every Nevada Election Candidates for US Senate Should Know:

1775 The Spanish missionary Francisco Garces became the first European to enter Nevada, crossing the southern part of the state on his way to California.

1821 Old Spanish Trail in use for purposes of trade.

1825 As part of his Snake River expedition, Fur trapper Peter Skene Ogden of the Hudson's Bay Company became the first white man in Nevada discovering the Humboldt River.

1826 August - In a letter written by Jedediah Strong Smith, he reported briefly on his expedition (where he represented the fur trapping company of Smith, Jackson & Sublette), that he had departed from Salt Lake City with 14 men, heading south along the Sevier River, then west along the [now] Virgin, Colorado and Mojave rivers.