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So says Cleta Mitchell, the same woman who tried to get Scott Ashjian, the Tea Party of Nevada candidate out of the race, in an astonishing fundraising letter: As Sharron Angle's campaign attorney, I am sorry to report that the Democrats and their cronies are up to their same old tricks, of trying to manipulate the election in hopes of skewing the results in their favor. Two days ago, the Democratic Secretary of State announced that voters can be provided "free food" at "voter turnout events." Harry Reid has been offering free food and, according to other reports, some Democratic...

A Nevada judge ruled Thursday that Scott Ashjian’s name will remain on November’s ballot as a Tea Party candidate for Senate. The Independent American Party, which is running a candidate of its own in the Nevada Senate race, had argued that Ashjian was registered as a Republican and not Tea Party when he filed to qualify for the ballot on March 2. But Ashjian’s legal team had argued that after first registering to vote as a Republican, he returned to register with the Tea Party. In its ruling Thursday, the court said Ashjian complied with state law in his filing....

Nevada News Bureau editor and Channel 13 political analyst Elizabeth Crum has learned that Tea Party of Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Scott Ashjian's check did bounce. Here is more from the blog article posted on Nevadanewsbureau.com by Crum. You may recall that on Friday afternoon, Tea Party of Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Scott Ashjian put out a four page press release saying he had filed a Bar complaint against Deputy DA Bernie Zadrowski for wrongly pursuing bad check charges against him. Ashjian claimed the $5,000 "bounced check" reported by the media and at issue with the Bad Check Unit was...

A Tea Party of Nevada candidate is blaming the state's Republican party for what he calls "trumped up" charges in a bad check case. Criminal charges were dismissed Friday against Scott Ashjian after he paid nearly $5,600 to cover the disputed check and prosecution fees. Ashjian, who is trying to unseat Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, later issued a statement maintaining he never bounced the $5,000 business check. The Las Vegas asphalt businessman says the GOP is targeting him and his family to get him out of the running for Nevada's Senate seat. He's pledging to "finish this race."...

U.S. Senate hopeful Scott Ashjian will avoid being arrested on felony charges of theft and writing bad checks after he paid $5,575 to cover a bounced check and court fees. The Tea Party of Nevada candidate told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Thursday that his campaign would release a statement regarding all of his legal woes today . "The bottom line is, I did pay money on a stop payment check, it wasn't an insufficient funds claim like (the complaint that) was issued," Ashjian said. "At the end of the day, the facts will come out." Chief Deputy District Attorney...

Anyone remember this post from a few months ago? Tea Party Candidate May Ensure A Harry Reid WinWell guess what: Scott Ashjian is one of a record 22 candidates, including 12 Republicans, running for the seat held by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who is seeking a fifth term. Bernie Zadrowski, head of the Clark County district attorney’s office bad check unit, said he would seek an arrest warrant Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court. Ashjian could face up to 14 years in state prison if convicted. ~~~ In a separate matter, a Carson City District Court judge on Friday...

The Clark County District Attorney’s office has filed a request for an arrest warrant for Scott Ashjian, the Las Vegas businessman running for U.S. Senate as a member of the Tea Party of Nevada. Ashjian faces charges of felony theft and drawing and passing a bad check. He’s accused of bouncing a $5,000 business check in 2009. Bernie Zadrowski, Chief Deputy and supervisor of the Bad Check Unit, said the case is being treated like any other. Ashjian made headlines last week when he was attacked by members of the Tea Party Express, who claimed they had never heard of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 25, 2010CONTACT: Levi Russell at (509) 979-6615 or Levi@FrontLineStrat.comTea Party Express Releases Ad Telling Phony Tea Party Candidate Scott Ashjian to "Get Lost!" *Ashjian Faces New Lawsuit Alleging "False" Filing for Office*Nevada Officials Revoke Ashjian's Contractors LicenseThe Tea Party Express is calling out purported "Tea Party of Nevada" candidate, Scott Ashjian as a phony and a fraud in a new television ad campaign.  The first ad in that campaign is being released today and can be seen here:The Tea Party Express has already spent over $350,000 in its campaign to "Defeat Harry Reid" and the organization will spend what...