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Amid raucous debate, Nevada Republican Party conventioneers on Saturday stripped opposition to gay marriage and abortion from the party platform and endorsed Gov. Brian Sandoval for governor in the June 10 primary despite misgivings by conservatives, his criticism of the process and his absence from the meeting. The convention also backed Sue Lowden for lieutenant governor over state Sen. Mark Hutchison, R-Las Vegas, who was endorsed by Sandoval and who also spurned the party’s move to endorse candidates before the primary. A nominating committee proposed more than three dozen pre-primary endorsements, although the panel decided against recommending anybody in the...

Centrist Senate Republicans are likely to get a new ally in Sen.-elect Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), according to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).

Senator Harry Reid may be having a lot of bad dreams lately as it appears that the voters of Nevada don't like him much anymore.

His favorable rating stands at a sparkling 35/58 and previous polls have found he’s all but finished if forced to run head to head against Sue Lowden or Danny Tarkanian. But toss a little third-party tea on the gears and magical things start to happen, my friends. Which, of course, is precisely why Palin’s been nudging tea partiers lately to pick a side. As Groundskeeper Willie would say: I warned ye. Didn’t I warn ye?

Conservatives have a number of opportunities for victories in 2010, but none is more important than the chance to defeat Senate majority leader Harry Reid. We must rally behind the right candidate to ensure that we not only defeat Reid but also gain a solid conservative senator. That candidate is Sue Lowden. I have known Sue and her family for years. I know that she has the fortitude to take on Reid and withstand the onslaught that he and his allies will unleash against her. More importantly, I know that she has strong conservative principles rooted in her personal faith...

Here is video of Nevada GOP Senate Candidate Sue Lowden's first campaign ad for television. The ad emphasizes her family roots to Nevada voters. Lowden is running for the GOP Nomination, and is expected to put up a strong challenge to Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in this coming Fall's midterm election. She is already leading in some early polls against Reid. . . . (VIDEO)

Harry Reid will not run for re-election. You heard it here first. He's gonna ram healthcare through (or at least give it his best college try) and then he'll opt not to run to "spend more time with family" or some other 100% bogus, phoney excuse. Once his political usefulness has been used up by Obama, Axelrod, and Emanuel, they'll pull a Dodd and tell him to step down "for the good of the party". Since his poll numbers are upside down in Nevada, and even lefty pundits on MSNBC are admitting he's toast, Reid may see retiring as a...

Ronald Reagan once quipped that when you start referring to government as “we” instead of “they,” you have been in office too long. Not only is Senator Harry Reid referring to his liberal majority in Washington as “we,” he complains to reporters about the “smell” of American taxpayers when they visit our nation’s Capitol. Harry Reid has been in Washington far too long. While families struggle in the face of rising unemployment, the housing crisis, and falling income, Harry Reid has chosen to carry out the bidding of Washington’s special interests and his party’s extreme liberal base. He has proven...

Here is video of Republican challenger to Sen. Harry Reid - Sue Lowden - explaining why he should be turned out of office in Nevada in the November mid-term election. Lowden said Reid should be turned out of office because he is an embarrassment to Nevada. She pointed out that Reid has done things like: 1. Call former President George W. Bush a "loser" while speaking to young people in a classroom setting. 2. Said that visitors to the U.S. Capitol "smelled." Here is video of the comment she was referring to . . . Lowden also said Reid should...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is prepared to run a sharply negative campaign if that’s what it takes to win reelection next year, with a top adviser predicting that the Nevada Democrat will “vaporize” his Republican challengers with attack ads. Trailing in the polls and under constant attack from the GOP, Reid’s campaign has just launched a warm-and-fuzzy million-dollar ad campaign to reintroduce the veteran senator to his constituents. But Reid’s team also wants to be the one that introduces lesser-known opponents to the electorate — and will be ready, when the time comes, to unleash a torrent of ads...

Politics: The senator who called the president a liar and never apologized may have worn out his welcome in his home state. Harry Reid may be riding the liberal agenda into political oblivion.In 2004, Republicans defeated Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle largely on the theme that he neglected his home state in favor of national party interests. The GOP is hoping that in 2010 lightning will strike a second time, and Nevada polls indicate it may be more than wishful thinking. In 1998, Reid beat John Ensign by a hair-thin 428 votes. Ensign would go on to win Nevada's other...

LAS VEGAS – Sue Lowden plans to step down from her position running Nevada’s Republican Party, a sign that she’s preparing to challenge Majority Leader Harry Reid in next year’s Senate race. According to two people familiar with the matter, Lowden is expected to inform state GOP activists on a conference call Wednesday night that she plans to quit the chairmanship effective Sept. 30. Doing so would allow her to jump into what could be a contested GOP primary against several other Republican candidates. A poll released by the Las Vegas Review-Journal last month said that if she escapes the...

Can any Nevada FReepers shed any light on Sue Lowden and Danny Tarkanian? Tarkanian seems to be stronger in the polls (both lead Reid in head-to-heads), but he doesn't have a very good track record in elections. I would assume Lowden has more political connections, fundraising connections, and has held elective office in Nevada before. Who is the more conservative candidate between Tarkanian and Lowden? Thanks.

I should preface this by saying all Republican candidates with name recognition beat Reid. There are others in the race. The only big name candidate to officially announce is Danny Tarkanian. The Sue Lowden thing is still up in the air, and seems to be more of a push by insiders to get their person in the race. I’m not sure why the Republican establishment seems to be challenging Danny Tarkanian. Especially since he has polled higher than Reid and Lowden in all of the polls, and has really hit the ground running.