10/24

-Ralston Flash:
Republicans inch up in early voting advantage, now lead in urban counties by just over 2 percent---

-Obama urges crowd at school rally to re-elect Harry Reid as senator (Las Vegas Review Journal)
http://www.lvrj.com/news/reid--angle-seek-gain-from-obama-visit-105565043.html
Setting the stakes high, President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea Friday night to thousands of supporters in Las Vegas to help re-elect Harry Reid. "The main reason I'm here, the main reason I need you fired up is because in just 11 days you have the chance to set the direction of this state and this country -- not just for the next five years, for the next 10 years, but for the next several decades," Obama declared.

-Senate race attracting big bucks from outside Nevada (Las Vegas Review Journal)
http://www.lvrj.com/news/more-outside-money-flows-into-nevada-senate-race-for-advertising-105575188.html
In a blitz of late spending, outside interest groups have in recent days poured nearly $5.2 million into television, radio and direct-mail advertising aimed at influencing Nevada voters. The expenditures between Oct. 8 and Oct. 21 bring total outside spending in Nevada's marquee U.S. Senate race to $13.5 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

-Democrats hold edge over Republicans in early voting turnout so far (Las Vegas Review Journal)
http://www.lvrj.com/news/democrats-hold-edge-over-republicans-in-early-voting-turnout-so-far-105575383.html
The reputed Republican surge is still a ripple in Nevada's most populous county after six days of early voting, according to Clark County voter tallies. In Washoe County, Nevada's other urban center, Republicans have a nearly 7 percentage point turnout advantage. It adds up to Democrats representing 45 percent of the early turnout in the two counties and Republicans 40 percent.

-MGM Resorts Boosts Contribution to PAC Backing Reid (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-22/mgm-increases-contributions-to-pac-backing-senate-leader-reid.html
MGM Resorts International gave $250,000 this month to a political action committee airing ads in support of Harry Reid. It was MGM’s second donation to the Patriot Majority PAC, Federal Election Commission records show. MGM’s donation accounted for most of the $353,675 raised Oct. 1-15 by Patriot Majority.

-Reid’s endorsements make for strange bedfellows: That they've found themselves in the same camp is a testimony to the power of Reid's position as majority leader, said David Damore, a political science professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "They all want their interests protected and who better to do it than the majority leader," he said. "There's an old adage that politics makes strange bedfellows, and that's the case here." http://www.rgj.com/article/20101024/NEWS19/10240342/Nevada-Senate-race-makes-for-strange-bedfellows-