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District, county breakdowns of presidential, Senate votes, courtesy of DailyKos
The well-known site DailyKos has broken down Nevada's presidential and Senate race votes by legislative district, congressional district and by county. One finding premium subscribers to this site already know: Dean Heller won CD3, 49-43, over Shelley Berkley, an ominous portent for Democratic National Committeewoman Erin Bilbray. Others: ►Berkley and Heller were essentially tied in Justin Jones' pivotal state Senate district. President Obama won it by 9 percentage points.
Key senator straddles fence on margins tax
In my quixotic quest to pin down Democratic lawmakers on the margins tax they ignored during Session '13, my latest challenge was Justin Jones, whose Senate seat may hold the key to upper house control.
Landslide: Site readers say Reid is the one on the ropes
Was there ever a question? Time to come clean, senator.
State to Joint Commission: You recommended accreditation of Rawson-Neal on one survey but not the other
Response to TJC Accreditation Committee_07-25-2013.pdf, 
Final Statement 07 24 13 Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services.docx After visiting the embattled Rawson-Neal psychiatric facility in May and June, the Joint Commission recommended accreditation for the troubled facility, according to a letter from state officials to the non-profit outfit.
Erquiaga still the favorite for state supe
I said from the beginning that Dale Erquiaga, who has been a close adviser to secretaries of state and governors, was the favorite to become the next state superintendent as soon as he applied. Erquiaga, unlike the cashiered James Guthrie, would be sure to carry out Gov. Brian Sandoval's agenda. They go way back, and Erquiaga was a key cog in the first half of Gov. Sunny's first term.
Sandoval already has won election with grass-roots activism
How can anyone compete with this?
Everybody loves Justin: Gaming, labor, lobbyists galore on board
A failed Assembly candidate (Tom Blanchard) and a Jon Bon Jovi lookalike already have declared they are running against Justin Jones. But the lack of a formidable foe hasn't stopped the state senator who won by a whisker in 2012 from trying to get anointed early in the cycle.
UPDATED: Margin calls: How do Democrats stand on the teachers' tax?
Incredibly, four days after this post, not one Democrat has responded to my request for a position on the margins tax initiative, which will be on the 2014 ballot. So I have decided to start making what I will dub margin calls, asking on the phone what I cannot get through email. I will update as I get answers -- or don't -- and I will update the other post, too.
DA to Washoe commissioners: You can pass both taxes or one and you can sunset them
During a hearing Tuesday evening, Washoe County commissioners opened debate on a sales and property tax plan to fund schools that Gov. Brian Sandoval and the Gang of 63 were too chicken to act on themselves.