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Brookings foreign policy expert and UNLV faculty to discuss Southern border relationship as part of free public lecture series.
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A presidential candidate with a unique ability to turn out low-propensity voters. A Nevada senator running a state-specific campaign and keeping her party leaders at arm’s length. And an electorate much more interested in third-party candidates and the “none of the above” option in the Senate race than in the presidential race.
Despite that Trump won the Silver State, Republican military veteran Sam Brown lost to incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). The Senate race came down to the fact that Rosen was the incumbent, according to UNLV political science professor Daniel Lee.
With Donald Trump in line to be the next president of the United States, immigrant communities across Nevada and the nation are bracing for his promise to carry out the “largest deportation in the history of our country,” removing millions of immigrants in mass roundups and raids. Among the most immediate effects of such a move would be to tear Nevada families apart, experts predict.
With Donald Trump in line to be the next president of the United States, immigrant communities across Nevada and the nation are bracing for his promise to carry out the “largest deportation in the history of our country,” removing millions of immigrants in mass roundups and raids. Among the most immediate effects of such a move would be to tear Nevada families apart, experts predict.
With one day before the canvass by each county board of commissioners, we're getting a better idea of voter turnout here in Clark County. According to the Secretary of State's office, there was about a 70% turnout, 5% lower than in 2020.
Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen, a first-term Democrat, narrowly won her re-election bid, defeating GOP challenger Sam Brown, according to an AP race call.