In The News: Department of Political Science

Las Vegas Review Journal

It didn’t take long for Nevada Democrats’ redistricting maneuvering to pay off. A year after the Democrat-controlled Legislature redrew the state’s political boundaries, Democrats defended all three of the competitive congressional districts in Southern Nevada while also expanding their majorities in both chambers, including regaining a supermajority in the state Assembly.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

All of Nevada's Democratic congressional delegation, in a joint statement, called on the Democratic National Committee to put Nevada's Primary Election first on the calendar in coming years.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Now that we have the midterms in the rearview mirror, Nevada Democrats are using the opportunity to renew their push to have the first presidential primary in the country.

Newsweek

Democratic Representative Val Demings became the congressional candidate who spent the most but still lost in her failed campaign to oust Republican Marco Rubio from his U.S. Senate seat in Florida last week.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Nevada Republicans did not see the “red wave” they were expecting in the 2022 midterms.

Newswise

With missiles landing over the border of Poland, the ongoing war in Eastern Europe is getting closer to home for NATO-protected countries.

Newsmax

Florida’s Democratic Rep. Val Demings spent the most of losing candidates in the 2022 midterm elections, using some $68 million out of the $72 million raised during the cycle.

Europa Liberia România

Mid-term elections begin in the US on Tuesday. With all seats in the House of Representatives and more than a third of the Senate up for grabs, the election is expected to result in the defeat of President Joe Biden's Democrats.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

It's been more than a month since the Animal Foundation--the city's only municipal animal shelter--closed its doors to dogs.

Las Vegas Sun

Dawn Block is a registered Republican. Her sister, Dana Serrata, is a Democrat. But when it came to picking a candidate this week in Nevada’s midterm election, the sisters selected some of the same candidates, saying they care more about voting for a person with values akin to their own regardless of party affiliation.

Fox 19 News

Campaigns across Nevada are certainly on edge whether the bad weather will actually affect voter turnout. For many races every vote counts, especially the most expensive race in Nevada history for Senate.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

With 77 percent of precincts reporting, a majority of Nevada voters appear to have voted in favor of all three measures that appeared on the ballot on Tuesday.