Las Vegas Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian, mother of defeated Republican U.S. Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian, pledged her support last week to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Tarkanian, a lifelong Democrat, said she would have voted for her Republican son if he were ...

After all the chickens have come home to roost, depriving Archon Corp. of some of its equity, and after all the Scientology lampooning has been exhausted, giving Tom Cruise an improbable cameo in the Nevada Senate race, it comes down to this ...

Minuteman figure accused of selling his support to political candidatesA prominent anti-illegal immigration activist who endorsed Las Vegas businessman Danny Tarkanian in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate is being accused of selling his support to candidates. In a story last ...

The Republican Senate primary is turning out to be a rather sleepy affair. ThereÕs been plenty of media attention and advertising, but not much on-the-ground activity and fairly low turnout, according to last weekÕs early voting results. Fewer ...

Danny TarkanianÕs company extended big loan to horse-resort developer who defaultedIt was 2007, and the Southwest was in the grips of speculative fever. The land frenzy was particularly acute in Las Vegas, where major casino companies were in the middle ...

GOP candidate: Sen. Harry Reid has edge with leading Republicans in Nevada raceIn an ominous warning for Republicans, a U.S. Senate candidate in Nevada said Thursday that the party's chances of ousting Majority Leader Harry Reid are slipping away and ...

Harry Reid is dead, one in an occasional series: Two weeks until the long and winding road finally leads us to the door of a new campaign, one that will feature a GOP nominee sure to be feted as the Second Coming ...

Tone of civility could be good for party's prospects, but not if it shows weaknessPerhaps they were obeying Ronald ReaganÕs Ò11th CommandmentÓ — that Republicans shall not speak ill of another Republican — but for the most ...

Harry Reid is dead, one in an occasional series: If you believe the Mason-Dixon poll conducted this week, the U.S. Senate contest is now a three-way race, which must leave the majority leaderÕs advisers both ecstatic and befuddled. They ...

With less than three weeks until early voting begins, Republicans seeking to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are taking to the airwaves in a closing-time ad blitz, seeking to influence Nevada conservatives and catch the GOP front-runner, Sue Lowden, as polls ...