Many political analysts call him the most vulnerable Republican U.S. senator in the country. Dean Heller isn’t losing sleep over the label.
Ramona Giwargis
Former reporter: State Government and Politics
Ramona Giwargis covered state government and politics for the Las Vegas Review-Journal from January 2018 to December 2018. She previously covered local politics all over California, including stops in her hometown of San Jose, Merced, Salinas and Eureka. Ramona is a graduate of San Jose State University and has won multiple awards for investigative journalism.
In a move that signals National Republicans’ sharp focus on Nevada, the National Republican Congressional Committee added GOP candidates Danny Tarkanian and Cresent Hardy to the final round of its “Young Guns” program.
Nevada health officials are investigating patient care conditions at North Vista Hospital three months after a Review-Journal report detailed allegations of physical abuse in the psychiatric ward.
Two weeks after Nevada’s primary election, a panel of newspaper readers say they’re fed up with the mud-slinging, negative ads and flow of campaign cash meant to sway their votes.
Brothel owner and Nevada Assembly candidate Dennis Hof was accused of raping a prostitute at one of his brothels in 2005, according to a newly released Lyon County Sheriff’s Department report.
Ex-Henderson Police Chief Patrick Moers has filed a lawsuit that accuses Mayor Debra March and other city leaders of soliciting false sexual misconduct claims against him, damaging his reputation and forcing him to resign.
Southern Nevada’s only state-run psychiatric hospital for adults has lost 15 psychiatrists, 40 nurses and 74 mental health techs over the last decade, records show.
It’s not the first time members of the prominent Laxalt family endorsed a Democrat. Four years ago, they endorsed Democrat Ross Miller for attorney general over Laxalt, who narrowly won that race. Laxalt is now running for governor.
President Donald Trump landed in Las Vegas on Saturday morning, greeted by a line of senior Nevada elected officials and geared up for a jam-packed day of fundraising, firing up his base and touting tax reform.
President Donald Trump’s stop at the Nevada Republican Party’s convention Saturday marks an aggressive push by Republicans to protect their majority in Washington by winning key races in the battleground state.
A Nye County official pulled her endorsement of gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt after he announced that he won’t support brothel owner Dennis Hof’s bid for Nevada Assembly.
One of the first statewide ad buys since U.S. Sen. Dean Heller won the Nevada primary focuses on the GOP senator’s work with veterans.
Two Nevada congressional seats are in play this November, setting up a showdown between national Democrats vying to win a House majority and Republicans determined to expand control of the chamber.
Officials said securing Duncan’s victory over Democratic challenger Aaron Ford is a top priority, especially because many Republican attorneys general across the country are term-limited or running for other offices.
In rural Nye County, Hof had snagged a sizeable lead over incumbent GOP Assemblyman James Oscarson — and the gap between the men grew all night. Hof, a self-proclaimed pimp, won the Republican nomination for Nevada’s Assembly District 36.