The Green Papers: Nevada 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 12 August 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Electoral Votes:5(0.93% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
2000 Census:2,002,032 (0.71% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):1,390,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):898,347
Capital:Carson City
Tuesday 12 August 2008 polling hours 7:00a PDT (1400 UTC) to 7:00p PDT (0200 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a PST (1500 UTC) to 7:00p PST (0300 UTC).
 

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Nevada State and Local Government

Nevada 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

Tuesday 12 August 2008 State/Local PRIMARIES

NEVADA PRIMARY Returns from an official source

 
           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 5 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
  Candidate Green     former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney
• Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente
• FEC P80004930: $132,856
  Candidate Boston Tea Party     Charles Jay
• Vice President: Dan Sallis
    Socialism and Liberation     Gloria Estela La Riva - apparently not a candidate
• Vice President: Robert Moses
• FEC P80005572: $9,471
  Candidate Prohibition Party     Gene C. Amondson
• Vice President: Howard Lydick
  Candidate Socialist Party USA     Brian Patrick Moore
• Vice President: Stewart Alexander
• FEC P80005275: $9,516
  Candidate Socialist Workers Party     James E. Harris
• Vice President: Alyson Kennedy
  Candidate Unaffiliated     former Ambassador Alan L. Keyes
• Vice President: Brian Rohrbough
• FEC P60003076: $416,244
  Candidate Unaffiliated     William Ronald Koenig
• FEC P80004500: $29,953
  Candidate Unaffiliated; (Republican)     Elvena E. Lloyd-Duffie
• FEC P60003555: Financial report not available
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Frank Edward McEnulty
• Vice President: David Mangan
Affiliated with the "New American Independent Party".
• FEC P80003460: $6,177
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Ralph Nader
• Vice President: Matt Gonzalez
• FEC P20000527: $2,434,472
  Candidate Not readily classifiable     Jonathan Edward Allen
• Vice President: Jeffrey Stath of Ventura, California.
Party affiliation: "Heartquake '08".
• FEC P80005119: $65,258
  Candidate Not readily classifiable     Bradford Lyttle
• Vice President: Abraham Bassford
Affiliated with the "Pacifist" party.
  Candidate Not readily classifiable     Thomas Robert "Tom" Stevens
• Vice President: Alden Link of Paramus, New Jersey
Party Affiliation of "Objectivist".
• FEC P80005655: Financial report not available
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Republican Senator  John Eric Ensign
• First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1994, 1996]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Class 3 Democratic Senator  Harry Reid
• First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
  Republican Governor  James Arthur "Jim" Gibbons
• First elected: 2006
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 

 
15 February 2007: Media reports state that Governor Gibbons is the target of an FBI investigation. There are allegations that Governor Gibbons received payments, while he served in Congress, from a company awarded military contracts.
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Lieutenant Governor  Brian K. Krolicki
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democratic (1 Renominated);
2 Republican (2 Renominated)
CD 1
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  Shelley Berkley
• First elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 12 August 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Shelley Berkley
• FEC H8NV01071: $1,882,370
    Democratic     Mark John Budetich, Jr. - lost primary
• FEC H8NV01204: Financial report not available
    Republican     Christopher Alan "Chris" Dyer - lost primary
• FEC H8NV01196: $5,891
    Republican     Eve "No. 1 Mom" Ellingwood - lost primary
• FEC H8NV01212: Financial report not available
    Republican     Edward "Ed" "Mr. Clean" Hamilton - lost primary
• FEC H8NV01220: Financial report not available
    Republican     Ray J. Kornfeld - lost primary
• FEC H8NV01238: Financial report not available
    Republican     Russ Mickelson - lost primary
• FEC H4NV01112: Financial report not available
    Republican     Mike Powers - lost primary
• FEC H8NV01246: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Kenneth Alexander Wegner
• FEC H6NV01158: $0
  Candidate Libertarian     Raymond James "Jim" Duensing, Jr.
• FEC H4NV01138: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent American     Caren Alexander
• FEC H8NV01253: Financial report not available
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  Dean Heller
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 12 August 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Jill Talbot Derby
• FEC H6NV02180: $465,273
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Dean Heller
• FEC H6NV02164: $1,242,583
    Republican     James W. Smack - lost primary
• FEC H8NV02053: $6,489
  Candidate Green     Craig Bergland
• FEC H8NV02061: Financial report not available
  Candidate Libertarian     Sean Patrick Morse
• FEC H8NV02087: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent American     John Everhart
• FEC H8NV02079: Financial report not available
CD 3
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  Jon C. Porter, Sr.
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 12 August 2008 Primary
    Democratic     Barry Michaels - lost primary
• FEC H6NV03014: Financial report not available
    Democratic     Anna Nevenic - lost primary
• Last name spelled "Nevenich" on FEC Statement of Candidacy
• FEC H6NV03030: Financial report not available
    Democratic     Carlo "Tex" Poliak - lost primary
• FEC H8NV03044: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Dina Titus
• FEC H8NV03036: $662,544
    Republican     Carl Jonathan Bunce - lost primary
• FEC H8NV03051: $7,813
    Republican     Jesse Law - lost primary
• FEC H8NV03069: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Jon C. Porter, Sr.
• FEC H0NV01078: $2,278,734
  Candidate Green     Bob Giaquinta
• FEC H8NV03077: Financial report not available
  Candidate Libertarian     Joseph P. Silvestri
• FEC H4NV03076: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent American     Floyd Fitzgibbons
• FEC H8NV03085: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent     Jeffrey C. Reeves
• FEC H8NV03093: Financial report not available
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Secretary of State Ross Miller
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Attorney General  Catherine Cortez Masto
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Treasurer  Kate Marshall
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Controller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Controller Kim Wallin
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 6 incumbents, 3 candidates
 • Republican: 5 incumbents, 4 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Green (affiliates): 3 candidates
 • Libertarian: 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
 • Boston Tea Party: 1 candidate
 • Independent American (affiliate of Constitution): 3 candidates
 • Socialism and Liberation
 • Prohibition Party (affiliates): 1 candidate
 • Right to Life
 • Socialist Party USA: 1 candidate
 • Socialist Workers Party: 1 candidate
Independents
 • Independent: 1 candidate
 • Unaffiliated: 5 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Not readily classifiable: 3 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Const/NVConst.html
Election Authority
 • Clark County Election Department
 • Nevada Secretary of State
 • Nevada Secretary of State: Election Center
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Nevada Assembly
 • Nevada Legislature
 • Nevada Senate
Democratic
 • Nevada Democratic Party
 • Nevada Democratic Presidential Caucus!
Republican
 • Nevada Republican Assembly Caucus
 • Nevada Republican Party
Third Party
 • Boston Tea Party of Nevada
 • Libertarian Party of Nevada
 • Nevada Green Party
 • Nevada Right to Life
 • The Independent American Party of Nevada (state affiliate of Constitution Party, may disaffiliate with the national party)
 • The Independent American Party of Nevada (Recognized by the Nevada Secretary of state as the affiliate of Constitution Party)
Media & others
 • DC's Political Report - Nevada
 • KLAS TV - CBS - Las Vegas
 • KOLO-TV - ABC - Reno
 • KRNV-TV - NBC - Reno
 • KTNV TV - ABC - Las Vegas
 • KTVN TV - CBS - Reno
 • KVBC-TV - NBC - Las Vegas
 • KVVU-TV - FOX - Henderson - Las Vegas
 • Las Vegas Sun
 • Nevada Appeal - Carson City
 • North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
 • Politics1.com - Nevada
 • Reno Gazette-Journal
 • Review-Journal - Las Vegas
 • Tahoe World
 • The Record-Courier - Gardnerville
 

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