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Some developments in the Nevada ad wars:
Crossroads GPS is filling in its order in Reno, meaning it's hitting (probably Rep. Shelley Berkley) more and earlier.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is beefing up its buy in Reno and Las Vegas (are you listening, Sen. Dean Heller?)
Meanwhile, Heller is currently outspending Berkley on Spanish-language TV, I am reliably told. But I hear some union folks are coming to her rescue.
And John Oceguera, the former firefighter running for Congress...
Gondolier Numero Uno and GOP donor Numero Uno Sheldon Adelson attended a fundraiser at T Bones inside Red Rock Station for Mitt Romney, shortly before he gave a boiler-plate stump speech to a packed crowd at Cox Pavilion.
The Fertitta brothers also attended the private event, as did major GOP donor Bill Brady, who hosted a previous event here for Romney. Also there were state Senate hopeful Mark Hutchison, who was involved in the Obamacare case before the Supreme Court; businessman Dan Shaw; Lt...
It's a $240,000, week-long buy, trying to solidify women against Rep. Joe Heck -- or for Speaker John Oceguera.
The ad is here.
(I will be embedding video soon I promise!)
The state just released the numbers. Was 12 percent in July.
See the full report in the attached documents.
Bottom line:
Nevada Statewide 12.1%
(Seasonally Adjusted)
Las Vegas-Paradise MSA 12.3%
Reno-Sparks MSA 11.5%
Carson City MSA 11.6%
Elko Micropolitan Area 6.1%
United States 8.1%
UPDATE
Gov. Brian Sandoval: “While I am disappointed that Nevada experienced another slight uptick in the unemployment rate, I am encouraged by the fact that we continue to see signs of...
You folks aren't thrilled with Secretary of State Ross Miller's Holly Madison and Me campaign to increase voter registration in the state. Here are the first poll results:
59 percent said the ad is embarassingly frivolous while 41 percent said it was marketing genius.
I bet Miller and Madison don't care. Indeed, Miller Tweeted on Thursday: "#registertovotenv.gov media campaign a big success; online registration increased 467% since launch"
So do you stand corrected, folks?
New poll coming soon...
It'll be a newsy day here in the center of the political universe, folks.
The new state jobless rate will be released today -- check back by 8 or so -- and Mitt Romney comes to town to raise money and rally the base. Romney arrives this morning and speaks about 2:30 at Cox Pavilion after a luncheon event at Red Rock Station. My guess is the jobless number will come up.
I'll be on KSNV, Channel 3, live talking about the rally, so tune in.
Packed show tonight.
I had five minutes with Christie, asked him about the 47 percent, Harry Reid and Mitt Romney's tax returns and his denigrating Las Vegas.
I'll also respond to his comments about Las Vegas and talk about all those polls released today.
I also chatted this afternoon with UNLV President Neal Smatresk about whether the university is really, as he claims, on solid fiscal footing and whether UNLV helps or hurts the state economy.
And, finally, I'll have a Reality Check on that...
ABC News has posted a story today about a LDS Church voter registration drive that I first told you about here.
That can only give the story more legs as the national newtwork has posted the PowerPoint (hmm, how did they get that?) that the church emailed to stake presidents, urging them to "Speak with One Voice."
I'm sure that one voice wasn't supposed to be for the only LDS candidate in the presidential race.
I will get a few minutes today with the New Jersey governor, who's acting as a surrogate for Mitt Romney.
That should be interesting -- wonder if he will say, as ex-New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu did to me, "Behave yourself."
Parts of the interview will be on KSNV, Channel 3's, 6 PM newscast and parts will be shown on "Face to Face" at 6:30 in Reno and Elko and 7:30 in Las Vegas.