NV-LG: Lowden's campaign weighed down by 2010 debts

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Ralston had an excellent takedown of her a couple of months ago. Hutchinson is the NVGOP's guy and Sandoval's heir apparent. Hutchinson becoming LG gives Sandoval the option of challenging Reid in 2016.

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Here are the two Ralston articles on Lowden.

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The other interesting downballot race is a potential dynastic duel between Miller and Laxalt.

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Speaking of which, Lowden let that cat out of the bag. "We have our future AG candidate, Adam Laxalt, here..." Question for Nevadans: related to the LG race? Miles' article said Sandoval would quickly endorse whoever ran, but Laxalt appearing with Lowden is strange.

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Ralston notes that Hutchinson will probably raise north of $750k. In order to match Lowden will need to put in her own money, which won't please her creditors. Curious to see what a poll would say, but Sandoval will need to use at least some firepower which would better be served elsewhere. I don't doubt Hutchinson will win in the end.

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Sandoval's anointed running mate, St. Sen. Mark Hutchison, especially if Sandoval takes on Reid in 2016 as many (including Ralston) suspect. If Adam Laxalt beats Ross Miller for AG then he'd be another Pub who might move up later. One of Reid's 2 preferred candidates probably won't run, so either the other one or an already-filed Some Dude does. Pubs want to sweep all statewide offices and take the Senate, but Dems have strong AG and LG candidates.

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Reid's LG candidate is Assemblywoman Lucy Flores, who has an interesting biography but is very obscure.

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I doubt that having a Dem LG will discourage Sandoval from running against Reid. The Republicans will lobby hard for Sandoval to run against him.

He doesn't want a Dem successor, which is why he's going to the trouble of handpicking a potential Pub one. Reid also believes so, otherwise he wouldn't be sponsoring his own LG candidate and almost certainly planning to interfere in the Pub LG primary on Lowden's "behalf." A preliminary but vital skirmish between party leaders.

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Former Washoe GOP chair Dave Buell has filed a FEC complaint against Lowden for failing to report $77k in debt, H/T Ralston. Surely she could self-fund or fundraise out of all this crap?

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Lowden has a plan to fix her debt problems.

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Dems helping Lowden with you guessed it, a chicken. She and Hutchison both have spotty ideological records in past decades, but they're still trying to smear each other regardless.

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Does anyone know who the Nevada Democrats are putting up for the Lieutenant Governor's office ?

Assemblywoman Lucy Flores is Reid's choice, but she hasn't announced yet.

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Flores will formally announce in March.

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Long Ralston read on last night's debate. Hutchison went ballistic while Lowden was calm, but both were rather clownish and revisionist.

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NVGOP is a shell joke, so hardly a BFD.

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That's fantastic.

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Ralston said recently that either Lowden self-funds or gets crushed given Hutchison's total command of the airwaves.