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n2doc

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Wed Jun 18, 2014, 11:48 AM Jun 2014

‘None of the above’ beats out all Democratic governor candidates in Nevada



By SEAN WHALEY
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU
CARSON CITY — Those few registered Democrats who bothered to vote in Tuesday’s primary might have been driven more by dissatisfaction with the party choices for governor than optimism about the slew of candidates on the ballot.

In what appeared to be a protest vote over the lack of a strong challenger to GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval, more Democrats opted for “None Of These Candidates” over the eight actual individuals running for the party nomination.

Despite U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s pronouncement that a credible party-backed candidate would file against Sandoval, no such individual sought the office. Sandoval is expected to win re-election easily this fall.

The “none” ballot option was picked by nearly 30 percent of Democratic voters, edging out Las Vegas resident Bob Goodman, who pulled about 25 percent of the vote. The other seven candidates lagged well behind. Goodman will be the party choice on the Nov. 4 general election ballot, however.

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‘None of the above’ beats out all Democratic governor candidates in Nevada (Original Post) n2doc Jun 2014 OP
Why didn't the Nevada Dem Party leaders just do what their counterparts in Wisconsin did? Scuba Jun 2014 #1
 

Scuba

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1. Why didn't the Nevada Dem Party leaders just do what their counterparts in Wisconsin did?
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 12:41 PM
Jun 2014

Just take a neo-con, pretend that she's a Democrat and run her.

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