2016 Nevada Caucuses: GOP Cattle Call Kicks Off Nominating Season in Nevada
While the political world focused on Donald Trump’s helicopter landing at the Iowa State Fair, Nevada caucus season kicked off at a ranch one hour south of Reno Saturday.
While the attentions of the political world were focused on Donald Trump’s helicopter landing at the Iowa State Fair, Nevada caucus season kicked off at a ranch one hour south of Reno Saturday. Four presidential candidates descended on the Corley Ranch here to speak at Nevada’s first cattle call, an event hosted by Adam Laxalt, the state’s Republican attorney general. Below bright blue skies streaked with clouds, with the stunning Sierra Nevada mountains rising in the background, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Scott Walker, and Ted Cruz made their case to voters.
The Silver State will be far more competitive territory in 2016 than it has been in the past. This is just the second presidential cycle that Nevadans will vote so early in the nominating process, and last cycle Mitt Romney rode his natural advantage in the heavily Mormon state to an easy victory. But this time around, any number of candidates in the historically large field have the potential to make inroads in the state — and appear prepared to spend the money necessary to do so.
It’s been a busy week of Republicans gearing up for the first-in-the-West caucuses. Walker announced former Governor Bob List as his campaign’s Nevadachairman. Jeb Bush, meanwhile, rolled out endorsements from Nevada senator Dean Heller and Representative MarkAmodei, and held events in the state. But it was Laxalt’s event today — attended by 1,750 Republicans, according to organizers — that appeared to mark the formal start of the nominating season here. “It really kicks Nevada caucus efforts off,” List told National Review. “And the guys who weren’t here today, the candidates who weren’t here today made a bad mistake.”Continue reading…
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