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Reminder: JOE BIDEN carried Nevada by just 2 points in 2020, and Dems cannot afford to lose Cortez Masto’s seat if they want to retain their Senate majority.STEVE SISOLAK of a key asset before they both face reelection next year.” One major effect: “The clash in Nevada has also left the coordinated campaign for top Democrats in the state without precious voter data, robbing Sen.
What happened: A war between former Senate Majority Leader HARRY REID’s political machine and the pro- BERNIE SANDERS forces who’ve taken over the state party - spurring “a flurry of resignations, embarrassing headlines and the creation of a fully operating shadow party” - is dividing Democrats in the swing state on the eve of the midterm elections, reports Holly Otterbein. Second: An intraparty feud is roiling Nevada Dems, with potentially huge fallout in 2022. elections, the Adelsons “were the biggest donors to federal candidates and super PACs.” In the 2020 campaign, they “gave more than $91 million to bolster former President Donald Trump’s reelection effort, making them Trump’s biggest financial backer.” Reminder: In three of the last five U.S. TED CRUZ, former Secretary of State MIKE POMPEO and former U.S. RON DESANTIS, former VP MIKE PENCE, Texas Sen. Who she met with this week: House Minority Leader KEVIN MCCARTHY, NRSC Chair RICK SCOTT (R-Fla.) and a coterie of 2024 hopefuls, including Florida Gov. What happened: Though she’s kept a low profile since the January 2021 death of her husband, casino magnate SHELDON ADELSON, Miriam is “staging a return to politics, positioning herself to be a force in the 2022 midterms and beyond,” reports Alex Isenstadt. First: GOP medagonor MIRIAM ADELSON is reemerging from her political hiatus. WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS ISN’T STAYING THERE - There are two important political stories out of Nevada this morning, each with implications for national politics. Expect to see a lot more of it - and for Trump to notice as 2024 approaches. It’s an uncanny likeness - better than any Trump impression we’ve seen - that captures not only his mannerisms and vocal tics, but his jigsaw-like thought pattern as he speaks. MOVE OVER ALEC, THERE’S A NEW DONALD - You know you’ve arrived as a national political figure when you get impersonated on “Saturday Night Live.” Last night, GLENN YOUNGKIN got the SNL treatment in a sketch that had the governor-elect sidestepping questions about critical race theory and introducing a concerned Virginia parent (“When my son brought home the book ‘Beloved’ by TONI MORRISON, I put down my copy of ‘Fifty Shades…’ and said, ‘NO!’”).īut the thing that really makes it worth watching is DONALD TRUMP, or more precisely, the show’s new impression of him by rookie cast member JAMES AUSTIN JOHNSON. GOP medagonor Miriam Adelson is reemerging from her political hiatus.
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