Chuck Muth

• Opinion

  GOP’s Dream Team II

  Way back on May 14, 2009, I wrote in Muth’s Truths that Nevada Republicans had the potential of fielding a “dream team” of top-tier candidates who could potentially lead the beleaguered party back from the political wilderness. The team would include Rep. Dean Heller vs. Sen. Harry Reid, federal judge Brian Sandoval...

  Chuck Muth September 29, 2009
• Opinion

  Halseth Declares for AD 13

  Republican Elizabeth Halseth announced today as a candidate for Nevada State Assembly District 13 in Las Vegas. The seat is currently held by GOP Assemblyman Chad Christensen, who has told people he will be running for the Nevada State Senate seat in District 9 next year against fellow Republican and incumbent Sen....

  Chuck Muth September 29, 2009
• Opinion

  Heck Mulls Jump into CD 3 Race

  Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. Joe Heck says he is “seriously considering” leaving the governor’s race and entering the race for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District seat currently held by Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nevada). Heck attended a meeting in Las Vegas today called by former Republican CD 3 candidate John Guedry – who withdrew...

  Chuck Muth September 28, 2009
• Opinion

  IFC Hiding Behind Unelected Stakeholders

  “Remember, a public option is a relative term. There's a public option, there's a public option, and there's a public option. And we're going to look at each of them." – Sen. Harry Reid

  Chuck Muth September 28, 2009
• Opinion

  Conservative Eyes Moving Up to Senate

  (Sparks, NV) – Five-term Assemblyman Don Gustavson has announced that he will seek the Nevada State Senate seat in District 2 overseeing portions of Lyon, Storey, and Washoe Counties. The seat is being vacated by Republican Senator Maurice Washington due to term limits. Gustavson, a Republican, currently represents Assembly District 32.

  Chuck Muth May 29, 2009
• Opinion

  McNaught Eyes Senate Run

  (Las Vegas – NV) – Republican businessman Patrick McNaught has announced his candidacy for Nevada State Senate District 12 in Clark County. The seat is currently vacant due to the resignation of GOP Sen. Warren Hardy shortly after the 2009 legislative session. “I plan on offering voters a real choice between the...

  Chuck Muth May 27, 2009
• Opinion

  Heck Stands Up for Taxpayers

  GOP gubernatorial candidate Joe Heck joined Gov. Jim Gibbons this week in signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. In doing so, Dr. Heck issued the following statement: “Some say this pledge ‘ties the hands of the governor,’ rather I have come to believe that it is a way to prevent elected officials from...

  Chuck Muth May 26, 2009
• Opinion

  Ellis to Run for Assembly

  (Las Vegas, NV) – Republican Tibi Ellis, a healthcare professional who immigrated to the United States from Venezuela as a young teenager, has announced her candidacy for Nevada State Assembly District 5 in Las Vegas. The seat is currently held by Democrat Assemblywoman Marilyn Dondero-Loop. “I’ve grown increasingly frustrated and alarmed at...

  Chuck Muth May 25, 2009
• Opinion

  Raggio’s RINOs

  “State Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio warned today that a citizens committee expected to propose changes in taxes and state spending to improve the quality of life in Nevada must not be filled with ‘tax users’ for its recommendations to win public acceptance,” reported the Las Vegas Review-Journal this week. “The stakeholder...

  Chuck Muth May 25, 2009
• Opinion

  Sandoval and the Tax Pledge

  Immediately upon announcing as a Republican candidate for governor last week, former federal judge Brian Sandoval declared that the would not sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge promising voters that as governor he would “oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes.” Warning! Warning! Danger, Will Robinson! Now, if Sandoval...

  Chuck Muth May 25, 2009
• Opinion

  Time to Break Out the Pink Slips

  Immediately following a meeting with Gov. Jim Gibbons last week, Democratic legislators, as well as some moderate Republicans, emerged and proclaimed adamantly that the state budget couldn’t be cut any further. Wow, talk about broken records and boys who cry wolf. These legislators have been saying there’s nothing more to cut since….well,...

  Chuck Muth May 25, 2009
• Opinion

  Pot vs. Booze: The $10,000 Challenge

  (Las Vegas, NV) – The Marijuana Policy Project of Nevada (http://www.mppnv.org) announced on Wednesday that it will pay $10,000 to any Nevadan who can disprove three statements of fact which they say demonstrate that marijuana is objectively and unquestionably safer than alcohol. MPP-NV manager Dave Schwartz made the announcement at a press...

  Chuck Muth May 25, 2009