Post-Election Autopsy: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – Part 3
Before wrapping up this series with a look at the State Assembly, let’s dispel the myth that money automatically wins elections. Exhibit A: District Court Judge, Eighth Judicial, Dept. 30, in Clark County. Incumbent Judge Jerry Wiese vs. challenger Josh Santeramo. According to the last campaign finance report through September 30, 2026, Santeramo raised […]
Post-Election Autopsy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part 2
Before taking a look at the State Senate races, let’s look at some turnout numbers in Clark County. In the 2022, the last midterm election, about 47% of registered Democrats turned out and voted while a little over 57% of Republicans turned out. That’s a ten point GOP advantage which overcame much of the […]
Post-Election Autopsy: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly – Part 1
I’ve already covered the national cataclysm and the CD2 debacle. Now let’s take a look at what happened in Nevada. Three words: It. Was. Ugly. Silver lining: You can’t bounce back until you’ve hit bottom. Welcome to rock bottom. Republicans now have zero representation in Congress (thanks again Flippo-McShane). Republicans lost every one of […]
“Anything-for-a-Buck” Consultant Crashes and Burns in Northern Nevada
Larry, Daryl, and Daryl, Inc. Lose Impossible-to-Lose Congressional Seat He thought he was oh-so-clever. Strategic brilliance on par with Lee Atwater. Then he lost a Nevada congressional seat that had never been held by a Democrat and enjoyed an astronomical Republican voter registration advantage. Heckuva job, Rory! (Note: From here on out, congressional candidate […]
Trump Thumped: From Triumph to Trouncing
Surveying the GOP casualty report this morning reminded me of that opening scene in “Patton” where Gen. Omar Bradley was assessing the beating the American Army took at Kasserine Pass. It was nothing short of a bloodbath. A short, far from comprehensive, snapshot… Texas: Ken Paxton lost to James Talarico (senate) South Carolina: Darline […]
Lombardo Has the Sword. Question 7 Is the Shield. But Will You Show Up for Battle?
The Enemy Is at the Gates. Today Is No Day for Spectators, Quitters, or Surrender Monkeys. In light of all the “blue wave” predictions that it’s already over for Nevada Republicans, let me first start out with this infamous quote from Philosopher King and United States Senator Bluto Blutarski: “Nothing is over until we […]
David Flippo’s “Fraud Freight Train” Just Picked Up Another Passenger
First it was staffers. Then the grandkids. Now it’s a “clerical error.” When does it become David Flippo’s fault? Mark Amodei has represented Northern Nevada in Congress since 2011. He’s a Republican. A proud one. And he just told the Wall Street Journal exactly what he thinks of David Flippo, the Republican nominee running […]
Saving Private Flippo
Been getting some hate mail recently. Some readers say David Flippo is the Republican nominee in Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District. So I should support him simply because he has an “R” after his name. For example, here’s a lovely note posted to me on X by Virginia Starrett a few days ago: “You are […]
Think Erica Neely Can’t Win AD9? Think Again. Here’s Why…
Every time I bring up Erica’s race, I hear the same thing from some self-professed “experts”… “Chuck, AD9 has more registered Democrats than Republicans. I don’t think she can win.” Absolutely not true. And here’s why. Registration tells you who’s on the voter rolls. It doesn’t tell you who shows up. And in Nevada […]
True Lies: The Real Ryan Hampton Story – Conclusion
Here’s the bottom line: You just can’t trust Nevada Assembly District 9 candidate Ryan Hampton. With him, the fine print is the main event. If he says “let me be clear,” brace yourself for a San Francisco fog. And when he says he’s fighting for “working families,” he’s only talking about his own. And […]
True Lies: The Real Ryan Hampton Story – Part 7
There’s a scene near the end of All the President’s Men where “Deep Throat,” sitting in that parking garage in shadow, tells Bob Woodward the only three words that matter: “Follow the money.” Everybody remembers the line. What everybody forgets is that Woodward and Bernstein didn’t get to the truth by asking Richard Nixon […]
True Lies: The Real Ryan Hampton Story – Part 6
For eleven seasons, television audiences tuned in to watch Sam Malone pour drinks, crack jokes, and hold court behind the bar at Cheers – all while carrying, in the background of the show’s mythology, the label of a recovering alcoholic. It was played as one of the show’s quiet ironies: the man who battled […]
True Lies: The Real Ryan Hampton Story – Part 5
Before starting this chapter, I want to make something perfectly clear. Recovery from heroin addiction is not a small thing, and Ryan Hampton deserves real credit for getting to the other side of it. Overcoming that kind of dependency takes a level of discipline and resilience that most people never have to summon, and […]
True Lies: The Real Ryan Hampton Story – Part 4
As I’ve written previously, before this series, the paperback version of Ryan Hampton’s book includes an updated section to his story in which he demonizes pharmaceutical companies and blames them for his addiction without acknowledging his own role in creating his own problem. He wrote that pharmaceutical companies were guilty of “medically sanctioned mass […]
True Lies: The Real Ryan Hampton Story – Part 3
There’s a great scene in the 1970 World War II – or as Rep. Ilhan Omar (D–Minn.) calls it, World War Eleven – epic movie “Patton.” General Patton is awakened and advised that German Field Marshal Rommel was planning an attack at El Guettar. The scene ends with the camera panning to Patton’s nightstand […]
True Lies: The Real Ryan Hampton Story – Part 2
In the 1972 Western classic The Cowboys, Wil Andersen, played by John Wayne, has just lost his regular cattle drive crew to a gold rush and is desperate for hands to drive his herd to market. So he recruits a group of schoolboys. And while the kids are on the ranch learning the skills […]
True Lies: The Real Ryan Hampton Story – Part 1
Greetings from beautiful downtown Dallas, Texas, where the kids and I are attending an AI (artificial intelligence) marketing conference being hosted by our AI guru and coach, Perry Belcher. But before checking into our hotel room yesterday – which happens to overlook the infamous Dealy Plaza – we paid a visit to the Southfork […]