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NV-03: Daskas Drops Out (Updated)
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Apr 28, 2008 03:27pm |
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| News Date | Monday, April 28, 2008 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | by: James L.
Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 3:17 PM EDT
Whoa. Is the top Democratic candidate challenging GOP Rep. Jon Porter on the verge of dropping out of the race? That's what the Ralton Flash says. Here's the House Race Hotline (sub. NOT req'd, for now) summary:
Clark Co. prosecutor Robert Daskas (D) is "on verge of dropping out of race" against Rep. Jon Porter (R), according to NV analyst Jon Ralston. An announcement is "expected soon," but he's likely to cite "personal reasons" for dropping the race. The DCCC is "already courting" state Senate Min. Leader/'06 GOV nominee Dina Titus (D).
If accurate, this would be a big setback for Democrats. Daskas' fundraising pace has been decent, and he's sitting on $450K cash-on-hand as of April 1st (good enough to earn him a 44% CoH competitiveness rating), and any late-entering challenger would start out well behind the curve in the money race.
Dina Titus has already declined a chance to run against Porter this cycle, so I'm not sure if she'd be a willing replacement here.
If confirmed, this would be a disturbing turn of events in this D+1 district.
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Later Update: The Politico says that Titus is in: |
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