In The News: Department of Political Science

Gray DC

A lot of attention is on the state of Nevada as multiple House and Senate seats remain in play with control of Congress on the line.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Many races in Nevada’s 2022 election could go “red” or blue” due to the razor-slim margins for polls, according to a UNLV professor.

Las Vegas Review Journal

In 2020 Lynn Manning John, a member of the Duck Valley Shoshone Paiute Tribe, in Owyhee, collected around five ballots from residents in the reservation and drove about 90 miles both ways to Elko to put them in an official drop box.

Nevada Independent

On a chilly morning in an east Las Vegas strip mall, Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto made a pitch she’s made dozens, if not hundreds, of times in the past few months:

Las Vegas Sun

Nevada gaming companies have pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into political campaigns for the upcoming election, mainly favoring Democrats, according to financial disclosures.

Governing

The GOP stands a good chance of winning the elections for governor in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. A victory in Oregon would be the party's first since the 1980s.

Telemundo Dallas

The issue tends to benefit Democrats, even in states like Arizona, which has undergone a major demographic shift with the arrival of more families from progressive states like California.

Las Vegas Review Journal

After the Nov. 8 midterm elections, one candidate will lose their race, and another candidate will win.

Swiss Info

The Republicans' onslaught against immigration ahead of the mid-term elections in the United States has failed to stop demographic changes in traditionally conservative states, which are increasingly lean more toward victory for the Democrats.

Fox News

Political experts say Hispanic voters and independents could be the deciding factor on which party takes control of Congress

Vox

It’s on the ballot in Nevada, and it may be coming soon to a state near you.

MSN

Early voting is up since the 2018 midterms across the country and in four of the six key states to watch for the 2022 midterms.