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Ron DeSantis super PAC halts door-knocking efforts in Nevada, Super Tuesday states
A super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 presidential run has ended door-knocking efforts in one key early-voting state and three Super Tuesday states, officials confirmed to The Post Thursday.
Never Back Down closed down its political canvassing operations in Nevada, California, North Carolina and Texas over the past few weeks, after having pledged to spend $100 million to promote DeSantis.
The shutdowns were first reported by NBC News.
“We want to reinvest in the first three,” said Never Back Down spokeswoman Erin Perrine, referring to Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. “We see real opportunities in the first three. The first three are going to set the conditions for the March states.”
South Carolina has long been recognized by Republicans as the third primary state to vote for an eventual nominee, but Nevada’s GOP announced earlier this month it would move its caucus ahead of the Palmetto State.
“Uh… Nevada is in the first 3?” Make America Great Again Inc. spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, in response to Perrine’s remarks. “Never Back Down has some serious issues if they don’t even know the primary calendar.”
Nevada Republicans have set their caucus for Feb. 8, 2024, while the South Carolina GOP scheduled its primary for Feb. 24.
More than 250 field staff had been employed in the four states before operations ended, according to NBC.
Thursday’s news follows a series of summer shakeups in the DeSantis campaign, climaxed by the laying off of dozens of staffers and the replacement of his campaign manager amid persistent rumors of overspending.
On Super Tuesday, March 5, 13 states will hold their Republican presidential primaries or caucuses: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia.
A day earlier, DeSantis’ main primary rival, former President Donald Trump, is due to appear in Washington, DC, federal court for the start of his trial on charges that he attempted to unlawfully overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.
The Nevada GOP, which was sympathetic to Trump’s fraudulent election claims, has since filed a lawsuit after the Democratic-controlled legislature adopted a state-run primary system.
Republican leaders say the change was made without putting in certain voting integrity measures, such as enforcing voter ID and doing away with same-day registration and mail-in ballots.
A local judge ruled against the Nevada Republican Party, but they have since appealed to the state Supreme Court.
“When you have that kind of uncertainty about how the election’s going to be conducted, that becomes a pretty unstable environment to be investing the kind of resources that we’re investing,” Perrine told The Post, referring to Nevada GOP chairman Michael McDonald as a “Trump puppet.”
Currently, the state-organized Nevada Republican primary is set for Feb. 6, while the party-organized caucuses are scheduled for two days later.
McDonald told The Post in response to Perrine that the primary changes were not intended to give any candidate the upper hand but to push back against Democratic efforts to undermine election integrity.
“I’m nobody’s puppet, never have been, never will be. I’m too old to be a puppet,” McDonald said. “This isn’t about President Trump, this isn’t about DeSantis … this is about bringing it back to Nevada voters.”
McDonald was one of several Trump allies federally investigated this year for being part of an alleged fake elector scheme meant to reverse the former president’s electoral loss.
Perrine noted that there was a “similar situation in California,” where new rules will allow the primary candidate with the most votes to be awarded all 169 state delegates, or a proportion of them equal to their statewide voter tally.
Delegates were previously awarded through a tally of primary votes in each of the Golden State’s congressional districts.
“When they changed it to a proportional, statewide winner-take-all, that completely eliminated the opportunity for grassroots campaigning,” Perrine said, adding that it was a “Trump-inspired rigging.”
“And so with neither state having a fair process, the door knockers that were in Nevada and California, we decided to make them kind of refocus into the first three,” she added, repeating: “The first three are going to set the conditions for the March states.”
NEVADA, MO – When it comes to golf, there really isn’t much Emree Cameron can’t do. The next stop for the Nevada senior is the U.S. Girls Junior Golf Championship.
Picking up the sport at the age of six, Emree began competing at just seven years old. The division one Louisville commit said it’s her younger brother that drives her success.
“I was in the spotlight for awhile, and now he’s playing baseball and it’s his turn,” said Emree.
“I love it, and I want to show him that he can go be successful, and can play his sport long term.”
With Nevada now home, golf takes the Cameron’s from coast to coast.
No matter where Emree goes however, her father, is with her every step of the way. The longtime golfer and former caddie, said he couldn’t be more proud of his daughter.
“It’s hard to put into words how proud I am,” said Eric Cameron.
“When I think about it, it almost brings me to tears, and it just speaks for itself.”
In 2024, Emree is a division one golf commit, and her school’s first ever state champion for girl’s golf. Despite the accolades, Emree would emphasize that her father and family would always be the most important over the course of her career.
“My dad is my number one supporter, and so is everyone in my family,” Emree said.
“I don’t think I would be where I am, and have the mental state with golf right now if it wasn’t for my dad.”
In addition to competing in the U.S. Girls Golf Championship, Cameron will also play in the Junior PGA Championship in Bethesda, Maryland.
The Junior Golf Championships will take place at El Caballero Country Club in California on Monday, July 15th through Saturday, July 20th. The Junior PGA Championship will take place from July 30th through August 2nd.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) -Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo last week announced 30 appointments to boards and commissions.
They include Ben Kieckhefer, Lombardo’s former chief of staff, to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, and Terry Reynolds, recently retired as the Nevada Department of Business and Industry director, to the Nevada Ethics Commission.
“Both Terry and Ben bring decades of wisdom and experience to their respective appointments, and I’m grateful for their honorable service to their fellow Nevadans,” Lombardo said in a statement.
Prior to serving as Lombardo chief of staff, Kieckhefer served on the Nevada Gaming Commission, appointed in October 2021 by Gov. Steve Sisolak, and served as a member of the Nevada State Senate for three consecutive terms representing the Washoe and Carson portions of the Tahoe Basin.
Before working for state government, Reynolds previously served as city manager for the cities of Prescott, Ariz., Elko and Sparks. Reynolds served in municipal government for over 20 years. Reynolds will fill the seat formerly held by Ethics Commissioner Thoran Towler.
The appointments:
Shane Kraus Advisory Committee on Problem Gambling
Scott Kichline Air Service Development Commission
Christopher Abraham Air Service Development Commission
Eric Smith Board for Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Justin Johnson Board of Agriculture
Jennifer Stepp Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors
Salome Balecha Board of Optometry
Adriana Fralick Cannabis Compliance Board
Kent Lay Contractors’ Board
Shatawna Daniel Interagency Advisory Council on Homelessness to Housing
Gilbert Hernandez Northern Nevada Veterans Cemetery Advisory Committee
Kevin McKinney Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission
Robert Straube Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission
Valerie Clark Silver State Health Insurance Exchange
William Dolan Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery Advisory Committee
Elizabeth Smith Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery Advisory Committee
Megan Labadie State Land Use Planning Advisory Council
Ben Kieckhefer Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Sandra Schneeberger Women Veterans Advisory Committee
Clayton Eugean Comstock Historic District Commission
Tammy Hendrix Comstock Historic District Commission
Mercedes de la Garza Comstock Historic District Commission
David Bates Comstock Historic District Commission
Nancy Cleaves Comstock Historic District Commission
Joseph Curtis Comstock Historic District Commission
Julie Workman Comstock Historic District Commission
Calvin Dillon Comstock Historic District Commission
Jessica Todtman Commission on Postsecondary Education
Terry Reynolds Commission on Ethics
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SPARKS, Nev. (KOLO) -A crash closed westbound Interstate 80 at Pyramid Way on Sunday morning. Traffic is getting past onusing the freeway shoulder.
A Nevada Department of Transportation traffic camera shows a tractor-trailer rig on its side on the freeway.
The Nevada Department of Public Safety reports the crash happened at 4:38 a.m. and that no one was seriously injured.
The Nevada State Police said there is no estimated time for all lanes to reopen.
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