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A stone's throw from the Las Vegas Strip, Nellie Rodriguez waits patiently for her to vote in front of the Culinary Union's 226 union. Like thousands of others before her, all are participating in record numbers in the first primaries of the Democrats in the western United States.

The road between Las Vegas and Reno traverses some of the emptiest land in the continental United States. Wild burros idle across the asphalt, gutted miner shacks cast scant bits of shade, the faded signs of long-gone brothels creak in the wind.

The third state contest among Democrats vying for the presidential nomination takes place Saturday in Nevada, where caucus-goers will gather in schools, community centers and even major casinos like Bellagio to decide who gets delegates for the Democratic National Convention in July.

You say Ne-VAH-duh, I say Ne-VAD-uh. According to Nevadans, the latter is correct and the distinction is important.

There will be six of them on stage at the Paris Wednesday evening: Sanders, Warren, Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar and Bloomberg.

Who doesn’t love getting the “I voted” sticker after passing through the ballot booth during election season? A badge of honor for many, the sticker often makes it way to car bumpers, desktops, and refrigerator doors.

Last time, we talked about an impeachment involving a Nevadan at the state level. Nevada has another major connection to the history of impeachment: in 1986, U.S. District Judge Harry Claiborne became the first federal judge impeached, convicted, and removed from office since the Civil War. It was a complicated, controversial case.

Somebody in Sioux City, Iowa... “Hi, this is Bernard." Is getting a call...