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Montana Sen. Jon Tester campaigned for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama in rural Nevada last week.
By STEVE RANSON
LVN Editor
Candidates or their representatives are stumping Nevada’s rural territory with the general elections looming less than one month away.
Douglas county rancher Jill Derby, a Democrat running for the U.S. House of Representative’s seat held by incumbent Dean Heller, visits Fallon Monday morning.
Derby, who narrowly lost to Heller two years ago, will be at Jerry’s Restaurant at 9 a.m.
Heller, a Republican, and Derby will engage in a town hall debate on Oct. 20 in Elko.
Meanwhile, Montana Sen. Jon Tester crisscrossed Nevada late last week campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Tester made stops in Fallon and Fernley in addition to Elko and Winnemucca.
Tester, a first-term senator who was elected in 2006, said Obama met with about a dozen Obama supporters in Fallon. He addressed issues that primarily affect Western values.
He emphasized Obama supports the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms, and also believes people should have access to public lands for hunting and fishing.
Tester again re-emphasized Obama’s stand on not storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.
“Sen. Obama is totally against it,” Tester said of the Yucca site.
Nevada senators, Harry Reid and John Ensign, also do not support storing nuclear waste at Yucca.
Tester, a longtime rancher in north-central Montana, said he feels comfortable with Obama’s understanding of the West.
“He wants to invest in infrastructure and renewable energy,” Tester pointed out.
Tester said Obama supports the development of renewable resources to include wind- and geo-thermal-produced power. Churchill County is one of Nevada’s leading counties in the development of geothermal energy.
Although the latest polls show Obama with a slight lead over his Republican challenger, John McCain, in the Silver State, traditionally Republican-dominated rural Nevada doesn’t vote in favor for the Democrats.
That doesn’t deter Tester’s belief that Obama will carry the state.
“In the end, I feel it will be rural America who votes for Barack,” Tester said.
LVN Editor
Candidates or their representatives are stumping Nevada’s rural territory with the general elections looming less than one month away.
Douglas county rancher Jill Derby, a Democrat running for the U.S. House of Representative’s seat held by incumbent Dean Heller, visits Fallon Monday morning.
Derby, who narrowly lost to Heller two years ago, will be at Jerry’s Restaurant at 9 a.m.
Heller, a Republican, and Derby will engage in a town hall debate on Oct. 20 in Elko.
Meanwhile, Montana Sen. Jon Tester crisscrossed Nevada late last week campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Tester made stops in Fallon and Fernley in addition to Elko and Winnemucca.
Tester, a first-term senator who was elected in 2006, said Obama met with about a dozen Obama supporters in Fallon. He addressed issues that primarily affect Western values.
He emphasized Obama supports the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms, and also believes people should have access to public lands for hunting and fishing.
Tester again re-emphasized Obama’s stand on not storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.
“Sen. Obama is totally against it,” Tester said of the Yucca site.
Nevada senators, Harry Reid and John Ensign, also do not support storing nuclear waste at Yucca.
Tester, a longtime rancher in north-central Montana, said he feels comfortable with Obama’s understanding of the West.
“He wants to invest in infrastructure and renewable energy,” Tester pointed out.
Tester said Obama supports the development of renewable resources to include wind- and geo-thermal-produced power. Churchill County is one of Nevada’s leading counties in the development of geothermal energy.
Although the latest polls show Obama with a slight lead over his Republican challenger, John McCain, in the Silver State, traditionally Republican-dominated rural Nevada doesn’t vote in favor for the Democrats.
That doesn’t deter Tester’s belief that Obama will carry the state.
“In the end, I feel it will be rural America who votes for Barack,” Tester said.
