What Went Down During The June 14 Primary Elections
I would win in a landslide — 477 electoral votes! In case you’re wondering, I would run under the banner of the BEDTIME (Bring Election Day Tallying Into Much Earlier) Party, whose color is purple.
OK, it’s that time in the evening where we can get a little loopy as we wait for results. But tonight’s activity is to post electoral maps of which states we’ve visited to see who would win the race for president. Inspired by this tweet:
There are a ton of races to watch in Nevada, but honestly my favorite might be the GOP primary in Nevada’s 2nd District. There, Republican Rep. Mark Amodei faces a primary challenge from Douglas County Commissioner Danny Tarkanian. But as anyone who has followed Nevada politics knows, Tarkanian challenges the boundaries of the term “perennial candidate.” He has high name recognition as the son of famous University of Nevada, Las Vegas, men’s basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian. But until 2020, he routinely lost every Nevada race he ran in. Here’s his track record:
- 2004 State Senate: Lost general
- 2006 Secretary of state: Lost general
- 2010 U.S. Senate: Lost primary
- 2012 4th Congressional District: Lost general
- 2016 3rd Congressional District: Lost general
- 2018 3rd Congressional District: Lost general
But in 2020, he finally broke through, winning a seat on the Douglas County commission in northwest Nevada near Reno and the state capital of Carson City, far from his old Las Vegas home base. So naturally, he immediately turned his sights on Amodei and the red 2nd District this cycle.