3rd Congressional District

3rd Congressional District candidate Dina Titus.LAS VEGAS - EMILY's list, one of the nation's largest grassroots fundraising organizations, today announced their endorsement of Democratic state Sen. Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas) in the 3rd Congressional District.  Titus's race against incumbent U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Boulder City) is considered one of the closest in the country.

With the endorsement, Titus gains access to EMILY's List's more than 100,000 members, all committed to financially aiding the election of Democratic women.  Not only does the list contribute PAC money to candidates and feature them on their Web site, but also sends frequent e-mails to members urging them to contribute.

This aid for Titus comes on top of a recent formal endorsement by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which has also committed to fundraising for her.

3rd Congressional District candidate Dina Titus.LAS VEGAS - Having served in the Nevada Senate since 1988, state Sen. Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas) is challenging U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Boulder City) this year to represent the 3rd Congressional District.  Following a week in which we received your questions for Titus, PolitickerNV.com sat down with her Friday to talk about the issues that matter to Nevadans and how she plans on defeating the three-term incumbent.

U.S. Rep.Dan Lungren (R-Gold River) should expect a tough re-election race regardless of whether national Democrats take notice or not, challenger Bill Durston said Thursday.

Durston, an emergency doctor from Gold River, said he plans to make campaign issues of Lungren's recent appearance on a television report that cast him in a poor light and his refusal so far to debate Durston.

"I think he's going to avoid debating as much as possible," said Durston, who challenged and lost to Lungren in 2006.

3rd Congressional District candidate Dina Titus.LAS VEGAS - This weekend, PolitickerNV.com will sit down for an exclusive interview with Democratic 3rd Congressional District candidate Dina Titus.

Do you have a question for Titus?  Between now and Friday at noon, we'll be taking questions from readers to ask the twenty-year state senate veteran, onetime gubernatorial candidate and current congressional hopeful.

Leave your question in the comment box or e-mail questions to joseph.cooper@politickernv.com.

Titus, who announced her candidacy against U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Boulder City) May 1, is considered one of national Democrats' best hopes to pick up a Republican seat in the House of Representatives.

LAS VEGAS - Monday, state Sen. Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas) announced her campaign team for her bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Boulder City) in Congressional District 3.

Her team, composed of a D.C. polling and media firm, a San Francisco direct mail company, a Nevada-based web company and a former Iowa Regional Director for Ill. Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, met in Las Vegas last week and was finalized Thursday.

"This is one of the best and most experienced political teams Nevada has ever seen," Titus said.

3rd Congressional District candidate Dina Titus at a meeting of the Clark County Women's Democratic Club.: Politicker Photo.LAS VEGAS - In a speech today before the Clark County Democratic Women's Club, 3rd Congressional District candidate Dina Titus used the historic candidacy of N.Y. Sen. Hillary Clinton to appeal to women to overcome remaining obstacles for women in politics.

"We have come a long way," said Titus. "But don't be mistaken, we have a long way to go."

Titus said that women still have to work harder and for longer hours to get equal rewards than men and that this exists for female candidates in the form of a media bias against women.

LAS VEGAS -- 3rd Congressional District candidate Dina Titus held a press conference on Thursday in front of a Shell gas station where she blamed the rising cost of gasoline on the Bush administration and her opponent, U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Henderson). Citing gas prices that hit an average of $3.94, Titus, joined by Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), said the way to reduce gas prices was through new legislation to prevent price gouging, repealing tax breaks for big oil companies and expanding development of renewable fuel sources.

LAS VEGAS-In a press release titled "Where was Dina??," the Nevada Republican Party hit 3rd District congressional candidate and state Sen. Dina Titus today for missing last Friday's meeting of the Interim Finance Committee.

The committee approved $236 million in cuts including to the Nevada Check-Up program which was one of Titus' signature legislative accomplishments.

"Titus, the Democrat's fifth choice to take on Republican Congressman Jon Porter, is clearly avoiding politically sensitive votes in the run-up to the November election," read the release.  "Even in her absence, Nevada's taxpayers are owed an explanation on where she stands on these cuts." 

RENO-Former Nevada Senate Minority Leader and 3rd District Congressional candidate Dina Titus discusses Republican attacks against her and predicts a win in November.  Titus attributes many of the problems facing the United States to her opponent, Republican Rep. Jon Porter and lists her priorities if elected.

LAS VEGAS -- Former Nevada Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus filed to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Jon Porter on Tuesday in the 3rd congressional district. Speaking to reporters afterward, Titus did not pull her punches on Porter and seemed eager to take him on in the general election.