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David Mason

June 12, 2008 - 1:33pm

Derby to open Reno office

By Joseph K. Cooper
Category: House
Tags: Dean Heller, Jill Derby, 2nd Congressional District, David Mason

LAS VEGAS - Democrat Jill Derby's campaign for the 2nd Congressional District is expanding, preparing to open its second office, this one in Reno, and add new staff in her battle to unseat U.S. Rep. Dean Heller (R-Reno).

Derby's campaign has been operating out of an office in Minden, at the bottom of the 2nd district's populous U.S. 395 corridor. A new office in Reno will allow Derby's campaign to operate an effective field operation in the vote-rich Democratic center of Washoe County. In 2006, her first race against Heller, Derby won Washoe County by fewer than 5,000 votes.

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