Bruce Woodbury

The Las Vegas Sun's David McGrath Schwarz ran a story in Wednesday's paper about Gov. Jim Gibbons (R) and the support -- or lack thereof -- he can expect from his party as he seeks reelection in a few years.

Schwarz's story says Gibbons, whose first term has been wracked with scandal, could face a primary challenge from fellow Republicans as he seeks a second term in 2010.

The piece says Republicans inside and outside of Nevada are seeking viable alternatives to run for the position. 

Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell are two hot names, according to the paper.

In a sweeping ruling handed down Friday by the Nevada Supreme Court, 21 elected officials in the state have been ruled ineligible to run for re-election because of term limits. In a separate ruling, 13 others, including the state Assembly speaker and state Senate majority leader, were ruled eligible to run for re-election.

Nevada votes approved term limits in 1996. Friday's ruling examined when exactly they kicked in for local officials and state lawmakers.

There's still no news yet on the Nevada Supreme Court deliberations that could kick Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury, Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley (D-Las Vegas), and dozens of other elected officials off the ballot.

The race for Republican Bruce Woodbury's Clark County Commission seat continues to heat up. Democrat Steve Sisolak filed a challenge with the Supreme Court, who was asked by the state Attorney General to keep Wooodbury's name off the ballot because he had already served the maximum number of terms.

Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury.LAS VEGAS-Secretary of State Ross Miller's office issued challenges today against the candidacies of Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury, Clark County School District Trustees Mary Beth Scow and Ruth Leola Johnson, Humboldt County School Board member Linda Schrempp and university regents Howard Rosenberg and Thalia Dondero.

LAS VEGAS-With the announcement today that Republican Melissa Woodbury will run for the open 23rd Assembly District seat now held by Democrat Rosemary Womack, Las Vegas now has had two assembly candidates with a local school named for a parent announce in the last 48 hours.

Woodbury, a 39-year-old teacher from Henderson and daughter of longtime Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury, has contracted with Ryan Erwin & Associates to manage her campaign and today released a statement announcing her candidacy.