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Type | Nonprofit |
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Format | Web |
Founder(s) | Jon Ralston |
Editor-in-chief | Jon Ralston Elizabeth Thompson |
Founded | 2017 |
Website | thenevadaindependent |
The Nevada Independent is an American nonpartisan, nonprofit news and opinion website founded in 2017 by veteran political journalist and commentator Jon Ralston. [1] It focuses on the Nevada Legislature and stories from across the state in government, policy, politics and business. [2]
The publication also host events across Nevada including IndyTalks and IndyFest, their annual two-day event held each year in the fall in Las Vegas. [3]
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The 2016 United States presidential election in Nevada was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Nevada voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, against the Democratic Party's nominee, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Nevada has six votes in the Electoral College.
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