Arnold M. Knightly, Boulder City Review

Democrat U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, who is challenging Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller for his seat, will launch her week long “Keeping Jobs in Nevada” tour at the Boulder Dam Hotel today at 3:30 p.m.

Berkley, a seven-term congresswoman from Las Vegas, will be making her second official stop in town of the campaign. She also participated in the Damboree parade July 4.

Her tour starts as she prepares to campaign with President Barack Obama on Wednesday when he makes a campaign stop at Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas scheduled for 9:40 a.m.

Heller has made a similar campaign stop with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney when Romney was in Las Vegas in May.

Heller also appeared with new vice presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in Reno last week.

Las Vegas attorney and U.S. Senate candidate Byron Georgiou talks with The Coffee Cup co-owner Terry Stevens on Monday, July 18. The Democrat is challenging Shelley Berkley in a primary to see will likely face Republican Sen. Dean Heller in November 2012. Photo by Arnold M. Knightly

By Arnold M. Knightly, Boulder City Review

Boulder City received its first official visit from a candidate in the 2012 U.S. Senate race when Las Vegas attorney and entrepreneur Byron Georgiou stopped by the newspaper’s office for a 40-minute visit on Monday.

A Democrat, Georgiou said he will challenge the “career Washington politicians” who have presided over the economic mess that has befallen Nevada and the country.

“If you think the people that are there are the best ones to get us out of this mess I think, frankly, that you’re sadly mistaken,” Georgiou said. “If they think the establishment is going to rock the boat and change the way things have been done in Washington, then they’ll support the other people.”

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By Chuck Muth, Muth’s Truths

Sen. John Ensign finally did the right thing, apparently one step ahead of the law, but it was too little, too late. If he’d quit from Day One, Rep. Dean Heller might already be a U.S. senator and Harry Reid might not be in office.

But that’s all water over the bridge and under the dam now.

Odds are it won’t take long for Gov. Brian Sandoval to announce that Rep. Heller is his pick to fill the Ensign vacancy (heck, it could be done by the time this gets published).

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