Robert Daskas likely nominee against Jon Porter in NV-3

[Awsi Dooger]

He has filed paperwork and will have the party's backing in next year's primary. Daskas is 40, currently the lead homicide prosecutor in Clark County. He was supposedly the 4th choice after Dina Titus, Rory Reid and Richard Perkins declined to challenge sleazy Jon Porter.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2007/sep/19/566625922.html

I'm familiar with Daskas only through the Ted Binion murder retrial, which is the only homicide case he has lost. My impression was Daskas was very competent and articulate with excellent thought process and choice of words. He used forceful and clever phrasing while challenging defendant Rick Tabish, but was not animated or memorable enough, unlike the successful prosecutors David Wall and David Roger in the original trial.

Daskas is a young looking 40 and in court he appeared thin, certainly thinner than recent pictures I've seen, although the trial was nearly 3 years ago.

We are getting an early start in this race, unlike previous cycles. There have already been commercials attacking Porter, and previous nominees like Tessa Hafen didn't begin their campaign until early of election year. Daskas plans to quit his prosecutor role after a major case in October, to begin campaigning full time. Tessa Hafen's campaign manager from 2006 will run Daskas' campaign.

[Awsi Dooger]

1. Official announcement on Thursday

Although he hasn't announced, Daskas raised more than $146,000 in his first three weeks.

Jon Porter has $980,000 on hand.

[TankLV]

2. feh - don't like him at all - there's another dem running - I like him better...

dumbkiss' positions disturb me very much...

[Awsi Dooger]

3. Daskas out, Dina Titus to replace him as challenger to Jon Porter

This is old news but I neglected to update this thread. Daskas pulled out a couple of months ago, some say pushed out, in favor of Titus. Early polling indicates a tight race:

http://www.lvrj.com/news/19939774.html