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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Is the Nevada Senate race a bellwether for America?

    President Trump, Joe Biden, and Barack Obama were all recently in Nevada, rallying for Democratic Senate candidate Jacky Rosen.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 23, 2018 • 1 min read

    President Trump, Joe Biden, and Barack Obama were all recently in Nevada, rallying for Democratic Senate candidate Jacky Rosen. Nevada is getting a lot of attention because it’s one of those purple states that’s vital to both parties in the upcoming midterms. Democrat Jacky Rosen and incumbent Republican Dean Heller are very close in the polls.

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    3. 15:27Beverly Hills School District opposes the Purple Line
    4. 24:03LA brewery had to pay off a man who didn’t like the idea of a beer education class for women
    5. 36:18‘Bodyguard’ is the most popular show since ‘Downton Abbey’
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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Men’s rights activists oppose local ‘women’s beer forum’
    1. 0:00Is the Nevada Senate race a bellwether for America?You’re reading this
    2. 5:57With Republicans energized, will there be a blue wave?
    3. 15:27Beverly Hills School District opposes the Purple Line
    4. 24:03LA brewery had to pay off a man who didn’t like the idea of a beer education class for women
    5. 36:18‘Bodyguard’ is the most popular show since ‘Downton Abbey’
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