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Article: The 'Nevada effect' remains to be seen.(will it diminish New Hampshire's political status)
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- New Hampshire Business Review
- Article date:
- August 4, 2006
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As all political junkies now know, the Democratic National Committee has selected Nevada as the location for a nominating caucus to be held between the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary in 2008. There has been a lot of speculation that the power of U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and the influence of a number of interest groups in Nevada resulted in that state's selection.
What is interesting from a New Hampshire perspective is the question of whether having another caucus in a western state will diminish the status of New Hampshire's primary as the first test of potential presidents by secret ballot. New Hampshire, as most people know, has a state law that requires ...