US state of Nevada holds third contest in race for Democratic presidential nomination
A volunteer counts votes during the Nevada caucuses to nominate a Democratic presidential candidate at the caucus polling station inside the Coronado High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 22, 2020.
Or it could provide a much-needed boost for one of the moderate candidates desperate to halt his rise. On the eve of the vote, Sanders was hit with published revelations from US officials that Russia –– which interfered in the 2016 US election in a bid to boost Trump and is allegedly trying to do so again –– was also actively trying to help Sanders's presidential bid.
With eight contenders still seeking the Democratic nomination, Sanders leads in polling in Nevada and nationally by about 11 points over the second-place candidate, former vice president Joe Biden.Two thousand supporters cheered the 78-year-old senator who promised action on health care, climate change, and gun control.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, whose campaign has stagnated, hopes her standout performance in Wednesday's Democratic debate in Las Vegas –– where she eviscerated Bloomberg over women's misconduct claims against him –– will earn Nevadans' respect.With Democrats barnstorming the state on Friday, Trump rallied supporters in Las Vegas, where he savaged the "sick" and "radical socialist" contenders for his job.
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