Nevadans decide legislative primaries

By BRENDAN RILEY - Associated Press Writer CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Twenty-five Nevada legislative primaries will be decided on Tuesday, including two that will determine the political future of a pair of veteran Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio and longtime Assemblyman John Marvel. Other primary contests will determine whether GOP Assemblywoman Francis Allen of Las Vegas, who won a dismissal of a charge stemming from a fight that left her husband with a stab wound, continues her re-election efforts; and whether Assemblyman David Parks, D-Las Vegas, continues his bid for a state Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Dina Titus. Comeback attempts by several former lawmakers will be decided Tuesday, including ex-Assemblyman John Bonaventura's uphill challenge of Sen. Steven Horsford of North Las Vegas in a Democratic... [read full story]