Bruce Woodbury

The Las Vegas Sun's David McGrath Schwarz ran a story in Wednesday's paper about Gov. Jim Gibbons (R) and the support -- or lack thereof -- he can expect from his party as he seeks reelection in a few years.

Schwarz's story says Gibbons, whose first term has been wracked with scandal, could face a primary challenge from fellow Republicans as he seeks a second term in 2010.

The piece says Republicans inside and outside of Nevada are seeking viable alternatives to run for the position. 

Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell are two hot names, according to the paper.

Today is the primary election, and the polls are open.

Will former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle (R-Reno) unseat legendary state Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio (R-Reno)? Who will emerge victorious in the messy GOP primary in AD-2? Will Brian Scroggins defeat now-ineligible Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury and force a vote of the county GOP central committee to decide the nominee?

Stay tuned.

Gov. Jim Gibbons (R-Sparks) makes an uncharacteristic appearance on the Winners list, and Bruce Woodbury (R-Henderson) makes a strange appearance on the Losers list. Find out who else made this week's list... | CLICK HERE

In a sweeping ruling handed down Friday by the Nevada Supreme Court, 21 elected officials in the state have been ruled ineligible to run for re-election because of term limits. In a separate ruling, 13 others, including the state Assembly speaker and state Senate majority leader, were ruled eligible to run for re-election.

Nevada voters approved term limits in 1996. Friday's ruling examined when exactly they kicked in for local officials and state lawmakers.

Term limits are ruled constitutional. Seperate opinions were issued on the legislative challenge and all others.

For the lazy: Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley (D-Las Vegas), Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio and all legislators are still on the ballot, Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury and elected officials other than legislators are off the ballot.

WALLY MEMO

TO: Honorable members of the Nevada Supreme Court

FROM: Wally Edge

RE: Term Limits Decision

It has come to my attention that a final decision has not been announced in the term limits case, although arguments started weeks ago.

Two possibilities may exist:

(1) You may not be aware of the election calendar this year and the fact that early voting for some involved in the case starts Saturday.

There's still no news yet on the Nevada Supreme Court deliberations that could kick Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury, Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley (D-Las Vegas), and dozens of other elected officials off the ballot.

Clark County Commissioner Brian Scroggins? Senator Sharron Angle? Assemblyman Kevin Child? The race for all three candidates may get a boost today as the Nevada Supreme Court continues to hear arguments in the term limit cases.

Potentially at risk are Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury, state Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio and Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley. Many others originally elected at the same time could be caught up in a sweeping purge if the court rules a strict adherance to the 12-year intent of the term limit initiative.

The Nevada Supreme Court heard arguments today in the term limits cases of two groups of elected officials: legislators, who are deemed elected the day after the ballots are cast, and everyone else, who are deemed elected when they take their oath of office in January.

The court is expected to take its next action on or shortly after July 14th.