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The Nevada Dems have taken Washoe County.  In registration, that is.

Anjeanette Damon has the full story here. 

For the lazy: The Democratic lead was 958 votes by 2:45pm Monday, but the fact that there is a Democratic majority at all is the big news.  The last time that happenned was in 1978.

Registration does not equal votes, but the clear trend is from bad to worse for the Nevada GOP this year.

Another bad week for Jon Porter as the GOP light grows dimmer and dimmer in Nevada.  Read all about it | CLICK HERE

The Associated Press is reporting that Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, also also called ACORN, had their offices raided today by agents of Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller.  The story reports that investigators are looking for evidence of voter registration fraud.

Jon Ralston has a follow up on his blog that shows ACORN hiring ex-convicts, including those with expertise in identity theft.

WASHINGTON – Sin City has never been short on entertainment. And if the fights at the MGM Grand weren’t enough, this fall Las Vegas will be home to one of the most hotly contested House races in the country, a matchup featuring two political heavyweights that is likely to produce more than its fair share of fireworks.

In one corner is Dina Titus, a minority leader in the state Senate who is coming off a narrow defeat in the 2006 gubernatorial race. In the opposite corner is U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Boulder City), a three-term incumbent who after fending off a stiff challenge last cycle has earned a reputation as a political survivor. The arena: a House seat in a district that is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans.

In an interview at a Capitol Hill coffee shop this week, Porter readily admitted the seat was up-for-grabs. But, he said, it came along with the nature of the district.

“It will be a difficult race but every race has been difficult. And I knew that when the district was drawn – it was drawn to be fairly evenly split – that every race would be difficult,” he said.

The R-J resident political guru Molly Ball has a pair of articles showing just how deep that voter registration hole is for the GOP.

For the lazy:

The first story is her political notebook, where she gives the big, ugly number that even GOP Executive Director Zac Moyle can't spin: 55,560. That's the new voter registration advantage that the Democrats hold statewide, which is a 6 point change from the last presidential race.

The second piece tells the behind-the-scenes story about how this is happening. ACORN, one left-leaning independent group, has already claimed to have signed up 60,000 new voters.

Looks like the Nevada GOP will need a swift boat to catch up on this.