Primary condensed soup

If you aren't lazy, find real numbers at the Clark County website, the Washoe County website, and the Secretary of State's website.

Primary condensed soup for the lazy:

James Smack gave U.S. Rep. Dean Heller (R-Carson City) a scare by stealing away over 11% of the vote.

John Hambrick smoked Dr. Jack Surpure more than 2-1 for the AD-2 nod even with ridiculous anonymous negative mail dropped into the district demonizing Hambrick.

Asy. Bob Beers (R-Henderson) and Asy. Francis O. Allen (R-Las Vegas) were both sacked by primary voters, proving the old addage "you can't get elected after stabbing your husband with a steak knife." No steak knife issues for Beers, people just figured out that he is not that other Bob Beers.

Brian Scroggins survived the "vote for Woodbury anyway" robo-calls to get the GOP nod for County Commission this fall.

In the North, state Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio (R-Reno) fended off a challenge from the right by former Assemblywoman and Congressional candidate Sharron Angle. His six point win was described as a "squeaker" by the Reno Gazette-Journal. Six points in a primary is not quite a squeaker, but it is not the landslide that many expected.

Finally, Northern Nevada stalwart Asy. John Marvel (R-Battle Mountain) was unseated by former Asy. Don Gustavson. This was a shocker as the anti-establishment vote was expected to be split between Gustavson and rabble-rouser Mike Weber.