The progressive and establishment wings of the Nevada Democratic Party have been feuding since last year, when progressives and members of the Democratic Socialists of America were elected to every leadership position in the state party.
to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. After the election, they quit their jobs and started a new group, Nevada Democratic Victory.The party’s top elected officials picked sides. Cortez Masto and Sisolak allied with Nevada Democratic Victory. They, like all Nevada Democrats, worked closely with the
“We’ve supported their work, but we haven’t been working together or coordinating any of our efforts,” Judith Whitmer, chair of the NV Dems, said of Nevada Democratic Victory. “We focused heavily on down-ballot races while they took the top of the ticket. But, of course, we’ve done everything we can to support all of our candidates.”
Reid was from an impoverished, working-class background, and both sides viewed him as a champion of Nevada’s working class. But without him, no one has been able to bring the progressive and establishment wings of the party together. The relationship between the two wings of the party is so contentious that the NV Dems weren’t invited to Nevada Democratic Victory’s election-night watch party at the Encore, a five-star hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Instead, the NV Dems phone-banked right up to 7:00 p.m., when polls closed across the state, and held a small watch party with a food spread from Olive Garden.
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