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Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this day in 1901, NV Rep. Francis Newlands introduced what would become known as The Newlands Act and lead to the formation of the Bureau of Reclamation. He later became a senator.
Candidate filing: 35 days
Primary: 134
General: 281
On this day in 1901, NV Rep. Francis Newlands introduced what would become known as The Newlands Act and lead to the formation of the Bureau of Reclamation. He later became a senator.
Candidate filing: 35 days
Primary: 134
General: 281
January 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this day in 1901, NV Rep. Francis Newlands introduced what would become known as The Newlands Act and lead to the formation of the Bureau of Reclamation. He later became a senator.
Candidate filing: 35 days
Primary: 134
General: 281
On this day in 1901, NV Rep. Francis Newlands introduced what would become known as The Newlands Act and lead to the formation of the Bureau of Reclamation. He later became a senator.
Candidate filing: 35 days
Primary: 134
General: 281
"A review by The Indy found disparities in attendance policies posted by Clark County schools over what types of absences, and how many absences, qualify students as truant or chronically absent."
Deep dive by Kate Reynolds on an important issue.
thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
Deep dive by Kate Reynolds on an important issue.
thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
Nevada wants to boost attendance rates. Parents say inconsistent rules work against that. - The Nevada Independent
The state and its largest school district, Clark County, have both pledged to reduce absenteeism rates that soared during the pandemic. Some families are skeptical.
thenevadaindependent.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"A review by The Indy found disparities in attendance policies posted by Clark County schools over what types of absences, and how many absences, qualify students as truant or chronically absent."
Deep dive by Kate Reynolds on an important issue.
thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
Deep dive by Kate Reynolds on an important issue.
thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
A very nice @washingtonpost review of my new biography of Harry Reid: "Ralston’s prose is lively and engaging, and he favors clarity over grandiosity, which keeps his occasional accounts of complex legislative processes from bogging down the narrative."
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...
Review | Harry Reid practiced politics as a bare-knuckle sport
In “Game Changer,” Jon Ralston examines the life and career of the former Senate majority leader.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:32 PM
A very nice @washingtonpost review of my new biography of Harry Reid: "Ralston’s prose is lively and engaging, and he favors clarity over grandiosity, which keeps his occasional accounts of complex legislative processes from bogging down the narrative."
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...
I really enjoyed sitting down with Amber Dixon to talk about my new biography of Harry Reid:
www.vegaspbs.org/nevada-week/
www.vegaspbs.org/nevada-week/
Nevada Week
Nevada Week is a thought-provoking public affairs show covering critical Nevada issues.
www.vegaspbs.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I really enjoyed sitting down with Amber Dixon to talk about my new biography of Harry Reid:
www.vegaspbs.org/nevada-week/
www.vegaspbs.org/nevada-week/
Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this day in 2014, National Journal detailed how Sen. Harry Reid forced a deal on a massive Nevada transmission line. Read more about how he used power here:
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
Candidate filing: 38 days
Primary: 137
General: 284
On this day in 2014, National Journal detailed how Sen. Harry Reid forced a deal on a massive Nevada transmission line. Read more about how he used power here:
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
Candidate filing: 38 days
Primary: 137
General: 284
The Game Changer
How did the son of a laundress for local brothels end up one of America’s most powerful politicians and the Senate’s most bare-knuckled Democrat? P...
simonandschuster.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this day in 2014, National Journal detailed how Sen. Harry Reid forced a deal on a massive Nevada transmission line. Read more about how he used power here:
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
Candidate filing: 38 days
Primary: 137
General: 284
On this day in 2014, National Journal detailed how Sen. Harry Reid forced a deal on a massive Nevada transmission line. Read more about how he used power here:
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
Candidate filing: 38 days
Primary: 137
General: 284
"...the Russian government -- a foreign interest openly hostile to the United States, which Trump praises at every opportunity."
jonralston.substack.com/p/reid-to-co...
jonralston.substack.com/p/reid-to-co...
Reid to Comey: Why haven't you done more on Trump and Russia?
He wanted to help Hillary Clinton, later apologized to her that he couldn't do more
jonralston.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:13 AM
"...the Russian government -- a foreign interest openly hostile to the United States, which Trump praises at every opportunity."
jonralston.substack.com/p/reid-to-co...
jonralston.substack.com/p/reid-to-co...
Thanks to my old friend, Amy Ayoub, for this lovely post about an intimate celebration this week of my new Harry Reid bio. Such a memorable evening!
Order it here:
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
Order it here:
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
January 22, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Thanks to my old friend, Amy Ayoub, for this lovely post about an intimate celebration this week of my new Harry Reid bio. Such a memorable evening!
Order it here:
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
Order it here:
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
Yes, do what...Emily says!
I, along with many others, have been waiting a long time for @ralstonreports.bsky.social's definitive, and never-more-timely biography of the inimitable Harry Reid. Buy it! Read it! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
bookshop.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Yes, do what...Emily says!
Enjoyed chatting with my old pal, @SteveSebelius, about my new Harry Reid biography:
www.ktnv.com/news/new-bio...
www.ktnv.com/news/new-bio...
New biography examines the many facets of former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid
Nevada journalist Jon Ralston's new biography, "The Game Changer", reveals Harry Reid's complex legacy.
www.ktnv.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Enjoyed chatting with my old pal, @SteveSebelius, about my new Harry Reid biography:
www.ktnv.com/news/new-bio...
www.ktnv.com/news/new-bio...
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Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this day in 2026, my Harry Reid biography is out. "The Game Changer, How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight" can be ordered here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
On this day in 2026, my Harry Reid biography is out. "The Game Changer, How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight" can be ordered here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
The Game Changer
How did the son of a laundress for local brothels end up one of America’s most powerful politicians and the Senate’s most bare-knuckled Democrat? P...
www.simonandschuster.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this day in 2026, my Harry Reid biography is out. "The Game Changer, How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight" can be ordered here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
On this day in 2026, my Harry Reid biography is out. "The Game Changer, How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight" can be ordered here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this day in 2026, my Harry Reid biography is out. "The Game Changer, How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight" can be ordered here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
On this day in 2026, my Harry Reid biography is out. "The Game Changer, How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight" can be ordered here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
The Game Changer
How did the son of a laundress for local brothels end up one of America’s most powerful politicians and the Senate’s most bare-knuckled Democrat? P...
www.simonandschuster.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this day in 2026, my Harry Reid biography is out. "The Game Changer, How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight" can be ordered here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
On this day in 2026, my Harry Reid biography is out. "The Game Changer, How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight" can be ordered here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
After nearly five years of work, "The Game Changer" drops tomorrow. My bio of Harry Reid, an immensely influential figure in Nevada and in America, is subtitled: "How Harry Reid Remade The Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight."
Order it here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
Order it here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
The Game Changer
How did the son of a laundress for local brothels end up one of America’s most powerful politicians and the Senate’s most bare-knuckled Democrat? P...
www.simonandschuster.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:18 PM
After nearly five years of work, "The Game Changer" drops tomorrow. My bio of Harry Reid, an immensely influential figure in Nevada and in America, is subtitled: "How Harry Reid Remade The Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight."
Order it here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
Order it here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
I loved discussing my new Harry Reid bio with @maddow, whose lead-in to the interview was so perfect. The Dems do miss what he brought to the Senate. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohs1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohs1...
For Trump's opponents, a model for finding their fight to stop him
YouTube video by MS NOW
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January 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I loved discussing my new Harry Reid bio with @maddow, whose lead-in to the interview was so perfect. The Dems do miss what he brought to the Senate. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohs1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohs1...
My Harry Reid bio drops tomorrow and we published an excerpt about his memorable last race in 2010 -- one no one expected him to win and one in which a mention of chickens turned the tide:
thenevadaindependent.com/article/how-...
thenevadaindependent.com/article/how-...
How a comment about chickens turned the tide in Harry Reid’s 2010 Nevada Senate run - The Nevada Independent
Read an excerpt from “The Game Changer,” Indy CEO Jon Ralston’s biography of Harry Reid. The book is being published Tuesday.
thenevadaindependent.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
My Harry Reid bio drops tomorrow and we published an excerpt about his memorable last race in 2010 -- one no one expected him to win and one in which a mention of chickens turned the tide:
thenevadaindependent.com/article/how-...
thenevadaindependent.com/article/how-...
The first extended except from my Harry Reid bio is out!
Thanks to The Atlantic for publishing it before the book comes out Tuesday.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Thanks to The Atlantic for publishing it before the book comes out Tuesday.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
How Harry Reid Changed the Rules
Why the former Senate majority leader decided to end the filibuster.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:49 PM
The first extended except from my Harry Reid bio is out!
Thanks to The Atlantic for publishing it before the book comes out Tuesday.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Thanks to The Atlantic for publishing it before the book comes out Tuesday.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Today @TheNVIndy enters its 10th year of existence. Could not be prouder of what we’ve built and could not be more grateful to those who have supported us.
Happy Indyversary to us!
thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
Happy Indyversary to us!
thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
OPINION: Happy ninth Indyversary! - The Nevada Independent
OPINION: Happy ninth Indyversary! Read more at The Nevada Independent.
thenevadaindependent.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Today @TheNVIndy enters its 10th year of existence. Could not be prouder of what we’ve built and could not be more grateful to those who have supported us.
Happy Indyversary to us!
thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
Happy Indyversary to us!
thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this day in 2008, NBC's George Lewis had a fantastic piece about how to pronounce "Nevada." It came as presidential candidates were courting votes here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUf...
Reid bio: 4 days
Candidate filing: 45
'26 election: 291
On this day in 2008, NBC's George Lewis had a fantastic piece about how to pronounce "Nevada." It came as presidential candidates were courting votes here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUf...
Reid bio: 4 days
Candidate filing: 45
'26 election: 291
Nevada - pronounce it right - NBC News
YouTube video by Nevada702
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this day in 2008, NBC's George Lewis had a fantastic piece about how to pronounce "Nevada." It came as presidential candidates were courting votes here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUf...
Reid bio: 4 days
Candidate filing: 45
'26 election: 291
On this day in 2008, NBC's George Lewis had a fantastic piece about how to pronounce "Nevada." It came as presidential candidates were courting votes here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUf...
Reid bio: 4 days
Candidate filing: 45
'26 election: 291
Read this!
"Harry Reid would thrive in the Senate as it exists today. I'm not sure that he would think that Chuck Schumer is the perfect leader for the Democrats as much as he would have been, because I assure you, he would have been much more outspoken." 🎯 @ralstonreports.bsky.social #thegoodfight #teamReid
January 16, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Read this!
"Harry Reid’s Legacy: Fighter or Ruthless Politician?"
Or, perhaps, both?
I had a great conversation with the estimable @mckaycoppins about my Reid bio, which will drop in 5 days. Check it out:
pages.deseret.com/podcasts/des...
Or, perhaps, both?
I had a great conversation with the estimable @mckaycoppins about my Reid bio, which will drop in 5 days. Check it out:
pages.deseret.com/podcasts/des...
Harry Reid’s Legacy: Fighter or Ruthless Politician?
<p dir="ltr">On this episode of "<a href="https://pages.deseret.com/podcasts/deseret-voices">Deseret Voices</a>," host <a href="https://www.deseret.com/authors/mckay-coppins/">McKay Coppins</a> delves...
pages.deseret.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:16 PM
"Harry Reid’s Legacy: Fighter or Ruthless Politician?"
Or, perhaps, both?
I had a great conversation with the estimable @mckaycoppins about my Reid bio, which will drop in 5 days. Check it out:
pages.deseret.com/podcasts/des...
Or, perhaps, both?
I had a great conversation with the estimable @mckaycoppins about my Reid bio, which will drop in 5 days. Check it out:
pages.deseret.com/podcasts/des...
I would be hard-pressed to name a more dangerous person to head up a public corruption unit than a faux U.S. atty and hyperpartisan activist, unconfirmable by the Senate, who has declared, sans evidence, that she would ferret out public corruption because she knows it exists.
January 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I would be hard-pressed to name a more dangerous person to head up a public corruption unit than a faux U.S. atty and hyperpartisan activist, unconfirmable by the Senate, who has declared, sans evidence, that she would ferret out public corruption because she knows it exists.
ICYMI: "Like a Mafia chieftain, Reid put family above all else—and he was occasionally faulted for doing so. He somehow found a way to compartmentalize, or perhaps rationalize, in a way...Michael Corleone would understand: not personal, just business."
jonralston.substack.com/p/i-did-what...
jonralston.substack.com/p/i-did-what...
"I did what no one else would do"
Harry Reid fought the mob, was investigated by the FBI for being corrupt and operated like a political godfather
jonralston.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
ICYMI: "Like a Mafia chieftain, Reid put family above all else—and he was occasionally faulted for doing so. He somehow found a way to compartmentalize, or perhaps rationalize, in a way...Michael Corleone would understand: not personal, just business."
jonralston.substack.com/p/i-did-what...
jonralston.substack.com/p/i-did-what...
Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this day in 1960, in a concert from 2:30 AM to 5:30 AM, legend Nat King Cole played at The Sands. It was recorded as his only live album, released a year after he died.
Reid bio: 6 days
Candidate filing: 47
'26 election: 293
On this day in 1960, in a concert from 2:30 AM to 5:30 AM, legend Nat King Cole played at The Sands. It was recorded as his only live album, released a year after he died.
Reid bio: 6 days
Candidate filing: 47
'26 election: 293
January 14, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this day in 1960, in a concert from 2:30 AM to 5:30 AM, legend Nat King Cole played at The Sands. It was recorded as his only live album, released a year after he died.
Reid bio: 6 days
Candidate filing: 47
'26 election: 293
On this day in 1960, in a concert from 2:30 AM to 5:30 AM, legend Nat King Cole played at The Sands. It was recorded as his only live album, released a year after he died.
Reid bio: 6 days
Candidate filing: 47
'26 election: 293
"..Reid showed no fear, becoming almost as ruthless as the mob bosses whom he helped drive from the state, a political godfather whose blessing would be sought by hundreds of Nevada elected officials and candidates."
A book excerpt, an FBI file snippet:
jonralston.substack.com/p/i-did-what...
A book excerpt, an FBI file snippet:
jonralston.substack.com/p/i-did-what...
"I did what no one else would do"
Harry Reid fought the mob, was investigated by the FBI for being corrupt and operated like a political godfather
jonralston.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM
"..Reid showed no fear, becoming almost as ruthless as the mob bosses whom he helped drive from the state, a political godfather whose blessing would be sought by hundreds of Nevada elected officials and candidates."
A book excerpt, an FBI file snippet:
jonralston.substack.com/p/i-did-what...
A book excerpt, an FBI file snippet:
jonralston.substack.com/p/i-did-what...
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Join me and @ralstonreports.bsky.social tomorrow at 12pm PT on Zoom to discuss his new Harry Reid biography, "The Game Changer." Focus is Reid's environmental legacy, but lots of lessons for Democrats about how to wield political power. It'll be fun! www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/reminder-l...
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Join me and @ralstonreports.bsky.social tomorrow at 12pm PT on Zoom to discuss his new Harry Reid biography, "The Game Changer." Focus is Reid's environmental legacy, but lots of lessons for Democrats about how to wield political power. It'll be fun! www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/reminder-l...