Biggest Race Today: Nevada.

Today is a super-Tuesday of sorts, and the most notable race of the day will be the Nevada Republican Senate primary. Arkansas also has a close Democratic Senate run-off, but the winner of that is very likely to lose in November. In California, Republicans still appear to have an outside chance in both the November Senate and Governor's race, but the primaries are growing ever uncompetitive.

It is only in Nevada that there is a close primary race today and the chance of a competitive race in November.

Politico describes the Nevada race as follows:

For most of the election cycle, the conventional wisdom has been that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is toast in November. His polling has been awful, it’s a tough year to run as a Democrat, and he just can’t seem to get any traction back home.

His saving grace, all along, has been the weakness of the GOP field. Now, as Reid has show some signs of life in the polls — he raised eyebrows recently simply by having a slight lead in some matchups — the prospect of former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle emerging as the GOP nominee is providing another burst of enthusiasm among his supporters.

Democrats see Angle, who has surged to the lead in recent polls, as fatally flawed — the weakest candidate in a GOP field that includes former state party Chairwoman Sue Lowden and businessman Danny Tarkanian and one whose views aren’t well-suited for a general election or for the onslaught of spending that Reid will release.

If Angle indeed emerges as the winner, look for an immediate pivot to the general. And if it doesn’t happen quickly, Reid will be poised for one of the all-time political comebacks.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38238_Page2.html#ixzz0qG48JnoP