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GOP Candidate Confident as Nevada Special Election Focuses on Jobs, Economy

Voters in Nevada will go to the polls Tuesday in the state's first special election in decades, and the issues of job creation and the economy have played out on the campaign trail just as they have on the national stage.Republican candidate Mark Amodei appears in good position to keep the Nevada's 2nd Congressional District for the GOP. Early voting closed Friday and Amodei is in an excellent position to take the seat vacated Dean Heller , who was appointed to the U.S. Senate. Registered Republicans have cast considerably more ballots than registered Democrats. The latest tally shows 40,173 votes from registered Republicans versus 25,619 from Democrats.A Public Policy Polling survey released Monday gives Amodei a 13-point advantage over Democratic state Treasurer Kate Marshall."I'm not trying to screw anything up at this point...(with) all the hard work we've done the past few months," Amodei told Fox News in a phone interview Monday. The former state lawmaker and chair of the state R...

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