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Posted by on Apr 20, 2016 in Blog, Politics | 3 comments

Meet Alex Singer (Democrat for Congress — NV-3)

 

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Meeting Alex Singer for the first time gives me plenty of good reasons to be optimistic about the future.

 

The 29-year-old native of Portland, OR, and now a proud resident of Las Vegas is running for a seat in the U.S. Congress, in Nevada’s highly-contested 3rd district.  He’s one of six candidates in the already-crowded Democratic field.  Republicans are fielding a similar number of candidates, making this into one of the most unpredictable races in the state.

I’ve been friends with Alex on social media ever since he announced his candidacy last year.  I’d also seen him speak briefly at a political rally here in Las Vegas.  However, until yesterday, we had never met face to face.

Alex and I spent an afternoon together and engaged in a conversation that was loaded with questions about why he’s running for office for the first time, where he stands on these issues, and whatever else popped into my mind during the discussion.  Alex said there were no rules.  Any question was on the table.  We met at the Nacho Daddy bar, on West Sahara, in Summerlin.  Alex was kind enough to meet with me and allow the entire interview to be recorded.

Our interview (which is posted below in its entirety) lasted about 45 minutes.  Warning:  The sound quality would have been terrific had I not conducted the filming in an area where music was blasting.  If you can block that out, the interview is remarkably revealing.  Alex nails every question without stumbling, even hitting some of the curve balls I fired at him out of the park.  He had no knowledge of the questions in advance (hell, I didn’t know what I was going to ask him!).

The Democratic primary is coming up on June 14th.  Regardless of the outcome of that election, I came away with the impression we are seeing the emergence of a new generation of progressives which bodes very well for the future.  Alex left me with a strong sense of optimism about the liberal movement here in Nevada and convinced me he’s going to be part of the political scene for a long time to come.

Please take a few minutes to learn more about Alex and be sure and vote in the Democratic Primary, on June 14th.

3 Comments

  1. Nice guy, he has my ticket, I will share this with my local friends who actually go to vote !

  2. Nolan: I know you implored us to look past the music blaring in the background, but it simply didn’t work at all for me. It was almost impossible for me to listen to this and I had to gave up altogether after a few minutes.

    Your interviews and NFL handicapping videos have been very good, but please, please, PLEASE no loud background noises, OK? Thank you for considering this in the future.

    (Someplace quiet like your backyard works perfectly.)

    • Nolan Replies:

      Thank you, Bob. Agree that the background noise significantly distracted from the content, which was excellent.

      — ND

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