LAS VEGAS (AP) — As the Democratic presidential race hurtles toward Nevada, candidates in the still-crowded field are facing their first test in a racially diverse, largely urban state with solid union muscle.
Nevada has no obvious front-runner, although Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders heads into the contest on strong footing.
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Looking at the jumbled field, the state's most powerful union decided to take a pass on endorsing a candidate. The state's most prominent officials have stayed neutral.
The free-for-all has every Democrat spending much of the next week searching for fortunes in the state's working-class neighborhoods, union halls, casino convention halls and stucco-ed suburbs.