Amanda Becker
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Amanda Becker is a multimedia journalist living in Los Angeles, where she is covering the 2008 election as a fellow with News21. Her articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Business Journal, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, The American Lawyer and IP Law & Business and she has produced television segments for Current TV and the USC magazine program IMPACT. She is dedicated to compelling, investigative journalism and is interested in how technology is changing the way people and institutions interact.

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Nevada Ron Paul Supporters Stage Rogue GOP Convention

Posted June 23, 2008 | 21:05:39 (EST)

Ron Paul may have ended his bid for the presidency, but his supporters in Nevada apparently still believe backing his candidacy and platform will send an important message to the larger Republican Party. At least one Nevada Republican spokesperson, however, will go on record that by continuing to back his...

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Yucca Casts Short Shadow On Nevada Presidential Politics

Posted June 10, 2008 | 20:40:09 (EST)

When presidential candidates stump in Nevada, the proposed nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain takes center stage. White House hopefuls and the national media zero in on the potential storage site as the state's most pivotal issue. For Nevadans, however, Yucca is not the top political priority.

"Nevada cares so...

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Conservative And White, KY Dems Stay With Clinton

Posted May 20, 2008 | 13:18:09 (EST)

Save a few unlikely scenarios, pollsters and pundits have declared that Sen. Barack Obama will be on the presidential ticket in November. But despite his lead in delegates, superdelegates and the popular vote, Democrats in the bluegrass state are still turning out to support Sen. Clinton.

As recently as...

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