By Associated Press - Sunday, November 4, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Latest on the midterm election in Nevada (all times local):

3:15 p.m.

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Jacky Rosen is spending Sunday afternoon meeting with supporters in southwest Las Vegas.

Rosen and Democratic candidate for Attorney General Aaron Ford are meeting at a Democratic party office with people preparing to knock on doors and encourage people to vote.

Rosen and other Democratic candidates have been making similar appearances all weekend.

Rosen is a first-term congresswoman challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Dean Heller.

Ford is the majority leader in the state Senate and is running against Republican Wes Duncan.

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1:20 p.m.

President Donald Trump is making a final campaign push to reach Nevada voters through their phones.

Trump recorded two robocalls for the Republican National Committee encouraging people to vote and to make sure their ballots are mailed on time.

RNC spokeswoman Keelie Broom told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the calls will go to targeted voters in Nevada and 10 other states with key races on Tuesday.

Trump describes Democrats as being “OK with crime,” ’’OK with open borders” and “OK with a military that’s not properly funded or not taking care of our vets.”

Nevada State Democratic Party spokeswoman Helen Kalla said the president’s comments in the calls are “outrageous lies.”

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11:55 a.m.

Nevada Democratic candidate for governor Steve Sisolak is campaigning across northern Nevada with former Maryland governor and presidential candidate Martin O’Malley.

Sisolak met Sunday morning in Reno with O’Malley, labor union members of the Nevada State AFL-CIO and Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve before canvassing around Reno.

Sisolak is the commission chair of southern Nevada’s Clark County but has been working to raise his profile in northern Nevada.

O’Malley is among a number of potential 2020 Democratic candidates for president that’s visited the battleground state in recent weeks.

He’s also among the big names that both parties have had campaigning in the state this week.

Nevada Democrats released a video Saturday that showed comedian Amy Schumer a day earlier knocking doors at University of Nevada, Las Vegas dorms to encourage students to vote.

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8:30 a.m.

Battleground races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and Nevada governor will make voters in the Silver State Tuesday a key decider of power in Congress and the state’s political landscape for a decade.

The critical contests have attracted a high-profile names to campaign in the state, including Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, Ivanka Trump, Eric Holder and Jimmy Kimmel - and that’s just in the last two and a half weeks.

Democrats face long odds of taking power in the U.S. Senate, but to do so, they need to pick up two seats. The one held in Nevada by Republican Dean Heller is considered one of their best bets.

Democrats are also looking to take the Nevada governor’s office for the first time in two decades.

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