Morning Digest: GOP rolls snake eyes in swingy Vegas district

_{The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.}

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● NV-03: Republicans have been trying to claw back Nevada's swingy 3rd Congressional District every cycle since Democrats flipped it in 2016, but their hopes suffered a serious blow on Thursday when their only legitimate candidate, Assemblywoman Heidi Kasama, bailed on the race.

The GOP still has time to find an alternative to take on Democratic Rep. Susie Lee, but the same problem that reportedly hampered Kasama—poor fundraising—is likely to grow even more acute for any replacement, given the shorter timeframe. And with House Republicans mostly playing defense in 2024, they can ill afford to let an opportunity to go on offense slip away.

Read more about how the GOP just crapped out in Vegas at Daily Kos Elections.