Biden taps deep political network as he rises in polls [View all]
Long-cultivated relationships are greasing the former vice president’s entry into the 2020 race.
One reason is the broad network of local political connections that Biden has cultivated for decades. Those relationships — both here and elsewhere — have greased Biden’s relatively seamless entry into the race, glossing over the flaws of his candidacy as he powers to a lead in national and state polls that has only grown since he joined the crowded field.
The elements of Biden’s front-runner status are on clear display in Nevada, where former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, who remains a political force in the state, praised Biden publicly on the day that he entered the race. Biden secured the endorsement of a key state lawmaker, state Sen. Yvanna Cancela, a former political director of the influential Culinary Workers Union.
And he has built significant ties to other statewide elected officials, appearing here last year on behalf of now-Sen. Jacky Rosen, now-Gov. Steve Sisolak and now-state Attorney General Aaron Ford.
“He knows Nevada, and he will do very well in Nevada,” Reid told reporters on the day that Biden announced his candidacy. While pledging to remain “as neutral as I can be” in the primary, Reid said that Biden in Congress and as vice president “was always very good to me.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/07/joe-biden-nevada-2020-1309714
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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