Erin Bilbray Announces NV-03 Candidacy, Trips Over Herself
Within just a few hours of announcing her candidacy — Erin Bilbray has already made an unforced error:
At 46 seconds into her announcement video, Bilbray cites a CNN clip talking about Nevada’s struggling economy – but this is from March 2009 when the district was represented by Dina Titus…a Democrat. Whoops!
Looking to learn a little bit more about Erin Bilbray? Here’s a few highlights from her resume:
Erin Bilbray is the Democratic establishment’s handpicked candidate.
- In a Jan. 9, 2013, blog posting on The Hill’s Ballot Box, Cameron Joseph wrote, “Erin Bilbray, the Nevada Democratic National Committeewoman, is ‘seriously thinking’ about running against Rep. Joe Heck (R-Nev.) and will sit down Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) to discuss it.
- [Sen. Harry] Reid supports Bilbray-Kohn in “anything she does” and believes she “would make an excellent member of Congress representing Nevada”
Erin Bilbray has made a living playing politics.
- According to Erin Bilbray’s professional biography on her company’s website, “Erin Bilbray-Kohn has spent the last twenty years as a political and strategic consultant to federal, state, and local campaigns, as well as community advocacy organizations.”
Erin Bilbray has already “gone Washington.”
- Bilbray spent the 2013 inauguration weekend “hobnobbing with the party elite and donors at inaugural festivities” and attended the committee’s inaugural luncheon at the Italian Embassy on January 21.
“Erin Bilbray is a partisan activist who has made her living playing politics. Come next November, Nevadans will have a clear choice between Erin Bilbray-Kohn, who represents a vote for Nancy Pelosi’s tired tax and spend agenda, and Joe Heck, who has been a proven problem solver for the people of his district.” – Alleigh Marré, NRCC Spokeswoman