Dina Titus

U.S. Rep. Jon Porter's (R-Las Vegas) tv ad says "we're all feeling the pain", except "self-serving" Dina Titus who "voted to quadruple her taxpayer-funded pension" in 1989.

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Former Gov. Mitt Romney: Getty Images PhotoWASHINGTON – Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is throwing his chips in for U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Henderson), who is facing the toughest re-election bid of his career.

Romney hosted a Thursday lunchtime fundraiser for Porter at a private residence in Boulder City with 25 people in attendance. The Porter campaign did not specify how much money the event raised for the campaign’s coffers.

Earlier in the day, Romney led a grassroots rally for about 200 campaign volunteers. The former GOP presidential candidate was joined by several notable Nevada Republicans including Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury, state Sen. Warren Hardy, Assemblyman Joe Hardy, and Boulder City Mayor Roger Tobler.

U.S. Rep. Jon PorterWASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Henderson) may have been one of only a handful of vulnerable members to support the bailout bill on Monday, but Porter's Democratic opponent insists the vote isn't a profile of courage. "I don't see it as a vote that should be looked at in a vacuum," state Sen. Dina Titus (D-Henderson) said Tuesday evening in a telephone interview.

Titus argued that Porter was in the pocket of Wall Street and big business, saying the Republican had raked in contributions from the financial sector. Porter's vote, the Democrat said, was simply an extension of his allegiance to the financial industry.

Titus, embroiled in what is quickly becoming one of the nastiest and hard-fought House races in the country, was responding to a Wall Street Journal column Porter's campaign was circulating to reporters the day after Porter voted in support of the $700 billion rescue package. The column praised Porter and the six other vulnerable members who "stuck their necks out" and voted yes on the bill.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will join state Senator and 3rd Congressional District challenger Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas) for a fundraiser at Gaylord's Restaurant at the Rio.

The event is scheduled for Oct. 6 at 1 p.m., and tickets begin at $1,000.

U.S. Rep. Jon PorterThe National Republican Congressional Committee has no clear plans on dramatically scaling back its advertising for U.S. Rep. Jon Porter, as Democrats had hoped.

Earlier this week, journalist Jon Ralston wrote ominously that the committee was appearing to scale back on its advertising plans for Porter, a third term incumbent who is facing a difficult re-election bid against Democratic state Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus.

"That can't be good," Ralston wrote.

But conversations with broadcast television stations in the Las Vegas-area district suggest that Democrats might not want to get too excited just yet. The NRCC still has plans to advocate for Porter.

Congressional candidate Dina Titus: Campaign PhotoDina Titus is out with a new television advertisement that takes direct aim at her opponent, U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Henderson), on issues ranging from taxes to oil.

The spot began airing on stations in the Las Vegas-area district late last week. The campaign did not specify the size of the media buy or how long the ad would be airing.

“I’m Dina Titus. I approve this message to the set the record straight,” the Democrat says at the outset of the 30-second spot. “Jon Porter is spreading the same lies Jim Gibbons did, and look where that got us. In the legislature I got a cap on property taxes passed into law, and I supported real tax cuts for working people. Jon Porter voted in lockstep with Bush. He gave big oil billions in tax cuts and left us with the bill. That’s the difference, and why we need to change Washington.”

U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Henderson) is out with his second television advertisement of the cycle, a 30- second spot that aims to paint Democratic challenger Dina Titus as a tax-raising, self-serving politician.

The ad, which hit the Las Vegas-area airwaves on Wednesday, accuses Titus, the minority leader in the state Senate, of voting for a pay raise while supporting a tax increase.

“Dina Titus. A public service that looks like, well, self service,” an announcer says in the ad.  “With Nevada families struggling, she voted to triple her government-funded pension. Worse, after voting herself a pay raise, Dina voted to raise our taxes, including the largest tax increase in Nevada history and the job-killing payroll tax on small businesses.

“Dina Titus. A self-serving politician Nevada can’t trust,” the announcer concludes.