The Washington Post, November 2nd, 1998
The political pundits and pollsters advise watching voter turnout as the key to determining Tuesday's elections. The Republican and Democratic core constituencies, we are told, are women, minorities, unions, religious organizations and so on. But in the hotly contested sheriff's race in Storey County, Nev., the two leading candidates are focused not on the soccer moms or the waitress moms, but on the working gal vote -- specifically, which way the ladies of the evening at two legal brothels will lean. In most races, the hooker vote would not be meaningful. But there are only 2,500 eligible vot...
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