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[[Image:Nevada_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of Nevada.]]

[[Image:Nevada_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of Nevada.]]

'''Nevada''' is the 7th largest state geographically and the 35th largest state by population in the [[United States]].  Although it is known for legalized [[gambling]] and semi-legalized [[prostitution]], its voters are generally [[conservative]] and voted for [[George W. Bush]] twice, qualifying it as a [[red state]].  Its senators include [[Harry Reid]], the [[Democratic]] Senate Majority Leader, and John Ensign, a Republican.

'''Nevada''' is the 7th largest state geographically and the 35th largest state by population in the [[United States]].  Although it is known for legalized [[gambling]] and semi-legalized [[prostitution]] <ref>http://www.jour.unr.edu/outpost/community/archives/com.gormley.prostitute.html</ref>, its voters are generally [[conservative]] and voted for [[George W. Bush]] twice, qualifying it as a [[red state]].  Its senators include [[Harry Reid]], the [[Democratic]] Senate Majority Leader, and John Ensign, a Republican.

Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864 by [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the [[Civil War]]; as a result, one of the State's mottos is "Battle Born."<ref>http://www.leg.state.nv.us/general/FACTS.cfm</ref>

Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864 by [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the [[Civil War]]; as a result, one of the State's mottos is "Battle Born."<ref>http://www.leg.state.nv.us/general/FACTS.cfm</ref>

==Notable people from Nevada==

==Notable people from Nevada==