{"id":314,"date":"2015-03-31T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lva.local\/secure\/shop\/products\/anointed-one-the\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:13:05","slug":"anointed-one","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/anointed-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Anointed One"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4cz9UUL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Amazon_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kenny Guinn was elected the governor of Nevada in a 1998 landslide. But the outcome was determined long before a single voter stepped into a polling booth. In <i>The Anointed One<\/i>, Nevada\u2019s foremost political reporter, Jon Ralston, argues that the power and money of the casino industry, combined with the behind-the-scenes string-pulling of a powerful and ruthless cabal of political insiders, render important Nevada elections a mere formality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Guinn had never before been on a ballot. But he\u2019d cultivated the right friends, served on the right boards, and paid decades worth of political dues. Thus, when he decided to call in his markers, the powers that anoint paid off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Anointed One<\/i> isn\u2019t just the story of how an inexperienced and shaky candidate waltzed away with the highest office in the state. It\u2019s a biting commentary on the inner workings of the Nevada political machine.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"bios\">About The Author<\/h4>\n<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Jon Ralston\u00a0<\/strong>has covered politics in Nevada for two decades. He writes columns for two major newspapers, produces a daily political briefing and biweekly newsletter, and hosts a weekly television show.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenny Guinn was elected the governor of Nevada in a 1998 landslide. But as <em>The Anointed One<\/em> deftly demonstrates, the election\u2019s outcome was determined long before a single voter stepped into a polling booth.\u00a0<em>(Product includes shipping to US Addresses.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_cat":[53,38,518,378],"product_tag":[158,149,157],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=314"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}