Possible choice of Nevada governor a test for Senate GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The possible choice of Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval for the Supreme Court vacancy would give President Barack Obama a shot at breaking Senate Republicans’ planned blockade of any election-year confirmation.
Sandoval, Nevada’s first Hispanic governor and a supporter of abortion rights, would test the unified GOP caucus’ insistence that voters in November and the next president make the lifetime appointment to replace the late Justice Antonin Scal