LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are battling more than just each other in diverse and politically divided Nevada.

The president also is fighting against Nevada's dismal economy while Romney faces a better-organized and better-funded state Democratic Party machine with a victorious track record.

Those factors are leveling the playing field here, and Obama and Romney head into the summer seemingly locked in a close race in a state that both sides expect will be fiercely contested — and a true toss-up — throughout the fall.

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