SPECIAL TO THE PVT This is what Nye County Democratic Central Committee Headquarters looked like after Harley Kulkin expressed his resentment about alleged party support for Laurayne Murray during the primary campaign. RELATED STORY: Kulkin says Murray a tool to machine Advertisement

Harley Kulkin's campaign slogan, "It can be done," came up against the reality that it would not be done -- at least not with him as the Democratic standard bearer in the November general election.

Friday afternoon following the Aug. 15 primary, Kulkin paid a visit to Democratic Central Committee headquarters on Highway 160 in Pahrump. In a fit of rage over his election loss, Kulkin accused the party of playing favorites and then trashed the place.

No complaint was filed with the Nye County Sheriff's Office, and Kulkin was gone when a deputy arrived.

It was not the first time Kulkin caused trouble over political issues.

In February 2003 he disrupted a meeting of the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission. He reportedly got into an argument with a state official and asked him to step outside so he "could kick his ass." A deputy sheriff present asked Kulkin to leave the community center, but Kulkin threw his books on the floor and challenged the deputy to arrest him. He was booked for trespassing and resisting an officer's instructions.

Last week, exclaiming he hadn't slept in three nights on account of his political loss to Democrat Laurayne Murray in the Assembly District 36 primary, Kulkin allegedly kicked over a cabinet and swept his arm across a desk, knocking off flyers and other campaign materials. He also reportedly threatened Jack Woods, the 72-year-old vice chairman of the organization, the only one present at the time.

"'If you weren't so old ...'" he reportedly told Watkins, "If you weren't so old."

As reported in Friday's edition, Kulkin expressed bitterness over his loss to Murray, saying, "All of the people that supported me, please support (Republican) Ed Goedhart."

In the same article, Kulkin also thanked the people of Nye County for supporting him, adding, "They haven't heard the last of me."

In an interview Monday night, Kulkin said, "It's a wonder all I did was knock over a coffee pot. I'm a human being; I have feelings."

Loyal Watkins, chairman of the party's Nye County Central Committee, said of Kulkin: "This man is very fortunate that Mr. Woods didn't have a heart attack."

Watkins, perhaps anticipating Kulkin's allegations, gave the Democratic response to the charge that the party tilted to Murray in the primary.

"He ran in two elections prior to this one," Watkins said of Kulkin, "and not as a Democrat. We Democrats helped him as much as we helped Laurayne. When we have a primary and we have two people running, we support them both the same," he said.

"I know I helped him as much as I helped Laurayne, but he won't listen," said Watkins. "We give them ideas and tell them what's worked and what hasn't worked."

Watkins said Kulkin worked hard in Nye County to narrowly beat Murray by 16 votes. But he didn't work as hard as Murray in the other counties in the legislative district, he said.

"All he did in those counties was run ads in the newspapers," Watkins said. "I think he went to every county one time, whereas Laurayne went three or four times. I told him, 'You can't win elections on TV, the Internet and in newspapers. In the rural areas of Nevada you have to make contact.'"

Regarding Kulkin's behavior last week, Watkins said, "He's a sore loser. For him to think he can take those 1,140 votes that he garnered in Nye County and turn them into Republicans -- it's not gonna happen."

Watkins was referring to Kulkin's intent to form a "Democrats for Goedhart" committee.

Financial matters may have affected Kulkin as well. "He's really mad because a lot of people in Clark County gave Laurayne money," Watkins said. "These people can give money to whomever they want. He waits 30 days out from filing and then tries to get people to give him money when they've already committed to Laurayne."

Watkins had been out of the office since last week when Wood called to tell him about Kulkin's visit. "He said he came in here acting like an idiot, throwing stuff around and knocking over a coffee pot. He trashed our office. He came in here screaming and hollering that everyone was against him, and that wasn't the case.

"If he had spent as much time in the other counties as he spent in Nye County, it's possible he would have won the primary ... For him to try to throw his weight to Ed Goedhart, it tells me that he's not too good a Democrat. Ed Goedhart stands for everything Harley's against.

Watkins added, "The Democratic Party throws its entire support behind Laurayne Murray and we're gonna do everything we can to make sure she gets the 1,140 votes Harley got, plus all the others, too."

Watkins had words of advice for Kulkin: "I would just hope that Harley would get out of politics; because of the stress levels he puts on himself, he's gonna have a heart attack, or worse."