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Nevada’s Republican gubernatorial primary is one of the most wide-open races in the country with candidates including a former senator, a sheriff, an ex-boxer attorney and others vying for a chance to challenge Democrat Gov. Steve Sisolak.
The race is happening in a state that’s leaned Democrat in recent years but could be ripe for a big GOP win amid poor approval ratings for President Biden and backlash against Democrats’ handling of the pandemic.
Among the biggest players in the primary are former Sen. Dean Heller, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore, North Las Vegas Mayor John Jay Lee, attorney Joey Gilbert, and venture capitalist Guy Nohra.
In a race that’s so wide open, endorsements can make all the difference. And the GOP’s endorser in chief – former President Donald Trump – has yet to weigh in on this state race as he has in several others nationwide.
Former President Donald Trump gives a fist pump to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a rally Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Florence, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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That’s something the candidates appear to be acutely aware of.
Nohra, a Lebanese immigrant who came to the U.S. in high school before entering the biotech industry after college, recently hired three Trump-affiliated GOP consultants, a fact he mentioned several times in a press release.
Nohra highlights his business experience as evidence he can make government run more efficiently and leans on his history as an immigrant who escaped a civil war to emphasize that the U.S. is a “land of opportunity” that should be embraced.
He says those qualities will help him “earn” Trump’s endorsement.
“I have the same background, I’m a businessperson, I’m going to solve problems, I’m an America First person,” Nohra told Fox News. “I’m going to earn it because I think the president … is going to see…
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