{"id":39253,"date":"2017-12-27T10:33:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T17:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/?p=39253"},"modified":"2017-12-27T10:33:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T17:33:25","slug":"top-10-nevada-gop-primaries-to-watch-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/top-10-nevada-gop-primaries-to-watch-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Nevada GOP Primaries to Watch in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Chuck Muth)<\/em> – Conservatives haven\u2019t had a real conservative champion in the White House for an election cycle since Ronald Reagan.\u00a0 So how will conservative candidates fare in Nevada in 2018 under President Trump?\u00a0 Here are ten races to watch in the June 12th GOP primary\u2026<\/p>\n

#10:\u00a0 Assembly Republican Caucus Leader: Will be on the ballot by proxy.\u00a0 Conservative Assemblyman Jim Marchant\u2019s upstarts vs. sell-out Minority Leader Jim Wheeler\u2019s insiders.\u00a0 If Marchant can get enough conservatives elected to the caucus, he\u2019ll oust Wheeler-Dealer for the Assembly GOP\u2019s top job.<\/p>\n

#9:\u00a0 State Assembly 23:\u00a0 Moderate establishment Assemblywoman Melissa Woodbury, one of only three remaining Republicans in the Assembly who voted for the largest tax hike in Nevada history, will square off against conservative newcomer and former Metro cop Matt McCarthy.<\/p>\n

#8:\u00a0 State Assembly 36: Moderate insider incumbent Assemblyman James Oscarson, who voted for the largest tax hike in Nevada history, vs. conservative outsider businessman Dennis Hof (disclaimer: one of my clients).<\/p>\n

#7:\u00a0 State Senate 20:\u00a0 Moderate establishment Assemblyman Keith Pickard will try to move up the ladder for this open seat. He\u2019s being challenged by conservative newcomer Byron Brooks, an Army combat veteran and small businessman.<\/p>\n

#6:\u00a0 State Senate 8: Republican-turned-Democrat-collaborator Sen. Patricia Farley is not running for re-election.\u00a0 Disgraced former legislator Elizabeth Halseth\/Helgelien is attempting to mount a political comeback.\u00a0 But Senate GOP caucus won\u2019t let her have a free shot.\u00a0 Look for a serious, establishment-backed alternative before filing ends.\u00a0 But will he\/she be a conservative?<\/p>\n

#5:\u00a0 Treasurer: Former assemblyman\/senator\/councilman Bob Beers vs. Derek Uehara.\u00a0 A conservative disruptor while in the Legislature, Beers developed a reputation as an insider favoring big corporate interests over small businesses on the Las Vegas city council.\u00a0 But the good will he\u2019s developed over many years should easily carry him over the finish line.<\/p>\n

#4:\u00a0 Attorney General: Conservative insider Wes Duncan vs. conservative outsider Craig Mueller (my attorney).\u00a0 Duncan has the establishment\u2019s support but Mueller has the most extensive experience as an actual trial attorney of any AG candidate in at least a generation.<\/p>\n

#3:\u00a0 Governor:\u00a0 Conservative Attorney General Adam Laxalt vs. moderate Treasurer Dan Schwartz.\u00a0 The result is pre-ordained: Laxalt in a landslide. Only question is how much \u201csoftening up\u201d damage Schwartz does in his self-centered effort to elect a Democrat in the general election.<\/p>\n

#2:\u00a0 Congress\/CD 3: Victoria Seaman has the inside track vs. Sen. Scott Hammond, who voted for the largest tax hike in Nevada history, and Dave McKeon, the ultimate establishment shill.\u00a0 But keep an eye on the conservative wild card: Former KLAS-TV consumer advocate Michelle Mortensen. Anything can happen in a four-way.<\/p>\n

#1:\u00a0 U.S. Senate: Establishment insider Dean Heller vs. conservative challenger Danny Tarkanian (disclaimer: one of my clients). \u00a0Heller has every advantage: Incumbency, money, connections, experience. \u00a0But he also has a pair of \u201cyuge\u201d political anvils around his neck: Being a #NeverTrumper in 2016 and his vote against repealing ObamaCare last July.<\/p>\n

Filing for office officially opens in March.\u00a0 Let the games begin!<\/p>\n

(Mr. Muth is president of Citizen Outreach and publisher of NevadaNewsandViews.com<\/a>.\u00a0 He blogs at MuthsTruths.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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