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Trump would harm Heck’s U.S. Senate candidacy, Heller says

Trump would harm Heck’s U.S. Senate candidacy, Heller says
N&V Staff
May 4, 2016
Ray Hagar is Nevada Newsmakers' political correspondent

Ray Hagar is Nevada Newsmakers’ political correspondent

(Ray Hagar) – Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., said Tuesday that Donald Trump would harm the U.S. Senate candidacy of Nevada Rep. Joe Heck, R-Henderson, if Trump is the Republican presidential nominee.

Heller said having Trump at the top of the Republican ticket in Nevada would turn off Hispanic voters. The Hispanic population is seen as a growing influence in Nevada politics and the Democratic candidate, former Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto, is trying to become the first Latina U.S. senator in the U.S.

His comments came during a taping of the Nevada Newsmakers TV show in Reno.

Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee after winning the Indiana primary Tuesday. Heck and Cortez-Masto are in one of the most-watched U.S. Senate races in the nation. The winner replaces Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who will retire when his term expires.

“The senate race we have here in Nevada, between Masto and Heck, I think the biggest variable in this race is who the (Republican) presidential candidate is,” Heller said. “And if it is Donald Trump — don’t get it wrong — the Hispanic population in this community north and south do not like him. I don’t care what he (Trump) says, they (Hispanic voters in Nevada) do not like him and they are going to come out in droves to vote against him.”

Heller added that a Trump GOP presidential nomination “doesn’t bode well for the Republican candidate even though Joe Heck has a tremendous relationship with the Hispanic and Latino community throughout this state.”

Heller noted the built-in appeal among Hispanics for Cortez-Masto.

“It’s still going to be very, very difficult to transfer a vote against someone (like Trump) to for him (Heck),especially when he is running against an Hispanic woman,” Heller said. “They (Democrats) have a great candidate on their side.”

Heller predicted Heck would defeat former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, R-Reno, in the GOP U.S. Senate primary election.

“I think polling data recently showed she is more than 50 points behind,” Heller said of Angle. “I don’t know how she makes that up. Joe is going to win this, he is going to win this primary big but I would take her seriously as a candidate.”

Heller won a close and contested GOP primary election in 2006 against Angle to help launch his political career at the federal level. He was elected Nevada’s 2nd U.S. House District representative that year.

Heck can win the anti-establishment vote against Angle because he is independent, Heller said. Heller acknowledged the anti-establishment feeling in U.S. politics is very strong, fueling the campaigns of both Trump and Democratic hopeful, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

“Joe is going to be the next U.S. senator from Nevada but he’s got to get through two candidates to get there and he’s got to take both of these candidates seriously,” Heller said.

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