{"id":46071,"date":"2023-05-03T17:42:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T00:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/?p=46071"},"modified":"2023-07-19T09:31:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:31:15","slug":"marchant-senate-launch-fails-to-answer-1-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/marchant-senate-launch-fails-to-answer-1-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Marchant Senate Launch Fails to Answer #1 Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Chuck Muth)<\/em>\u00a0– When the\u00a0Nevada Globe<\/a>\u00a0broke the news that Jim Marchant announced at a sparsely-attended event that he was running for the GOP nomination for Nevada U.S. Senate yesterday, my immediate response on Twitter was\u2026
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIs it April Fool’s Day again already?\u201d<\/em>
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Sadly, no.
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Let me start by conceding that Marchant is a nice guy.\u00a0 And that during his one session as an Assemblyman in 2017 he had a solid conservative voting record.\u00a0 However\u2026
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He ran for re-election in his comparatively small Assembly seat in a \u201cswing\u201d district in 2018\u2026and lost.
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He then tried to run for Congress in a much larger and heavily Democrat district in 2020\u2026and lost.
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He followed that up in 2022 by running statewide for Secretary of State, a seat few voters usually pay any attention to, in 2022\u2026and lost.
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So inquiring minds wanna know\u2026
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Why should Republicans in Nevada think he can pull off a major upset against Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen in a high-profile race next year that\u2019s gonna cost millions?
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I mean, if Adam Laxalt \u2013 who had boatloads of cash plus truckloads of independent expenditures on his behalf last year against Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto-Reid \u2013 couldn\u2019t win a U.S. Senate seat in Nevada, why should anyone believe Marchant can?
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Well, let\u2019s take a look at the official press release his campaign put out yesterday with his announcement\u2026
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The release states that Marchant \u201cannounced his Senatorial campaign at a MAGA event.\u201d
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\u201cMAGA,\u201d of course, is the acronym for Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d campaign slogan and is pretty much interchangeable with the ex-president.\u00a0
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But all of the hardcore \u201cMAGA\u201d candidates in last year\u2019s elections in \u201cpurple\u201d Nevada \u2013 including Marchant \u2013 lost.\u00a0 So why wave a red flag in front of the anti-Trump bulls right out of the gate?
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Marchant goes on to state the following\u2026
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cWhen you\u2019re choosing a Senator, one has to choose a leader that has the life experience to do the job. I believe I have that experience to be your next Senator in Nevada.\u201d<\/em>
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Great.\u00a0 You do.\u00a0 But how are you going to win?
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cAs a proven Conservative in the Nevada Assembly, the American Conservative Union ranked me number one because of my voting record.\u00a0 When I get into office, I will not change. I will not compromise my principles for anyone.\u201d<\/em>
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Great.\u00a0 And I don\u2019t doubt it.\u00a0 But how are you going to win and get into office in the first place?
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cI love this state. From Elko, to Carson City and to Henderson, I have visited everyone (sic) of our 17 counties multiple times.\u201d<\/em>
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Great.\u00a0 But lots of us love this state and have been to all 17 counties.\u00a0
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So how are you going to win when the voters of those counties, combined, didn\u2019t elect you just six short months ago to a lower office in a race that didn\u2019t cost a fraction of what a U.S. Senate race will cost?
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThe campaign will be run by Dick Morris and Rory McShane.\u201d<\/em>
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Great. But Dick Morris is a has-been who hasn\u2019t been relevant in winning campaigns since he worked for the Clintons in the 1990\u2019s.\u00a0 And, to the best of my knowledge, has no experience running, let alone winning, races in Nevada.
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And didn\u2019t McShane run your last two unsuccessful campaigns?
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So why should we believe having these two run your campaign means you can win?
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The press release goes on to note that \u201cPresident Donald Trump describes Jim Marchant as a \u2018Legendary Businessman.\u2019\u201d
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Great.\u00a0 But again, Trump has lost Nevada twice now.\u00a0 Why does his quote about your business acumen mean you can win?
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Marchant\u2019s release concluded by claiming he lost his congressional race because he was \u201coutspent 3-1 and widespread Democratic coordinated election fraud.\u201d
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OK, fine.
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But Sen. Rosen\u2019s latest FEC report shows she has over $6 million cash-on-hand already while your\u00a0campaign finance report show you raised only half-a-million for your race last year.
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How are you going to raise enough money to be competitive in a U.S. Senate race?\u00a0
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Now, as for \u201celection fraud\u201d\u2026
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You\u2019re killing yourself and every other GOP candidate in the state by continuing to claim \u201celection fraud\u201d that you\u2019ve never documented nor proved. \u00a0As such, you come off as a sore loser at best, and a \u201cconspiracy nut\u201d at worst.
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If these unfounded claims didn\u2019t get you elected last year, why should we think this is a winning election message for next year?
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Maybe you should start all over and run for your old Assembly seat instead.\u00a0 Let\u2019s see if you can win at that level again rather than constantly failing upwards.
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7 Worst Habits of Highly Unelectable People<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Picking the wrong race<\/li>\n
  2. Picking the wrong district<\/li>\n
  3. Picking the wrong issues<\/li>\n
  4. Picking the wrong time<\/li>\n
  5. Picking the wrong consultants<\/li>\n
  6. Picking unnecessary fights with the media<\/li>\n
  7. Picking door-knocking over fundraising<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    FAMOUS LAST WORDS<\/strong>
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    \u201cMy administration is fighting for school choice in Nevada. We believe that parents know best. We believe that parents should be empowered to make the best education decisions for their children. Let\u2019s start trusting parents.” –\u00a0Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo<\/em><\/strong>
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