A new JMC Analytics poll in Nevada shows Danny Tarkanian (R) leading Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) in a Republican U.S. Senate primary, 39% to 31%, with 31% still undecided.
Heller Finally Admits He Voted for Trump
“Nearly nine months after the conclusion of the 2016 general election and despite months of hesitation, Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) has finally confirmed that he voted for Donald Trump for president,” the Nevada Independent reports.
Heller Gets a Primary Challenger
Danny Tarkanian (R) announced that he will challenge Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) in Nevada’s Republican primary next year, Politico reports.
Tarkanian announced his bid on “Fox and Friends,” where he criticized Heller as a “Never-Trumper” and said that his stance on the president helped Hillary Clinton carry the state.
Heller Vulnerable In a Republican Primary
A new Daily Caller/Strategic National poll in Nevada finds Rep, Mark Amodei (R-NV) just edging Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) in a possible GOP primary for U.S. Senate, 27% to 26%, with Danny Tarkanian (R) at 21%.
Trump Backers Furious at Dean Heller
New York Times: “The political fallout from Heller’s high-profile news conference a week ago offers a vivid illustration of the new fault lines on the right in the Trump era. After years of fierce clashing between Republican hard-liners and mainstream conservatives, the purity-versus-pragmatist wars have given way to a new, Trump-centered debate that highlights how fully the president has taken over the party.”
Pro-Trump Group Warns Senators to Fall In Line
Politico: “A new campaign by top White House allies targeting the GOP’s most vulnerable senator over health care sends a loud message to those resistant to the Trump agenda: We’re coming after you.”
“The offensive is aimed at both punishing Heller and at swaying his vote, and it is a stunning act of political retaliation against a member of the president’s own party – one who faces a perilous path to re-election in 2018. Senior Republicans, many of whom are deeply worried about Heller’s political standing and increasingly nervous about the midterms, were shocked and spent the weekend measuring the possible fallout.”
Meanwhile, Mike Allen reports that the group funding the ads “is giving Heller a chance to modify his blast at the bill, before unleashing an advertising attack in his home state.”
Pro-Trump Group Targets Heller
“A pro-Trump outside group is launching an advertising blitz against Republican Sen. Dean Heller over his opposition to the health care repeal bill — a bold act of political retaliation against a member of the president’s own party,” Politico reports.
“Heller, a Nevada Republican, is up for re-election in 2018 and is seen as one of the most vulnerable incumbents up for reelection this cycle.”
Heller Says He Won’t Support GOP Health Bill
Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) said that “he cannot support Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s health-care bill without changes to it, becoming the fifth GOP senator to take that position since the bill was released,” the Washington Post reports.
“Heller, who is up for reelection in 2018, has expressed concerns about the way the measure addresses the future of Medicaid. The proposal would impose long-term federal spending cuts on the program.”
Said Heller: “I cannot support a piece of legislation that takes away insurance from tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Nevadans.”
Heller Gets a Challenger
Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) plans to run against Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) for his Senate seat in Nevada, Politico reports.
“Heller is widely considered the most vulnerable Republican up for re-election in 2018 and is the only GOP senator this cycle who represents a state won by Hillary Clinton in 2016. A Public Policy Polling survey released Monday had Heller receiving just 39% of the vote if the match-up were held today against a generic Democrat, who earned 46% of support among Nevada voters.”
Democrats Launch Early Attacks on Two Senators
“Liberals are already beginning to target Republican Sens. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)) and Dean Heller (R-NV) with attack ads as Democrats look to soften up their only two realistic targets ahead of a difficult 2018 Senate map,” The Hill reports.
“Democrats are starting GOP attacks early in a cycle where they’re mostly playing defense and trying to block Republicans from flipping enough seats to achieve a 60-seat, filibuster-proof Senate majority. Republicans are defending just eight seats in 2018, while Democrats are defending 23 seats, plus another two held by independent allies.”
Sharron Angle Will Run for Senate Again
Sharron Angle (R) has filed to run for the U.S. Senate in Nevada, the Las Vegas Review Journal reports.
Angle, a tea party darling, had faced Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) in 2010 after winning the GOP primaries and lost to him. This time around, she’ll challenge Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV) in a primary.
Sharron Angle Mulls Another Senate Bid
“Nevada conservative Sharron Angle (R) says she’s trying to determine if she could raise enough money to run for the U.S. Senate again, a move that could throw a wrench in Republicans’ hopes to claim Democratic Sen. Harry Reid’s soon-to-be-vacant seat,” the AP reports.
“The tea party darling won the Republican nomination in a divisive three-way primary in 2010, then lost to Reid in the general election, 50% to 45%.”
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“You just can’t get the $5 million to 10 million without whoring yourself out and I’m not going to do that.”
— Brothel owner Dennis Hof (L), quoted by the Reno Gazette Journal, on his decision not to run for U.S. Senate.
GOP Moves to Head Off Angle Challenge
Sharron Angle’s (R) “very public flirtation with a primary bid against Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV), the party favorite to take on Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto (D), is reviving Democratic dreams and Republican nightmares from the 2010 election,” Politico reports.
“Angle — along with lackluster candidates Christine O’Donnell and Ken Buck — blew a winnable race for the GOP, and her name still causes eyerolls among Republicans of all stripes. And now that Republicans finally control the Senate, they aren’t about to let Angle screw things up.”
Sharron Angle Mulls Another Senate Bid
Failed 2010 U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R) is telling her supporters that she’s running for the seat being vacated by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Jon Ralston reports.
Heck Will Run for Senate in Nevada
Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV) “became the leading GOP candidate in the 2016 race to succeed retiring Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), the Las Vegas Review Journal reports.
“And while Reid won’t be on the ballot, Heck’s official announcement made it clear the former majority leader of the U.S. Senate and a force in Nevada politics for decades is still the man to beat.”
Morning Consult: “In Nevada, where Senate races and presidential contests are routinely decided by razor-thin margins, both parties got the candidates they wanted. Heck, who has a proven track record of raising money and winning in a swing district, is likely to face former Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, who would be the first Hispanic woman elected to the U.S. Senate.”
Sandoval Won’t Run for Senate in Nevada
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) announced that he will not run for Harry Reid’s U.S. Senate seat, the Las Vegas Review Journal reports.
“Sandoval has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Bush said in a recent trip to Reno that it is much too soon to talk about potential running mates. Bush has not yet formally declared himself to be a candidate for president.”
Heck Inches Closer to Senate Bid
Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV) “is getting closer to a bid for Harry Reid’s U.S. Senate seat, a development that could effectively clear the primary field and make the race very competitive,” according to Ralston Reports.
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