Post by Logan on Jun 15, 2016 19:47:28 GMT -6
Mixed results for GOP, Reid’s Democratic picks prevail in Nevada primary election
If the 2016 primary was supposed to be a clear reckoning for Republican candidates who supported the now-infamous 2015 tax package passed by the Nevada Legislature, it wasn’t.
Every competitive Republican primary race, from state Assembly up to Congress, grappled with the tax issue. On one hand, most Republicans in the state Assembly who voted for the $1.4 billion package prevailed. On the other, there were several decisive victories for anti-tax candidates up and down the ballot.
In perhaps the biggest and fiercest of the Republican contests, businessman Danny Tarkanian won over state Sen. Michael Roberson in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District.
Tarkanian had hit Roberson over his role in shepherding the tax package throughout the primary. And it wasn’t Roberson’s only stumbling block. Tarkanian started with a significant name-recognition advantage — owing to four previous runs for office and being the son of the late, beloved UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian — that Roberson never made up.
Read more: lasvegassun.com/news/2016/jun/15/nevada-primary-election-2016-results/
If the 2016 primary was supposed to be a clear reckoning for Republican candidates who supported the now-infamous 2015 tax package passed by the Nevada Legislature, it wasn’t.
Every competitive Republican primary race, from state Assembly up to Congress, grappled with the tax issue. On one hand, most Republicans in the state Assembly who voted for the $1.4 billion package prevailed. On the other, there were several decisive victories for anti-tax candidates up and down the ballot.
In perhaps the biggest and fiercest of the Republican contests, businessman Danny Tarkanian won over state Sen. Michael Roberson in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District.
Tarkanian had hit Roberson over his role in shepherding the tax package throughout the primary. And it wasn’t Roberson’s only stumbling block. Tarkanian started with a significant name-recognition advantage — owing to four previous runs for office and being the son of the late, beloved UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian — that Roberson never made up.
Read more: lasvegassun.com/news/2016/jun/15/nevada-primary-election-2016-results/