{"id":2320763,"date":"2024-08-07T18:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T22:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-optimistic-nevada-is-key-to-white-house-and-senate-majority-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T18:55:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T22:55:43","slug":"gop-optimistic-nevada-is-key-to-white-house-and-senate-majority-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-optimistic-nevada-is-key-to-white-house-and-senate-majority-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP optimistic Nevada is key to White House and Senate majority &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-optimistic-nevada-is-key-to-white-house-and-senate-majority-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2320763&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2063 GOP is optimistic about its\u2063 chances in \u200dNevada, viewing the state as crucial for potentially regaining control of the Senate and the White \u2064House. Senator \u200dSteve Daines, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, believes that improving rural voter turnout in Nevada could significantly benefit \u200bRepublicans. He aims for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-turnout-craters-in-ohio-as-gop-votes-soar\/\" title=\"Dem Turnout Craters In Ohio As GOP Votes Soar\">turnout increase<\/a> from 50% \u200dduring the 2022 midterms to 70% in the 2024 elections, \u2062which could help unseat Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen. Both \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-parliament-votes-unanimously-to-recognize-chinas-genocide\/\" title=\"Canadian Parliament Votes Unanimously To Recognize China\u2019s Genocide\">major political parties<\/a> consider Nevada a battleground \u2064essential for\u2062 their electoral strategies, with former\u2062 President Trump stating that winning the state \u2062could determine the overall election outcome.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">GOP optimistic Nevada is key to White House and Senate majority<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1717327\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The GOP is confident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nevada<\/a> could be the key it needs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youre-really-fing-me-biden-reportedly-furious-over-manchin-spending-block\/\" title=\"\u2018You\u2019re Really F***ing Me\u2019: Biden Reportedly Furious Over Manchin Spending Block\">win control<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate<\/a> and put a Republican back in the Oval Office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/steve-daines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Steve Daines<\/a> (R-MT) explained why he thinks Republicans have a fighting chance to flip Nevada in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/article\/is-nevada-still-a-swing-state-why-dems-gop-are-bullish-on-their-2024-chances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interview<\/a> with the <em>Nevada Independent<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Daines, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, believes his party can increase rural voter turnout in the state by roughly 20% this election cycle. Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/articles\/blue-metros-red-state-politics-in-the-2022-nevada-midterm-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>dominate<\/a> rural voters in the swing state. Nevada&rsquo;s rural voter turnout stood at 50% in the 2022 midterm election. Daines hopes for a 70% turnout in 2024, and if successful, that could change the course of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">presidential race<\/a> and flip one of the state&rsquo;s vulnerable Democratic Senate seats red.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both parties have hailed the western battleground as a critical key to victory in this election. The GOP believes winning Nevada in November could land a Republican in the White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we win Nevada, we win the whole thing,&rdquo; Trump said during a June rally in Las Vegas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Trump downplayed Sen. Jacky Rosen&rsquo;s (D-NV) chances of keeping her competitive seat as she stared down a challenge from Republican Sam Brown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senate candidate from Nevada, Sam Brown, leaves the stage after endorsing Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), Republican vice presidential candidate, during a campaign event Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Henderson, Nevada. (AP Photo\/Ellen Schmidt)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We should win that race against Rosen,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/news\/politics-and-government\/nevada\/if-we-win-nevada-we-win-the-whole-thing-trump-speaks-at-las-vegas-rally-3064444\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>Las Vegas Review-Journal <\/em>during an interview prior to the rally. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s terrible. She&rsquo;s been a terrible senator, has no respect in Washington, and I think we should win that race.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sam Brown&rsquo;s going to have a good chance to win that seat,&rdquo; said Daines.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are working to save a thin 51-49 majority in the Senate. Daines has worked hard to flip the balance to favor the GOP after Republicans suffered biting losses in the 2022 midterm elections. In June, he announced that the NRSC had raised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/republicans\/senate-gop-campaign-fundraising-record-june\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>record<\/a> funds for Republican candidates, leaving the Senate&rsquo;s campaign arm flush with cash.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/elections2024.thehill.com\/nevada\/harris-trump-nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polling<\/a> from the <em>Hill<\/em> shows Vice President Kamala Harris trailing Trump by 2.5% in Nevada, a far better number than President Joe Biden held before he suspended his reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nevada is younger and more diverse than any other battleground, which is why it is experiencing a significant swing toward Harris,&rdquo; Democratic political consultant Rebecca Lambe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=00000191-2068-db4b-a5fd-64eccfbf0000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>explained<\/a> about the Democratic momentum in a memo released Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1717327\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1717327\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GOP is feeling optimistic that Nevada could play a crucial role in securing control of the Senate and potentially placing a Republican back in the White House. In an interview with the Nevada Independent, Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, shared his belief that Republicans can boost rural voter turnout in the state by about 20% this election cycle. Given that Republicans have strong support among rural voters in this swing state, Daines aims for a turnout of 70%, up from 50% during the 2022 midterm elections. Achieving this goal could significantly impact both the presidential race and help flip one of Nevada&#8217;s vulnerable Democratic Senate seats to Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Both parties view Nevada as essential for victory in this election cycle, with GOP leaders asserting that winning here could lead to a Republican presidency. During a rally in Las Vegas, Trump stated, &#8220;If we win Nevada, we win the whole thing,&#8221; while expressing confidence about defeating Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) amid her challenge from Republican Sam Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Daines echoed Trump&#8217;s sentiments regarding Brown&#8217;s chances against Rosen and emphasized efforts to regain Senate control after losses faced by Republicans in 2022. He noted that record fundraising efforts by the NRSC have left them well-prepared financially for upcoming campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polling indicates Vice President Kamala Harris is trailing Trump by just 2.5% in Nevada\u2014an improvement over President Biden&#8217;s standing before he suspended his reelection campaign. Democratic consultant Rebecca Lambe pointed out that Nevada\u2019s younger and more diverse population is contributing to a notable shift toward Harris among voters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2320764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Donald-Trump-and-Sam-Brown.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6203,5592,35710,32127],"class_list":["post-2320763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-gop","tag-nevada","tag-senate-majority","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Donald-Trump-and-Sam-Brown.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}