{"id":575866,"date":"2021-06-28T18:05:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T22:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575866"},"modified":"2021-06-28T18:05:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T22:05:35","slug":"nevada-sheriff-announces-run-to-challenge-democrat-governor-sisolak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-sheriff-announces-run-to-challenge-democrat-governor-sisolak\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada Sheriff Announces Run To Challenge Democrat Governor Sisolak"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fnevada-sheriff-announces-run-to-challenge-democrat-governor-sisolak%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=575866&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-857669270-scaled-e1624914532475.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Joe Lombardo, the sheriff of Nevada\u2019s most populous county, formally announced Monday his run for the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat Gov. Steve Sisolak in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a governor I will block any attempt to force critical race theory on our public school children,\u201d Lombardo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f7ys88yPhFQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in his prepared remarks. He also slammed Sisolak for being \u201cthe most partisan governor in Nevada history,\u201d and accused the Democrat-controlled legislature of being \u201cfocused on protecting their own party and guaranteeing single-party rule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lombardo formally announced his bid for governorship at Rancho High School in North Las Vegas, where he graduated in 1980. In his opening speech, he pledged to support school choice, ban <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/critical-race-theory-origins-derrick-bell-kimberle-crenshaw-richard-delgado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">critical race theory<\/a> in public schools and support trade. Lombardo also promised to \u201cveto any new taxes that legislature sends [his] way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lombardo Running for Governor\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f7ys88yPhFQ?start=807&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>In March, it has become clear that Nevada voters will also decide whether tax hikes proposed by the state\u2019s largest teacher\u2019s union should go into effect after legislature failed to take action on them, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/legislature-state-legislature-nevada-elections-las-vegas-a8483d64b1364627e84560a249ae7b13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to the Associated Press<\/a>. The proposal would increase Las Vegas\u2019 sales tax to almost 10% and gambling tax rate to 9.75% from the current\u2019s 6.75%.<\/p>\n<p>As the sheriff of Nevada\u2019s most populous county, he pledged support the police and law enforcement and cracking down of crime. \u201cSingle-party rule has led to politicians focusing on felons\u2019 rights, prioritizing criminals over victims and handcuffing the police,\u201d Lombardo claimed in his speech. \u201cWhile Portland, Seattle and Baltimore gave in to rioters, looters and vandalism, we instituted a zero-tolerance policy for violence,\u201d he added while also expressing support for the right to peacefully protest. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/23\/baltimore-chicago-milwaukee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Homicides Have Skyrocketed In These Six Democratic Cities. Black People Are Disproportionately The Victims, Data Shows)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNevada deserves a leader who doesn\u2019t put the rights of criminals over victims, doesn\u2019t hold the opinions of donors higher than those of middle-class families, and a doesn\u2019t believe our Constitutional rights are ever up for partisan negotiation,\u201d Lombardo said in a subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/clark-county-sheriff-launches-gop-nevada-governor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement obtained by the Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lombardo isn\u2019t the only candidate seeking the Republican nomination.<\/p>\n<p>John Lee, Mayor of North Las Vegas, already announced his candidacy after switching parties to the GOP last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/article\/north-las-vegas-mayor-john-lee-announces-run-for-governor-as-republican-weeks-after-switching-parties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to The Nevada Independent<\/a>. Rep. Mark Amodei and former Senator Dean Heller are also considering joining the race, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/news\/politics-and-government\/nevada\/its-official-lombardo-announces-campaign-for-governor-2388626\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Las Vegas Review-Journal reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lombardo has been the sheriff of Clark County since 2015 after serving with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for over 25 years. He is a graduate of the University of Las Vegas and he previously <a href=\"https:\/\/lasvegassun.com\/news\/2013\/dec\/04\/metro-police-veteran-joe-lombardo-jumps-race-sheri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">served<\/a>\u00a0in the U.S. Army and National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Nevada has been a traditional Democratic-leaning\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.270towin.com\/states\/Nevada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">battleground state<\/a> for presidential politics. President Joe Biden won the state in 2020 by a thin margin of approximately 33,000 votes, while former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won by about 27,000 votes in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Sisolak, the state\u2019s current governor, was elected in 2018 after defeating former state\u2019s Attorney General Adam Laxalt in a close race and becoming Nevada\u2019s first Democratic governor since 1999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Lombardo, the sheriff of Nevada\u2019s most populous county, formally announced Monday his run for the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat Gov. Steve Sisolak in 2022.\u201cAs a governor I will &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281574,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-857669270-scaled-e1624914532475.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Nevada Sheriff Announces Run To Challenge Democrat Governor Sisolak","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-857669270-scaled-e1624914532475.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Nevada Sheriff Announces Run To Challenge Democrat Governor Sisolak","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575866","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}