{"id":654256,"date":"2021-08-17T10:35:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T14:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=654256"},"modified":"2021-08-17T10:35:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T14:35:30","slug":"former-state-attorney-general-adam-laxalt-launches-senate-bid-in-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-state-attorney-general-adam-laxalt-launches-senate-bid-in-nevada\/","title":{"rendered":"Former State Attorney General Adam Laxalt Launches Senate Bid In Nevada"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fformer-state-attorney-general-adam-laxalt-launches-senate-bid-in-nevada%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=654256&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\/08\/GettyImages-1229475933-scaled-e1629208163879.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"42.188577586207\">\n<p>Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt launched a long-expected Senate bid Tuesday, becoming the highest-profile Republican to take on Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe radical left, rich elites, woke corporations, academia and the media, they\u2019re taking over America,\u201d Laxalt said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w5LEUDbYb5k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcement video<\/a> likening them to Star Wars\u2019 Galactic Empire.<\/p>\n<p>Laxalt served as attorney general from 2015-2019. In 2018 he <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/11\/07\/sisolak-laxalt-nevada-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lost his bid for governor<\/a> to Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.495652173913\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s official. I\u2019m running for the United States Senate. Watch my announcement video and click here to help our campaign! &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k0guHubVAG\">https:\/\/t.co\/k0guHubVAG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ufzmq0F48c\">pic.twitter.com\/ufzmq0F48c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Paul Laxalt (@AdamLaxalt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamLaxalt\/status\/1427623748383899650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cortez Masto was first elected in 2016 by about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/elections\/2016\/results\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two points<\/a>, and chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee last cycle, when her party won three seats and a narrow Senate majority.<\/p>\n<p>While Nevada is a perennial swing state, Republicans have not won a presidential race there since 2004 and Democrats currently occupy all but one statewide elected office. President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/07\/nevada-joe-biden-donald-trump-presidential-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">won in 2020<\/a> by just two points.<\/p>\n<p>Laxalt is not the first Republican to announce a bid, but is the likely favorite to take on Cortez Masto next November given his name ID and electoral history.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/06\/conor-lamb-pennsylvania-senate-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Conor Lamb Jumps Into Critical Senate Race That Could Determine Balance Of Power)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe battle to keep our country free doesn\u2019t end,\u201d Laxalt said in his video. \u201cIf anything, the stakes are higher now than they\u2019ve ever been in our lifetime. That\u2019s why I\u2019m running for Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt launched a long-expected Senate bid Tuesday, becoming the highest-profile Republican to take on Democratic Sen. 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