GOP Nevada Senate race strategy: Don’t debate
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
In
the three competitive Nevada Senate races that will determine whether
Republicans retake control of the upper house, the GOP candidates have
refused to debate their Democratic opponents.
In
response, the Nevada Democratic Party has been saying Senate Minority
Leader Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, one of the candidates, is afraid
of public scrutiny. The party dusted off its chicken suit to mock him,
as well.
Roberson,
who’s running for re-election to Senate District 20, said last week he
and his two hand-picked candidates in those key races decided it’s
better to focus on face-to-face voter contacts and calls to sway the
Nov. 4 electorate.
“We’re
winning these races,” Roberson told the Review-Journal editorial board
Thursday. “We’re not going to debate Senate Democrats who take their
advice from an intern dressed in a chicken outfit.”
“I think very few voters watch these debates,” he added, saying he’s busy knocking on “thousands of doors.”
Senate
Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, sent out an email to supporters
last week saying the Republicans “went back on their word” and canceled
plans to debate their Democratic opponents.
“Their refusal to debate our candidates makes us ponder one question: What are they afraid of?” Denis said.
Now, Democrats control the Senate by an 11-10 margin.
Democrat Teresa Lowry, a Clark County assistant district attorney, is challenging Roberson.
In
the other two key races, Sen. Justin Jones, D-Las Vegas, is facing GOP
challenger Becky Harris, a foreclosure mediation specialist, in Senate
District 9; and Assemblywoman Marilyn Dondero Loop, D-Las Vegas, and
Republican Patricia Farley, a construction business owner, are competing
for the open Senate District 8 seat now held by Sen. Barbara Cegavske,
R-Las Vegas. Cegavske is running for secretary of state.
— Laura Myers
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