Steve Sisolak aimed to retain his seat in November and defeat his primary challenger Tom Collins, a former member of the Clark County Commission. Polls are closed in Nevada after primary voters made their choices in favor of specific candidates in several key races across the state.Īhead of Tuesday's election, incumbent Democrat Gov. Nevada GOP Senate candidate Adam Laxalt speaks during a campaign event at Pirates Landing restaurant on Jin Logandale, Nevada. To read more from Fox News' Paul Steinhauser, click here. 'It’s our job on top of the ticket to make sure we’re exciting our base and turning out our voters and the primary’s a great dry run for the general election,' Laxalt told Fox News.īut before he faces off with Cortez Masto, Laxalt first needs to win the GOP nomination and standing in his way is his top rival in the race, Sam Brown, a West Point graduate and retired Army captain who led troops in combat and who recovered from serious injuries sustained from an IED explosion during a 2008 deployment in Afghanistan.

Ted Cruz of Texas - traveled to Nevada in recent weeks to campaign with Laxalt. Two other stars on the right - Florida Gov. Trump, McConnell and the Club for Growth have often been at odds with each other this cycle in other high-profile Republican primaries. Laxalt enjoys the backing of former President Donald Trump, as well as longtime Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, and the big-spending outside group Club for Growth. The race is one of a handful across the country that will likely decide if the GOP wins back the Senate majority in the midterm elections. Catherine Cortez Masto, a former state attorney general whom national Republicans view as vulnerable. The winner of Tuesday’s Nevada Senate GOP primary will face off in November with first-term Democratic Sen. Former President Trump has endorsed in the top two GOP races Polls close in Nevada, a key swing state where Republicans are targeting a Democratic held Senate seat. To read more from Fox News' Paul Steinhauser, If you want a conservative, I’m the guy.'įry previously told Fox News he wouldn’t be challenging Rice if the congressman hadn’t voted for impeachment, adding 'I think the impeachment is the big elephant in the room and the voters are incredibly frustrated by that.' 'And so what I did was take a conservative vote. We take an oath to protect the Constitution, not a man,' Rice emphasized in an interview with Fox News Digital on the eve of the primary.

'Republicans are supposed to protect the Constitution. Rice, a self-described 'Chamber of Commerce' Republican, leaned into his impeachment vote as he’s faced off from half a dozen primary challengers. Fry was 25 points ahead and with more than 51% of the vote to Rice's 24% when the Associated Press called the race. Rice conceded to state lawmaker Russell Fry, Fox News learned as votes were still being counted. Tom Rice, one of just 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him, seemingly paid off Tuesday night. Photographer: Greg Nash/The Hill/Bloomberg via Getty Imagesįormer President Trump's endorsement of a primary challenger to incumbent Republican Rep. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Feb. Tom Rice, R-S.C., during an unveiling ceremony for 'The Joseph H.

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