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Revision as of 19:44, 18 April 2010 by Cirt (talk | contribs) (add info, cite, Las Vegas Review-Journal.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Sharron Angle (born 1949 in Klamath Falls, Oregon) is a four term Republican member of the Nevada Assembly representing the 26th district from 1999 to 2005, and is currently a Republican candidate for the United States Senate seat, currently held by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), in the 2010 Republican Primary. Angle is the author of Nevada's Property Tax Reform Initiative (Prop. 13).
In 2003, Angle arranged a trip to an Ensenada, Baja California prison which employed an organization with affiliations to Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard, called the "Second Chance Program". Angle sponsored legislation aimed at placing this program in women's prisons in Nevada. Assembly Majority Leader Barbara Buckley stated that Nevada lawmakers should not go on the trip arranged by Angle. In February 2003, the office of Governor Kenny Guinn announced that Corrections Director Jackie Crawford would not go on the trip to the prison. Trips to the prison were privately funded by an individual named Russell Suggs.
On August 15, 2006 Angle narrowly lost the primary for U.S. Congress in Nevada's 2nd congressional district which was vacated by Rep. Jim Gibbons. Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller received 24,781 votes to Angle's 24,353. Gibbons' wife Dawn, a former State Assemblywoman herself, finished with 17,328 votes. On August 25, Angle called for a new primary election because of cases in Washoe County, where Angle was the strongest, where people allegedly could not initially vote because of workers who did not show up on election day. On September 1, the Carson District Judge denied Angle's appeal for a new election.
On April 15th, 2010 Angle received an endorsement for the US Senate race from the Tea Party Express at a rally in the nation's capital. On April 16, 2010 Angle received an endorsement from conservative talk radio personality Mark Levin.
References
- ^ Vogel, Ed (February 14, 2003). "Lawmakers urged to skip trip to view prison program". Las Vegas Review-Journal. p. 7B.
- "State of Nevada 2006 Official Statewide Primary Election Results August 15, 2006".
- Nevada Congressional Primary Candidate Calls For New Election KRNV-4 August 28, 2006
- Sharron Angle Gets Tea Party Endorsement KVVU Las Vegas April 15, 2010
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