Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Sam Brown votes at Reno High
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Sam Brown speaks to the media after voting in Nevada’s primary election at Reno High School on June 11, 2024.
Retired U.S. Army Captain Sam Brown won Nevada’s crowded Republican Senate primary on Tuesday night, just days after being endorsed by former President Donald Trump. He is set to face Democratic incumbent Jacky Rosen in what has become one of the most closely watched Senate races this election.
“Thank you all for your resounding support tonight. Now we’re on to November — to bring accountability to D.C., and finally retire Joe Biden and Jacky Rosen,” Brown wrote in a post on X, former Twitter.
Trump gave a last-minute endorsement to Brown following his campaign event in Nevada last weekend. The former president passed over the 11 other Republicans in the race, including Dr. Jeff Gunter, a dermatologist and his former ambassador to Iceland.
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Rosen also easily won the Democratic Senate primary Tuesday but faces a competitive contest against Brown, according to the Cook Political Report. Although Nevada hasn’t voted for a Republican president since 2004, it is seen as a key battleground state in this election.
This is Brown’s second attempt at running for Congress after a failed Senate run in 2022 against Nevada’s former attorney general, Adam Laxalt. Before he started running for office, Brown served in the U.S. Army and was severely burned while serving in Afghanistan in 2008 when a bomb detonated under his vehicle. After he returned to the U.S., he underwent more than 30 surgeries over a three-year recovery and was left permanently scarred.
“It is tonight that we continue to deliver hope that the American dream is not dead,” Brown said in his victory speech. “And the American nightmare under Joe Biden and Jacky Rosen begins to end tonight.”
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Publish date : 2024-06-12 14:02:09
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