Former President Trump backed Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo in Wednesday’s Republican primary race for governor of Nevada, avoiding two other candidates seeking his support.
One of those candidates, former Senator Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Lost a re-election proposal, despite being approved by Trump in 2018.
“Sheriff Joe Lombardo is running for governor of Nevada. A veteran of the U.S. Army and Nevada National Guard, Joe joined the Las Vegas Police Department in 1988 and has bravely served and defended the people of Nevada for the past 34 years, Trump said in a statement.
“As governor, Joe will fiercely defend our besieged Second Amendment, oppose refuge cities, support our law enforcement, veto any liberal tax increases, protect lives and secure our elections. Joe Lombardo is the leader Nevada needs, and he has my full and complete approval for governor! ”He added.
Trump not only supported Heller in 2018; he also travels to the state to campaign for him and others. When Heller lost, the then president speculated that it was due to his hostility during Trump’s 2016 campaign.
“What happened to Dean Heller was that I tried for him, but my base didn’t believe him,” Trump said earlier. “They wouldn’t accept it because Dean Heller was really hostile to my race.
However, Heller was hoping for Trump’s approval again in his candidacy for governor and declined to say whether President Biden won the 2020 election.
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Lombardo is also facing Las Vegas councilor Michel Fiore (rights), who has attached her name to Trump since the beginning of her campaign, showing a “Trump 2024” sticker on a truck in her first video of the campaign.
Whoever leaves the Republican primary will face Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D), with Democrats winning just a handful of races across the state in the past few years.
Lombardo’s approval came shortly before Trump announced his support for member Jim Banks (India), who was a loyal ally of the former president.
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