Conservative Nevada Republican’s Self-Inflicted Stalingrad

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Political Hat: Conservative Nevada Republican’s Self-Inflicted Stalingrad

Posted on December 23, 2014 by The Political Hat

In November, the Republican Party in Nevada swept every statewide race and retook the state Senate. Unexpectedly, they also gained ten seats in the forty-two seat Assembly to gain a 25-17 majority in that chamber for the first time since the mid-80′s. The conservatives in the Assembly also gained a majority of the Republican delegation.

 

This victory ironically set-up the conservative Republicans to failure for one reason: Gov. Sandoval (re-elected with over 70% of the vote) wants to raise taxes to fund education. The state Senate, where Sandoval’s hand-picked moderates won all three swing seats, is comfortably in his pocket.