Political expert Nathan Sproull, Managing Director of Lincoln Strategy Group, weighs in on the exciting senate race in Nevada with GOP nominee Joe Heck currently holding the edge over the competition.
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Nathan Sproul | Senate Race to Watch: Nevada
1. NEVADA
S E N A T E R A C E T O W A T C H
A Presentation by Nathan Sproul
2. UNTIL LATE MARCH, THE RACE FOR
THE OPEN SEAT IN THE NEVADA
SENATE APPEARED TO BE A RACE
BETWEEN INCUMBENT HARRY REID
AND THE CHALLENGING
REPUBLICAN PARTY. HOWEVER,
WHEN REID, WHO IS 76,
ANNOUNCED HE’D BE RETIRING AT
THE END OF HIS TERM, A WRENCH
WAS THROWN INTO THE MIX FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
3. In what can
only be called a
neck and neck
race, GOP
nominee Joe
Heck currently
holds the edge
over Democrat
Catherine
Cortez Masto.
AS IT
STANDS
RIGHT
NOW...
4. After entering the race an underdog by many counts (he was given a 36% chance of winning the seat in mid-
July), Heck has surged back and now seems to have a firm grasp on the lead according to polls.
Heck was a member of the Nevada Senate between 2004 and 2008, also serving on the Natural Resources,
the Commerce and Labor, and the Human Resources and Education Committees during his tenure.
In 2011, Heck assumed office as a member of the House of Representatives in Nevada’s 3rd District, beating
Dina Titus by just over 1,000 votes in 2010. In both 2012 and 2014, Heck increased his margins of victory over
Democratic nominees, a testament to his accomplishments in office, including pieces of legislation he
helped to pass to benefit veterans in 2013.
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R A S M U S S E N A N D F O X N E W S S H O W H E C K
H O L D I N G A R O U G H L Y F O U R - P O I N T L E A D O V E R
C O R T E Z M A S T O .
5. A veteran, Heck achieved the rank of Brigadier General in the US
Army. He is also a board-certified physician, a skill he utilized in
2008 when he was in charge of the emergency room at a combat
hospital near Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Now, after easily beating Sharron Angle for the GOP nomination
by a 42% margin, Heck has turned his sights to doing the same in
the general election.
S O M E O F H E C K ’ S N O T O R I E T Y C O M E S
F R O M H I S N O N - P O L I T I C A L P A S T .
6. Heck’s place in the race in Nevada
is a particularly important one
this election season, as it
represents the best chance for the
GOP to claim a seat formerly held
by the Democratic party.