Danny Tarkanian to Run for Harry Reid’s Senate Seat

Danny Tarkanian

Danny Tarkanian will run for the U.S. Senate seat occupied by Democratic Sen. Harry Reid.

“I’m very concerned about the direction Senator Reid is taking us in Washington,” Tarkanian said Friday in a written statement about the Senate majority leader. “We simply cannot continue to allow our federal government to borrow, spend and bail out entire industries at the expense of future generations of Nevadans,” Tarkanian said.

Tarkanian has unsuccessfully run for a seat in the state Senate and for secretary of state. Tarkanian is the son of former Las Vegas basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian and Las Vegas City Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian. [Las Vegas Review Journal]

Chuck Muth

However, Nevada conservative Chuck Muth, who recently launched a political action committee called Dump Reid PAC, said he doesn’t think Tarkanian is the Republican with the best chance to win the seat.

“Just 34 percent of respondents to a Las Vegas Review-Journal poll in July gave Reid a favorable rating, making him vulnerable to a challenger despite raising large amounts of campaign money. The statewide poll of 400 registered voters was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. from July 14 through July 15,” reported the RJ.

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