Sharron Angle (NV-Sen)
Election: November 2, 2010Endorsed: May 19, 2010
Age: 61
Hometown: Reno, Nev.
Professional Background: Teacher, Small business manager
Political Experience:
- Nevada Assembly, 1999-2005
- Congressional candidate, 2006
Pro-Growth Highlights:
- As State Legislator, routinely fought to cut taxes and limit spending
- Led fight in legislature and in federal court to protect Nevada’s constitutional requirement of 2/3 majority to raise taxes
- Supports personalized, market-based reforms of entitlement programs
- Has pledged to repeal Obamacare
- Has pledged not to accept earmarks
- Has pledged not to raise taxes
Race Details: Angle, long Nevada’s leading pro-growth conservative voice, won her surprise Republican primary victory June 8, thanks in part to $628,000 from Club for Growth PAC and Club members. She is now in a neck-and-neck fight against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in what will be one of the nastiest and most expensive Senate races in the country.
