ICYMI: Adam Laxalt, Joe Lombardo Leading in Senate, Governor Primaries

Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Steve Sebelius of the Las Vegas Review Journal published an exclusive report on new Club for Growth PAC polling in the Nevada Republican Primaries for both the US Senate and Gubernatorial races.

Click here to read the story.

Click here to read the Club for Growth PAC polling memo.

Key Poll Takeaways:

• NVSEN: Laxalt 57%, Brown 19%, Undecided 15%
  • Adam Laxalt leads with 57% of the vote.
  • Sam Brown trails substantially at just 19% and the other two candidates have received 1% each.
  • 15% remain undecided while 3% say they will vote for someone else.

• NVGOV: Lombardo 28%, Heller 22%, Lee 13%, Undecided 17%
  • Lombardo leads with 28% of the vote, six points ahead of Heller.
  • John Lee receives 13% of the vote and Joey Gilbert is at 9%.
  • Three other candidates, including Michele Fiori who withdrew from the race after this poll was conducted, are in the low single-digits.

Story Excerpts: 

Poll shows Laxalt, Lombardo leading in Senate, Governor Primaries

By Steve Sebelius, Las Vegas Review Journal

Former Attorney General Adam Laxalt has a commanding lead in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, and Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo has a narrow lead in the Republican primary for governor, according to a new poll. It shows Laxalt with 57 percent of the Republican primary vote, followed by Sam Brown with 19 percent, and 1 percent each for Bill Hockstedler and Sharelle Mendenhall. Another 3 percent chose someone else, and 18 percent were undecided.

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In the governor’s race, Lombardo leads the pack with 28 percent of the vote, with former Sen. Dean Heller next at 22 percent and North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee at 13 percent. Reno lawyer Joey Gilbert got 9 percent, and Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore had 5 percent. (Fiore dropped out of the governor’s race after the poll was conducted and is now running for state treasurer.)