LAS VEGAS (AP) – The most closely-watched race in Nevada’s primary election Tuesday is the battle for governor.
Clark County Commission colleagues Steve Sisolak (SIHS’-oh-lahk) and Christina Giunchigliani (joon-kihl-ee-AHN’-ee) are vying to be Nevada’s first Democratic governor in two decades. Both candidates have pledged to stand up to President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association.
Republican state Attorney General Adam Laxalt is expected to win the GOP primary for the governor’s race.
FILE – In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev, speaks during a media briefing at Metro Police headquarters in Las Vegas. Heller is considered the vulnerable Republican senator seeking re-election, but he has an easy primary battle Tuesday, June 12, 2018, thanks to President Donald Trump. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller is the only GOP senator seeking re-election in a state won by Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016. He is expected to breeze through his primary after Trump asked his main opponent, Republican Danny Tarkanian, to run for Congress instead.
In this June 6, 2018, photo, Clark County Commission member Chris Giunchigliani, right, speaks with Susan Garcia, center, and Aileen Vides while campaigning in Las Vegas. The fiercest primary election battle in Nevada this year is a race between two Democrats vying to become the swing state’s first Democratic governor in almost two decades. The fight between longtime Clark County Commissioners Steve Sisolak and Giunchigliani has seen them spar over their response to the October mass shooting in Las Vegas while pledging to resist President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association. (AP Photo/John Locher)
FILE – In this May 8, 2018, file photo, Clark County Commission member Steve Sisolak meets with people during a forum for Nevada gubernatorial candidates organized by Nevada faith groups. The fiercest primary election battle in Nevada this year is a race between two Democrats vying to become the swing state’s first Democratic governor in almost two decades. The fight between Sisolak and Christina Giunchigliani has seen them spar over their response to the October mass shooting in Las Vegas while pledging to resist President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association.(AP Photo/John Locher, File)
In this June 6, 2018, photo, Clark County Commission member Chris Giunchigliani, right, hugs Anthony Gonzalez while campaigning in Las Vegas. The fiercest primary election battle in Nevada this year is a race between two Democrats vying to become the swing state’s first Democratic governor in almost two decades. The fight between longtime Clark County Commissioners Steve Sisolak and Giunchigliani has seen them spar over their response to the October mass shooting in Las Vegas while pledging to resist President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association. (AP Photo/John Locher)
FILE – In this May 8, 2018, file photo, Clark County Commission member Steve Sisolak speaks during a forum for Nevada gubernatorial candidates organized by Nevada faith groups. The fiercest primary election battle in Nevada this year is a race between two Democrats vying to become the swing state’s first Democratic governor in almost two decades. The fight between Sisolak and Christina Giunchigliani has seen them spar over their response to the October mass shooting in Las Vegas while pledging to resist President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
In this April 27, 2018, photo, owner Dennis Hof sits in front of the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nev. A coalition of religious groups and anti-sex trafficking activists have launched referendums to ban brothels in two of Nevada’s seven counties where they legally operate. Hof, who has half a dozen brothels operating in the two counties and starred in the HBO adult reality series “Cathouse,” is challenging incumbent Assembly member James Oscarson of Pahrump in a Republican primary Tuesday, June 12. (AP Photo/John Locher)
FILE – In this April 26, 2016 file photo, Danny Tarkanian participates in a Republican debate for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District in Henderson, Nev. All eyes are on Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller’s re-election bid, but two U.S. House seats could be key to the Democrats’ effort to cut into GOP majorities in Congress. Tarkanian is expected to face wealthy Democratic philanthropist Susie Lee in Nevada’s most expensive House race in November. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
FILE – In this March 21, 2011 file photo, then-Nevada congressional candidate Sharron Angle answers questions from the media in Reno. All eyes are on Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller’s re-election bid, but two U.S. House seats could be key to the Democrats’ effort to cut into GOP majorities in Congress. Angle, a tea party favorite who lost to Sen. Harry Reid in 2010, has railed against fourth-term Republican Rep. Mark Amodei’s willingness to consider amnesty for immigrants living in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison, File)
FILE – In this Aug. 24, 2015 file photo, Rep. Mark Amodei, R-NV., speaks at the 19th Annual Lake Tahoe Summit at Zephyr Cove in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada. All eyes are on Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller’s re-election bid, but two U.S. House seats could be key to the Democrats’ effort to cut into GOP majorities in Congress. The only incumbent who was believed to face a potentially serious primary challenge is fourth-term Republican Amodei in northern Nevada’s 2nd District, where no Democrat has won since its creation in 1980. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
FILE – In this Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, Nevada 4th Congressional District candidate Rep. Cresent Hardy, R-Nev., delivers his concession speech at the Nevada GOP election night watch party at South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas. All eyes are on Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller’s re-election bid, but two U.S. House seats could be key to the Democrats’ effort to cut into GOP majorities in Congress. The road to victory begins in next week’s primaries where two ex-congressmen – Democrat Steven Horsford and Republican Hardy – are expected to emerge victorious and set up a rematch of their 2014 contest when Hardy unseated Horsford in the 4th District stretching north of Las Vegas through four rural counties. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)
FILE – In this Oct. 28, 2014 file photo, Rep. Steven Horsford takes the stage to speak at an event with former President Bill Clinton in Las Vegas. All eyes are on Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller’s re-election bid, but two U.S. House seats could be key to the Democrats’ effort to cut into GOP majorities in Congress. The road to victory begins in next week’s primaries where two ex-congressmen – Democrat Horsford and Republican Cresent Hardy – are expected to emerge victorious and set up a rematch of their 2014 contest when Hardy unseated Horsford in the 4th District stretching north of Las Vegas through four rural counties. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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