Scott Perry cosponsored a national abortion ban five times, then told voters he doesn't support one. Rob Bresnahan swore off a federal abortion ban and voted for a federal abortion bill three months later. Darren Bailey, Stacy Garrity, Kelly Ayotte and Joe Lombardo all ran on ending or restricting abortion — and discovered moderation the year they needed votes.
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Big Tech is building data centers in our backyards.
The 2015 tax package was a Republican governor's bill. Eight Senate Republicans backed it, including Ben Kieckhefer, whom Lombardo later hired to run the governor's office. The same ad attacks Ford over data center tax breaks Lombardo supports.
Ben and Felicia Horowitz gave Better Nevada PAC $1 million on May 11. Lombardo posted his support for data centers on May 14. On May 21 the wife of Switch's founder gave another $1 million. He wrote in June that data centers raise water use and power bills, but 'it isn't happening in Nevada.'
SB 217 would have written a right to IVF into Nevada law. It passed the state Senate 15-5 with Republican votes. Lombardo killed it, calling the insurance mandate 'fiscally impossible' — while saying he supports making IVF more accessible.
Nevada Gold Mines has now given $1 million to a PAC backing Joe Lombardo — more than it has given any other Nevada politician. In between, the state engineer who wanted to cut its groundwater pumping became the first fired since 1981.
Nevada's governor collects a public paycheck and a public pension at the same time — together, more than six times what the average Nevadan earns. He says there's nothing he can do about your grocery bill.
Bodycam video shows Nevada's governor interrupt a police sergeant to say his own name, complain 'Come on, man,' and drive away with no citation. The whole stop took about 15 seconds. His campaign says he wasn't asking for special treatment.
