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Nevada First Lady Dawn Gibbons, a Republican and soon-to-be-ex-wife of recently defeated Gov. Jim Gibbons, said in an interview she is supporting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's reelection bid because he is the better candidate on the economy. But she thinks Reid (D-NV) has quite a fight on his hands this fall.
Gibbons, a former state assembly member, has been up close and personal with Reid's Republican rival, Sharron Angle. They served together in the state legislature and were even opponents in a three-way GOP primary for the state's 2nd Congressional district seat in 2006.
"There's no question Sharron Angle is one of the toughest grassroots campaigners I've ever seen," Gibbons told TPM in a phone interview.
Gibbons' recollection is that Angle is a tough campaigner but thinks most of the political dirty work in that race was done on Angle's behalf by outside groups such as the conservative Club for Growth. "She did not get mean and nasty but she had people that did," Gibbons said.
That's one reason why Angle skyrocketed to the nomination on Tuesday -- the Club for Growth spent big for her candidacy and she also was boosted by the Tea Party Express. But Gibbons also credited Angle's campaign skills. "She's a very good grassroots candidate, she appeals to the conservative base of the Republican Party," Gibbons said. "She gave those people a reason to get out and vote."
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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/gop-mayor-of-reno-backs-reid-calls-angle-wild.php
GOP Mayor Of Reno Backs Reid, Calls Angle 'Wild'
Sharron Angle, the Republican nominee for Senate in Nevada against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has already lost one big-name Republican in the state: Reno Mayor Bob Cashell, who had previously supported Sue Lowden in the GOP primary -- and now says he's supporting Harry Reid.
"I think Sharron Angle is just too far to the right for me," Cashell said on Wednesday, in an interview with the local NBC affiliate. "She's an ultra-right winger. I can't support her. I don't support her."
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