Dead owner of brothel still wins district
LAS VEGAS — Nevada brothel owner and reality TV star Dennis Hof died last month but still won a heavily GOP state legislative district after fashioning himself as a Donald Trumpstyle Republican candidate.
County officials will appoint a Republican to take Hof ’s place in the state Assembly. He was found dead Oct. 16 after a weekend of parties celebrating his 72nd birthday. Officials are still determining his cause of death, but they don’t suspect foul play.
He beat Democratic educator Lesia Romanov for Nevada’s 36th Assembly District, which includes rural communities and stretches of desert in the southern part of the state.
Hof owned a handful of brothels in Nevada, the only state that allows them to legally operate. He starred in the HBO adult reality series “Cathouse” and wrote a book titled “The Art of the Pimp,” akin to Trump’s book “The Art of the Deal.”