Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
‘Comeback kid’ taking on ‘battle-tested’ Lee
District’s registration a plus for incumbent
Combat metaphors are often unavoidable during election season, but the emergence of a 6-foot-7-inch, 300-pound former professional wrestler as the Republican candidate for one of the West’s most highly coveted congressional seats makes it all too easy.
The proverbial corners in the contest for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District were set this week, as challenger Dan “Big Dan” Rodimer easily claimed the Republican nomination against incumbent Democrat Rep. Susie Lee after contested primaries.
The Republicans’ congressional arm got it started right away. transparency within the Paycheck Protection Program.
“Republicans and Democrats joined me in this fight, and partisan hacks funded by shadowy super PACs are attacking me for it,” she said. “That’s why people are frustrated with Washington. It’s deceptive. It’s cynical. And I’m not going to let it stop me.”
Rodimer has also had to parry attacks for the past few months.
Schwartz released a series of ads calling him a violent criminal, stemming from a 2010 battery arrest in Florida and several subsequent assault accusations that did not lead to arrests. According to court records, Rodimer entered into deferred prosecution and completed an anger management course in exchange for the charge being dropped in 2012.
“The smear campaign didn’t work,” Rodimer said. “People want to hear what you’re going to do for them, and they want their voice restored here in Nevada.”
He added that he will handle any future reference to the arrest