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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Several Republican legislators in Nevada are facing primary challenges from candidates hoping to pull votes from the far right to defeat the more moderate incumbents.
Minority leaders in the Senate and Assembly were being targeted Tuesday by challengers who garnered the support of the state Republican Party that has shifted in recent years to be more dominated by conservatives.
Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson of Henderson is being challenged by Carl Bunce, who ran former Texas Rep. Ron Paul's 2012 presidential campaign in Nevada.
Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, the assistant GOP floor leader from Reno, faces anti-establishment challenger Gary Schmidt.
Democrats will enter the fall elections controlling the state Assembly 27-15 but have only a narrow 11-10 majority in the Senate.
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