Nip-and-Tuck Nevada House Race Getting Tit-for-Tat Personal

Republican Nevada Congressional District 4 candidate Sam Peters speaks with the Battle Born Republican Women at the Red Rocks Country Club in Las Vegas’ Summerlin area on Nov. 3 in a “non-political” Veteran’s Day discussion about his experiences in Iraq and Afghasnistan as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. The Epoch Times/John Haughey

LAS VEGAS, Nevada—The closely contested race between Democratic incumbent Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and Republican challenger Sam Peters for one of three toss-up Las Vegas-area congressional seats has devolved into a tit-for-tat exchange with one candidate alleging unwarranted intrusion into his family life and the other citing threats and intimidation.

In an Oct. 31 press conference, Peters called for Horsford to resign from his Nevada Congressional District 4 seat in the wake of a series of Oct. 30 Twitter posts by his estranged wife, Dr. Sonya Douglass, who accused him of “bullying and intimidation” and “violence” during their marriage.