Primary Underdogs: Nevada ‘Establishment RINOs’ Don’t Want Red Wave Newcomers in Their Tent

Nevada Republican gubernatorial candidate Joey Gilbert on June 12 calls on supporters to redouble their efforts in the final days before the June 14 primary because they are very close to upsetting the “establishment” frontrunner, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo. John Haughey/The Epoch Times

LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Surging Republican voter registration numbers portend a swelling red tide set to sweep incumbent Nevada Democrats from the governor’s office, the U.S. Senate, and three of the state’s four congressional districts come November.

But former president Donald Trump missed the undercurrent driving the wave when he endorsed Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo for governor and former state Attorney General Adam Laxalt for U.S. senator in Nevada’s June 14 primaries, their GOP rivals said.