LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jim Marchant, a Nevada Republican who led a movement of candidates who promoted Donald Trump's lies of a stolen 2020 election, announced Tuesday that he will run for the U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Jacky Rosen in the swing state.
The entrance of Marchant, who lost last year's race for Nevada secretary of state, may be another headache for national Republicans who are trying to prevent a repeat of the midterms, when voters in Nevada and other battleground states rejected candidates who ran on election conspiracies, allowing Democrats to increase their hold on the Senate.
Democrats face an even tougher environment to keep their slim majority in 2024. Nevada is likely to be one of the nation's most competitive Senate races after hosting the closest contest of 2022. Democratic incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto eked out a narrow victory over another high-profile election denier, Adam Laxalt.
Marchant, 66, has been a fierce supporter of Trump and his “Make America Great Again” movement and describes himself as a “MAGA conservative." He's the first major Republican to challenge Rosen, a first-term moderate.
“There’s nothing more precious than our freedom and personal liberty,” Marchant told about 200 invited guests at a suburban Las Vegas church. “And I’m running for United States Senate to protect Nevadans from the overbearing government, from Silicon Valley, from big media, from labor unions, from the radical gender change advocates.”
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