Reno, Nev. • Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof said Wednesday the “establishment got crushed” when he knocked off an incumbent Republican in a state legislative primary.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, considered the most vulnerable Republican up for re-election in the Senate this year, and Attorney General Adam Laxalt, the GOP’s gubernatorial nominee, are among those refusing to back Hof.
Laxalt “does not support Dennis Hof and will not be supporting him,” Laxalt’s campaign manager Kristin Davison said in an email to AP. Incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who is being forced out by term limits in November, and Wes Duncan, the GOP nominee for Laxalt’s job, also are turning their backs on Hof.