Commentary: So who’s the Nevada Republican leader now? Root?

By: Hugh Jackson

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: November 8, 2026

Words: 734

Last Updated: 1 day, 6 hours ago

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If there’s one person who may be even more responsible for the Republicans’ historic-folkloric loss in Nevada’s second congressional district than Trump, it would be conspiracy marketer and decorative state whackadoodle Wayne Allyn Root.

Trump had to get his Nevada congressional endorsement intel, such as it was, from somewhere. At least in the CD2 primary, Trump obviously wasn’t taking cues from Camp Lombardo. The governor was backing …

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