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{{Infobox Personofficeholder

| name = Sharron Angle

| image = Sharron Angle.jpg

| office = Member of the [[Nevada Assembly]]

| image_size =

| captionterm_start = January 3, 1999

| term_end = January 3, 2007

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|07|26|mf=y}}

| birth_placepredecessor = [[Klamath Falls,Ernie OregonAdler]]

| successor = [[Ty Cobb (politician)|Ty Cobb]]

| occupation = Teacher, Politician

| constituency = 29th district (1999–2003)<br>26th district (2003–2007)

| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

| birth_name = Sharon Elaine Ott

| alma_mater = [[University of Nevada, Reno]]

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|7|26}}

| spouse = Ted Angle

| birth_place = [[Klamath Falls, Oregon]], U.S.

| website = [http://www.sharronangle.com sharronangle.com]

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (before 1992, 1997–present)

| otherparty = [[Independent American Party of Nevada|Independent American]] (1992–1997)

| spouse = {{marriage|Theodore Angle|1970}}

| children = 2

| education = [[University of Nevada, Reno]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])

}}

'''Sharron Elaine Angle''' (née '''Ott'''; born July 26, 1949) is an American politician and [[perennial candidate]] who served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Nevada Assembly]] from 1999 to 2007. She ran unsuccessfully as the [[2010 United States Senate election in Nevada|2010]] Republican nominee for the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Nevada]],<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/news/la-pn-angle-reid-final,0,4792206.story "Sen. Harry Reid survives challenge from Sharron Angle in Nevada"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 2, 2010</ref> garnering 44.6 percent of the vote. On September 15, 2013, she was unanimously elected the fifth President of the [[National Federation of Republican Assemblies]], and resigned in 2016 to run again for the Nevada U.S. Senator position being vacated by [[Harry Reid]] but failed to win the Republican primary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Willes Lee Succeeds Sharon Angle as President of National Federation of Republican Assemblies|url=http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/17200/Willes-Lee-Succeeds-Sharon-Angle-as-President-of-National-Federation-of-Republican-Assemblies.aspx|website=Hawai'i Free Press|accessdate=3 November 2016}}</ref> In [[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 2|2018]], she ran in the Republican primary for [[Nevada's 2nd congressional district]] and lost to the incumbent, [[Mark Amodei]]. Her politics have been described as [[Radical right (United States)|far-right]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2017-03-21 |title=Far-right activist plans challenge for Nevada House seat |url=https://apnews.com/article/fc669c5ee98e4f99a32055fbcd5268b9 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Room |first=Press |date=2010-06-15 |title=Far-Right Angle? |journal=The Nation |language=en-US |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/far-right-angle/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |issn=0027-8378}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nevada's Sharron Angle is ready for her comeback |url=https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/nevadas-sharron-angle-ready-her-comeback-msna818541 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=MSNBC.com |language=en}}</ref>

'''Sharron Elaine Angle''' (born July 26, 1949) is an [[United States|American]] politician who served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Nevada Assembly]] from 1999 to 2005. She is the 2010 Republican nominee for the [[United States Senate]] seat held by Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]].

==Personal life==

Angle was born in [[Klamath Falls, Oregon]] but moved to [[Reno, Nevada]] when she was 3 years old.<ref name="CampaignBio">http://www.sharronangle.com/about.html</ref> Her father is a [[United States Navy|Navy]] veteran of [[World War II]] and served in the Navy Reserve during the [[Korean War]]. Angle attended public school in Reno and later obtained a [[bachelor of arts|BA]] in Fine Arts from the [[University of Nevada]]. She married her husband Ted during her senior year of college in 1970, with whom she has two children and ten grandchildren. After graduating from college, Angle, a Southern Baptist Christian<ref>{{cite news| last = Pappas| first = Alex | title =All the Difference | work = [[The Daily Caller]] | publisher =dailycaller.com | date =May 21, 2010 | url =http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/21/all-the-difference-tea-party-endorsement-pushes-little-known-republican-to-the-front-in-race-to-unseat-harry-reid/ | accessdate = 2010-05-24 }}</ref><ref name="racereflects">{{cite news| last =Myers | first =Laura | coauthors = | title =Political Eye: GOP Senate race reflects gotcha game | work = [[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] | publisher =www.lvrj.com | date = May 24, 2010 | url =http://www.lvrj.com/news/gop-senate-race-reflects-gotcha-game-94721839.html | accessdate = 2010-05-24 }}</ref><ref name="GOPSenateHopeful">{{cite news| last =Myers | first =Laura | title =NEVADA POLITICS: GOP Senate hopeful Sharron Angle is counting on conservative credentials

| work = [[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] | publisher =www.lvrj.com | date = May 21, 2010 | url =http://www.lvrj.com/news/gop-senate-hopeful-sharron-angle-is-counting-on-conservative-credentials-88756137.html | accessdate = 2010-05-28}}</ref>, worked as a [[substitute teacher]] for 25 years, ran a small [[Christian school]] for two years, and taught for five years at [[Western Nevada Community College]].<ref name="CampaignBio"/>

==Political career==

===Nevada Assembly===

In 19981992, Angle wonwas electionelected to the State[[Nye AssemblyCounty]] School Board of Trustees and served one term.<ref name="CampaignBio" /> Before this time, she was registered as a Republican. During this term, she was an active member of the [[Independent American Party of Nevada]]. She servedre-registered as a Republican in 1997 after deciding to run for elected office.<ref name="IAPN">{{cite web |last=Elliott |first=Justin |url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/sharron-angle-left-far-right-third-party-for-electoral-expedience-members-say|title=Sharron Angle Left Far-Right Third Party For Electoral Expedience, Members Say |date=June 15, 2010 |work=Talking Points Memo |accessdate=August 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Radnofsky |first=Louise |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/06/11/angle-reid-and-a-crowded-ballot/ |title=Angle, Reid and a Crowded Ballot |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=June 11, 2010 |accessdate=20 August 2016}}</ref> In 1998, she won election to the Nevada State Assembly and served until 20052006.<ref name="CampaignBio" /> During her time in the 42-member assembly, she voted "no" so frequently on matters of wide consensus that votes were often called as "41-to-Angle.".<ref name="41toAngle">{{cite news | last = Sebelius | first = Steve | title = Tea Party: Angle gets the nod | work = [[SlashPolitics]] | date = April, 2010 | url = http://slashpolitics.lvcitylife.com/2010/04/tea-party-angle-gets-the-nod/ | accessdate = May 28, 2010 | url-05status = dead | archive-28url = https://archive.today/20110714003402/http://slashpolitics.lvcitylife.com/2010/04/tea-party-angle-gets-the-nod/ | archive-date = July 14, 2011 }}</ref>

In 2003, Angleshe hired [[John C. Eastman]] of the [[Claremont_Institute|The Claremont Institute]], ato [[conservatism|conservative]]fight the [[Think_tank|thinkSupreme tank]]Court toof fightthe theUnited States|Supreme courtCourt]] decision when then Governor [[Kenny Guinn]] sued the [[Nevada Legislature|Legislature]] to [[Nullification (U.S. Constitution)|nullify]] the [[Constitution of Nevada|state constitution]] and allow a [[majority|simple majority]] of the legislature to pass an $836 &nbsp;million tax increase in [[''Angle v. Guinn]]''.<ref name="AngleVGuinn">{{cite web | url = http://openjurist.org/541/us/957/angle-nevada-state-assembly-member-et-al-v-guinn-governor-of-nevada-et-al | title = 541 US 957 Angle Nevada State Assembly Member et al. v. Guinn Governor of Nevada et al. | publisher = Open Jurist | date = March 22, 2004 | accessdate = July 9, 2010}}</ref> Angle used her personal funds to defend the Nevadastate Constitutionalconstitution's 2/3two-thirds vote requirement to raise taxes. Angleand, with Eastman, took thisthe case to [[United States District Court for the District of Nevada|Federal District Court in Nevada]], which referred it to the [[Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals]] and finally to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Legislature subsequently passed the $836 &nbsp;million tax increase inby defiancea oftwo-thirds the state constitutionvote.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.claremont.org/projects/pageid.1820/default.asp | title = Institute Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court in Nevada Taxpayer Case | publisher = The Claremont Institute | date = January 11, 2005 | accessdate = July 2, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110925012852/http://www.claremont.org/projects/pageid.1820/default.asp | archive-date = September 25, 2011 }}</ref> Angle ultimately prevailed. Inin the suit; in 2006, the [[Supreme Court of Nevada|state supreme court]] reversed its 2003 decision restoringand restored the Nevada ConstitutionalConstitution's 2/3two-thirds vote provision.<ref name="CourtReverses">{{cite news | last = Whaley | first = Sean | title = Court reverses opinion from '03 | work = [[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] | date = September 12, 2006 | url = http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-12-Tue-2006/news/9595011.html/ | accessdate = 2010-06-01June 1, 2010}}</ref>

Also inIn 2003, Angle arrangedattempted to arrange a trip to an [[Ensenada, Baja California]] prison to viewassess a drug treatment program implemented there. andShe also arranged to visit a prison in [[New Mexico]] calledto assess the "[[Criminon|Second Chance Program]]", which licensed its materials from [[Criminon]], a program for rehabilitating prisoners using methods developed by [[Scientology]] founder [[L. Ron Hubbard]]."<ref name="takingchance">{{cite news | last = Garcia | first = David Alire | title = Taking Chances | publisherwork = Santa Fe Reporter | date = 2009-06-June 16, 2009 | url = http://sfreporter.com/stories/taking_chances/1323/ | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130202013626/http://sfreporter.com/stories/taking_chances/1323/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 2, 2013 | accessdate = 2010-06-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f2rjeradgg | title = Second Chance Program Ensenada | publisher = YouTube | date = April 16, 2007 | accessdate = 2010-07-09}}</ref><ref name="lawmakersurged">{{cite news | last = Vogel | first =Ed Ed | title = Lawmakers urged to skip trip to view prison program | work = [[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] | page = 7B | date = February 14, 2003 | url = http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Feb-14-Fri-2003/news/20691442.html | accessdate =2010-04- April 18, 2010}}</ref> Angle sponsored legislation aimed at placing this program in certain women's prisons in Nevada.<ref name="lawmakersurged" />

In 2005, Angle was the sole vote against a bill that split the property tax abatement by applying a 3% rate to residential and 8% rate to commercial property.<ref name="AngleSoleVote">{{cite news| last = Dornan | first = Geoff | title = Property tax plan goes to Senate on 41-1 vote | work = [[Nevada Appeal]] | date = March 30, 2005 |url=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20050330/ELECTIONS/103300044| accessdate = 2010-05-28 }}</ref>Angle claims that she voted no because the Nevada Constitution states that taxation must be uniform and equal and so could not vote against her oath of office to which she swore to "uphold and defend the Constitution".<ref name="41toAngle"/>

In 2005, she was the sole voter against a bill that split the [[property tax]] abatement by applying a 3% rate to residential and 8% rate to commercial property.<ref name="AngleSoleVote">{{cite news | last = Dornan | first = Geoff | title = Property tax plan goes to Senate on 41-1 vote | work = [[Nevada Appeal]] | date = March 30, 2005 | url = http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20050330/ELECTIONS/103300044 | accessdate = May 28, 2010}}</ref> She stated that she voted no because the [[Nevada Constitution]] states that taxation must be uniform and equal and so could not vote against her oath of office to which she swore to "uphold and defend the Constitution."<ref name="41toAngle" />

=== 2006 run for U.S. Congress ===

On August 15, 2006 Angle narrowly lost the primary for [[U.S. Congress]] in {{ushr|Nevada|2|}} which was vacated by Rep. [[Jim Gibbons (United States politician)|Jim Gibbons]]. Nevada Secretary of State [[Dean Heller]] received 24,781 votes to Angle's 24,353. Gibbons' wife [[Dawn Gibbons|Dawn]], a former State Assemblywoman herself, finished with 17,328 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.secretaryofstate.biz/nvelection/2006StateWidePrimary/ElectionSummary.htm |title= State of Nevada 2006 Official Statewide Primary Election Results August 15, 2006 |accessdate= |format= |work= }}</ref> On August 25, Angle called for a new primary election because of cases in [[Washoe County, Nevada|Washoe County]], where Angle was the strongest, where people allegedly could not initially vote because of workers who did not show up on election day.<ref> [http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5328657&nav=8faO Nevada Congressional Primary Candidate Calls For New Election] KRNV-4 August 28, 2006</ref> On September 1, the Carson District Judge denied Angle's appeal for a new election.

=== 20102006 run for U.S. Senate Congress===

{{Main|Nevada's 2nd congressional district election, 2006}}

On August 15, 2006, Angle narrowly lost the [[Partisan primary|primary]] for [[U.S. Congress]] in {{ushr|Nevada|2|}} which was vacated by Rep. [[Jim Gibbons (U.S. politician)|Jim Gibbons]]. [[Secretary of State of Nevada|Nevada Secretary of State]] [[Dean Heller]] received 24,781 votes to Angle's 24,353. Gibbons' wife [[Dawn Gibbons|Dawn]], a former State Assemblywoman herself, finished with 17,328 votes.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.secretaryofstate.biz/nvelection/2006StateWidePrimary/ElectionSummary.htm | title = State of Nevada 2006 Official Statewide Primary Election Results August 15, 2006 }}</ref> On August 25, Angle called for a new primary election on the grounds that some poll workers showed up late for work, or didn't show up at all, in [[Washoe County, Nevada|Washoe County]], where she was the strongest.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Aug-26-Sat-2006/news/9282398.html | title = Angle to ask for new vote | publisher = Las Vegas Review Journal | date = August 26, 2006 | accessdate = 2011-07-02}}</ref> On September 1, the Carson City District Judge denied her appeal for a new election.

===2008 run for Nevada State Senate===

Angle ran for a seat in the [[Nevada Senate]] by challenging incumbent [[William Raggio]] in the Republican primary. Angle lost 53–47%<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - NV State Senate - Washoe 3 - R Primary Race - Aug 12, 2008 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=670445 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Damon |first=Anjeanette |date=2010-10-07 |title=Republican leader Bill Raggio endorses Harry Reid |url=https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/damon-political-report/2010/oct/07/raggio-endorses-harry-reid/ |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=Las Vegas Sun |language=en}}</ref>

===2010 run for U.S. Senate===

{{Main|United States Senate election in Nevada, 2010}}

On April 15, 2010, Angle received an endorsement for the U.S. Senate race from the [[Tea Party Express]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tea-party-to-back-republican-dark-horse-in-race-to-challenge-reid/ | title = Tea Party to Back Republican Dark Horse in Race to Challenge Reid | publisher = FOX News Channel | date = April 15, 2010 | access-date = June 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/23159859/detail.html | title = Sharron Angle Gets Tea Party Endorsement | publisher = [[KVVU-TV]] | date = April 15, 2010 | accessdate = October 14, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The next day, she received an endorsement from [[conservative talk radio]] personality [[Mark Levin]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.americanconservativedaily.com/2010/04/mark-levin-hosts-sharron-angle-friday/ | title = Mark Levin hosts Sharron Angle | publisher = Americanconservativedaily.com | date = April 16, 2010 | accessdate = October 14, 2010 | archive-date = July 23, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723103745/http://www.americanconservativedaily.com/2010/04/mark-levin-hosts-sharron-angle-friday/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> Angle she was endorsed by several other conservative individuals and organizations, including the [[Club for Growth]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.clubforgrowth.org/endorsedcandidates/?subsec=0&id=732 | title = Sharron Angle (NV-Sen) | publisher = Clubforgrowth.org | date = May 19, 2010 | accessdate = June 14, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100613013916/http://clubforgrowth.org/endorsedcandidates/?subsec=0&id=732 | archive-date = June 13, 2010 }}</ref> [[Sarah Palin]],<ref>[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/18/palin-angle-planning-campaign-event/ Palin, Angle, planning campaign event] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811135836/https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/18/palin-angle-planning-campaign-event/ |date=2022-08-11 }}, ''[[CNN]] Political Ticker'', Mark Preston, August 18, 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2016.</ref> [[Joe the Plumber|Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1juoeQqBo8 | title = Joe The Plumber Endorses Sharron Angle | publisher = YouTube | date = April 29, 2010 | accessdate = June 14, 2010}}</ref> singer [[Pat Boone]],<ref>{{cite news | last = Myers | first = Laura | title = Senate candidate seeks edge | url = http://www.lvrj.com/news/senate-candidates-seek-edge-93223929.html | accessdate = July 2, 2011 | newspaper = Las Vegas Review Journal | date = May 9, 2010}}</ref> and [[Phyllis Schlafly]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yem2v_G1L4U | title = Phyllis Schlafly Endorses Sharron Angle in GOP Nevada Senate Bid | publisher = YouTube | date = April 2, 2010 | accessdate = June 14, 2010}}</ref> Angle ultimately won the June 8, 2010, primary, capturing 40.09% of the vote, and beating [[Sue Lowden]] (26.11%), [[Danny Tarkanian]] (23.29%), and John Chachas (3.94%).

A June 9, 2010, [[Rasmussen Reports]] post-primary poll showed her leading incumbent Senator [[Harry Reid]] by a margin of 50% to 39%.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/nevada/election_2010_nevada_senate | title = Election 2010: Nevada Senate | publisher = Rasmussen Reports | accessdate = July 9, 2010}}</ref> A July 2010 poll showed Reid leading Angle by seven points.<ref name="WashLead">{{cite news | url = http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/morning-fix/1-2-colorado-republican-gubern.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101016122033/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/morning-fix/1-2-colorado-republican-gubern.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 16, 2010 | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | title = Harry Reid takes the lead over Sharron Angle in Nevada | date = July 16, 2010}}</ref> The change of margin, 18% in less than a month, is the largest in Senate elections history.<ref name="WashLead" />

{{wikinews|Nevada Republican opposes Angle for US Senate over 'extreme' anti-abortion position}}

Some prominent Republicans<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lasvegasgleaner.com/republicansforreid.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-05-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826213009/http://www.lasvegasgleaner.com/republicansforreid.pdf |archive-date=2012-08-26 }}</ref> opposed her candidacy. Immediately after the primary, the Republican mayor of [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]], [[Bob Cashell]], who backed Lowden in the Republican primary, endorsed Reid for the general election, calling Angle an "ultra-right winger".<ref name="attack">{{cite news | title = Reid's Angle: Attack GOP Foe Angle in Senate Bid | agency = [[Associated Press]] | publisher = [[Fox News Channel]] | date = June 16, 2010 | url = https://www.foxnews.com/politics/reids-angle-attack-gop-foe-angle-in-senate-bid/ | access-date = October 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Video: Cashell: I will support Reid | publisher = [[KRNV-DT]] | date = June 9, 2010 | url = http://www.mynews4.com/story.php?id=19612 | accessdate = October 18, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100617031056/http://www.mynews4.com/story.php?id=19612 | archive-date = June 17, 2010 }}</ref> Other notable Republicans supporting Harry Reid included [[Sig Rogich]], a former campaign staffer for [[Ronald Reagan]] and assistant to President [[George H. W. Bush]];<ref name="attack" /> Geno Martini, the Republican mayor of [[Sparks, Nevada|Sparks]];<ref>{{cite news | last = Siegel | first = Elyse | title = Tea Party Darling Sharron Angle Struggles To Persuade Some Nevada Republicans | work = The Huffington Post | date = July 9, 2010 | url = https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/09/sharron-angle-faces-tough_n_629327.html | accessdate = July 16, 2010}}</ref> Republican [[State Senator]] and [[Minority Leader]] [[William Raggio]];<ref>[http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1287570 "Top Nevada GOP lawmaker endorses Harry Reid"], ''[[Boston Herald]]'', [[Associated Press]], October 8, 2010</ref><ref>Siegel, Elyse (October 7, 2010). [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/07/bill-raggio-endorses-harry-reid-slams-angle_n_755109.html "Top Nevada Republican Endorses Harry Reid, Slams Sharron Angle"]. ''[[The Huffington Post]]''.</ref> Dema Guinn, the widow of [[Kenny Guinn]], Republican Governor of Nevada;<ref>Ball, Molly (October 8, 2010). [https://www.politico.com/story/2010/10/reid-gets-top-gop-endorsements-043328 "Reid gets top GOP endorsements"]. ''[[Politico (newspaper)|Politico]]''.</ref> and former Lieutenant Governor [[Sue Wagner]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Nevada Republican figure says she opposes Angle | agency = [[Associated Press]] | publisher = [[KTNV-TV]] | date = October 16, 2010 | url = http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13335141 | accessdate = October 18, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

On October 3, Nevada's largest newspaper, the ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]'' endorsed her bid for U.S. Senate against Reid.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2010/oct/3/las-vegas-review-journal-endorses-angle/ | title = Las Vegas Review Journal endorses Angle | work = Washington Times | date = October 3, 2010 | accessdate = October 14, 2010}}</ref> That same month, Nevada Tea Party candidate [[Scott Ashjian]] released a tape to the media of a recorded conversation he had with Angle where she asked him to drop out of the race. In the tape, Angle speaks candidly about her campaign and says that she cannot defeat Reid with Ashjian on the ballot.<ref>{{cite news | last = Toeplitz | first = Shira | title = Sharron Angle caught on tape with third-party candidate | url = https://www.politico.com/story/2010/10/tales-of-the-angle-tape-043085 | access-date = October 4, 2010 | newspaper = Politico | date = October 4, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Ralston | first = Jon | title = Angle: "I'm not sure I can win" if Ashjian's in, nat'l GOPers "have lost their principles," need to "leave me alone" | url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ralstons-flash/2010/oct/03/angle-im-not-sure-i-can-win-if-ashjians-natl-goper/ | accessdate = October 4, 2010 | newspaper = Las Vegas Sun | date = October 3, 2010}}</ref>

One of Angle's campaign ads aired on television late in her campaign entitled "The Wave" was cited as racist and despicable by Sen. [[Robert Menendez]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.politico.com/story/2010/10/menendez-calls-angles-ad-racist-044246 | title = Robert Menendez calls Sharron Angle's ad racist | work = Politico | date = October 27, 2010 | access-date = October 28, 2010}}</ref>

On election day, Reid defeated Angle by 41,424 votes.

In its analysis of Reid's victory over Angle, ''[[Politico]]'' reported that the Reid campaign had placed advertisements opposing Angle's main primary opponent, Sue Lowden. The purpose of the ads was to enhance the "polarizing" Angle's chances of winning the Republican nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2010/11/comeback-how-did-reid-do-it-044714|title=Comeback: How did Reid do it?|website=POLITICO|last=Ball |first=Molly|date=November 4, 2010}}</ref>

====Avoidance of the press and disputes with them====

Angle was criticized during the campaign for largely avoiding answering questions from the press, both local<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/politics/29angle.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=sharron%20angle&st=cse | title = In Nevada, Running for Senate and From Cameras | work = The New York Times | date = June 29, 2010 | accessdate = February 18, 2011 | first = Brian | last = Stelter}}</ref> and national.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101030013533/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/39881201#39881201 The MSNBC journalist was refused an interview with Angle]</ref> In September, the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' sued her for [[copyright infringement]] after she allegedly posted entire articles from the publication on her campaign website without permission.<ref name="sued">{{cite web | url = http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0910/Angle_latest_target_in_2010_election_lawsuitpalooza.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130131203328/http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0910/Angle_latest_target_in_2010_election_lawsuitpalooza.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 31, 2013 | title = Angle latest target in 2010 lawsuitpalooza | author = Gerstein, Josh | work = Politico | accessdate = September 6, 2010}}</ref> After the campaign ended, it was revealed that the campaign developed a [[Code word (communication)|code word]] to alert office workers if the media entered campaign headquarters: "It's time to water the plants."<ref name=Ensign />

====Scientology issue====

During the primary campaign, Lowden took out a [[political ad]] criticizing Angle's alleged associations with [[Scientology]]<ref>{{cite news | last = Pearce | first = Ed | title = Adwatch: Lowden Attacks Angle's Record | work = [[KOLO-TV]] | date = May 24, 2010 | url = http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/94787619.html | accessdate = 2010-05-25 | archive-date = 2010-05-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100528003653/http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/94787619.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Kleefeld | first = Eric | title = Sharron Angle Attacked For Alleged Scientology Ties | work = [[Talking Points Memo]] | date = May 27, 2010 | url = http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/sharron-angle-attacked-for-alleged-scientology-ties.php | accessdate = 2010-05-27}}</ref> and claiming Angle "pushed a bill favored by the Church of Scientology." Although the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' said that "no bill was ever introduced,"<ref name="racereflects" /> the ''[[Las Vegas Sun]]'' noted that Angle's website credited her with a successful bill against [[psychotropic drugs]] in schools, a position also [[Scientology and psychiatry|supported by Scientologists]], and that she had accompanied [[Scientology and celebrities|celebrity Scientologists]] [[Jenna Elfman]] and [[Kelly Preston]] to promote the bill in the U.S. Senate.<ref name="quietscientology" /> Angle herself promoted a similar bill in the Nevada Assembly but was not successful.<ref name="quietscientology">{{cite news | first = David | last = McGrath Schwartz | title = Angle campaign working to quiet Scientology question | date = May 26, 2010 | work = [[Las Vegas Sun]] | url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/may/26/angle-campaign-working-quiet-scientology-question/ | accessdate = 2010-05-26}}</ref>

During a [[KSNV-DT|KVBC]]-hosted debate on ''Face to Face with Jon Ralston'', Angle was asked about "recent whispers" that her legislative proposal to establish the Scientology-linked [[Second Chance Program]] in Nevada prisons was a "strange foray into Scientology",<ref name="coolican">{{cite news | last = Coolican | first = J. Patrick | title = GOP Senate candidates keep it civil during TV debate | work = [[Las Vegas Sun]] | date = May 18, 2010 | url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/may/18/nevada-gop-senate-candidates-hammer-harry-reid/ | accessdate = 2010-05-19}}</ref> a reference to her 2003 proposal to study the program implemented in Mexico and New Mexico. Angle responded, "This program had a recidivism rate of less than 10 percent. They aren't massages. … it was more of a karate chop. The sauna was a sweat box. When you're in there with 30 guys, it's not exactly a sauna."<ref name="coolican" />

Angle has repeatedly denied "the rumor that she's a Scientologist",<ref>{{cite news | last = Holzel | first = Dee | title = Candidates meet & greet at WRW mixer | work = Silver Pinyon Journal | date = April 30, 2010 | url = http://silverpinyon.com/government-a-politics/humboldt-county-government-a-politics/463-candidates-meet-a-greet-at-wrw-monthly-meeting | accessdate = 2010-05-03 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100503005102/http://silverpinyon.com/government-a-politics/humboldt-county-government-a-politics/463-candidates-meet-a-greet-at-wrw-monthly-meeting | archive-date = May 3, 2010 }}</ref> stating that the controversy had been "largely distorted".<ref>{{cite news | last = Myers | first = Laura | title = GOP Senate hopefuls debate who has best chance to beat Reid | work = [[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] | date = May 19, 2010 | url = http://www.lvrj.com/news/gop-senate-hopefuls-debate-who-has-best-chance-to-beat-reid-94234059.html | accessdate = 2010-05-19}}</ref> Regarding these claims relating to Scientology, Angle told the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'', "The way to ruin a conservative is to pass them off as part of the radical fringe. They always try to marginalize me."<ref name="racereflects" />

====Dearborn, Michigan controversy====

In September 2010, Angle told a group of [[Tea Party movement|Tea Party]] supporters that "[[Sharia]] law" had taken over the cities of [[Dearborn, Michigan]], and "Frankford, Texas", and that these locations represented a "militant [[terrorist]] situation." Dearborn mayor [[John B. O'Reilly, Jr.|John O'Reilly]] criticized Angle, saying, "There's no sharia law in Dearborn, Mich. … It isn't even talked about in Dearborn," that Angle's claims were dishonest, and that "[[Muslim]]s have been practicing their faith in our community for almost 90 years without incident or conflict. To suggest that they have taken over ignores the fact that Dearborn hosts seven [[mosque]]s and 60 Christian churches."<ref name="dearborn">{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2010/10/mayor-to-angle-no-sharia-law-here-043451 |title=Dearborn mayor to Sharron Angle: No 'sharia law' here |first=Scott |last=Wong |work=Politico |access-date=October 12, 2010 |date=October 12, 2010}}</ref> Jim Mitchell, in an online editorial for the ''[[Dallas Morning News]]'', clarified that "Frankford" was a town that had been included in Dallas in 1975, and didn't exist otherwise.<ref name="frankford">{{cite web |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/opinion/2010/10/08/shaira-law-in-f|title=Islamic law in Frankford, Texas — Oh really? |first=Jim |last=Mitchell |work=Dallas Morning News |accessdate=October 8, 2012 |date=October 8, 2010}}</ref>

===Canada–US border controversy===

The [[Canada|Canadian]] ambassador to the U.S. [[Gary Doer]] has asked Angle to retract her assertion that the [[hijackers in the September 11 attacks]] entered the United States through Canada.<ref>{{cite news |title=9/11 terrorists did not come from Canada, ambassador tells Republican |newspaper=Vancouver Sun |date=October 8, 2010 |url=https://vancouversun.com/terrorists+come+from+Canada+ambassador+tells+Republican/3690183/story.html }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Angle claims that the [[Canada–United States border]] is the "most porous border we have" and "what we know is our northern border is where the terrorists came through." U.S. law enforcement determined that the hijackers entered the U.S. directly from third countries with visas issued by the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101019/101019_ottawa/20101019/?hub=CP24Home |title=Ottawa tells tea party-backed candidate 9/11 hijackers did not come from Canada |work= he Canadian Press |date=19 October 2010 |accessdate=December 29, 2010}}</ref>

===Patriot Caucus===

On December 12, 2010, Angle announced the formation of a [[Political action committee|PAC]] named the Patriot Caucus to "organize a ground game across most battleground states for the 2012 election cycle".<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.politico.com/story/2010/12/angle-launches-patriot-caucus-pac-046301 | title = Sharron Angle launches 'Patriot Caucus{{'-}}|first=Jennifer|last=Epstein |work=Politico|date=December 13, 2010|accessdate=2010-12-18}}</ref> According to ''Politico'', Angle "[dropped] it in February ahead of a decision to run for the Republican nomination for a Nevada House seat."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.politico.com/story/2011/03/joe-miller-takes-reins-at-tea-party-pac-051852 | title = Joe Miller takes reins at tea party PAC | first = Jennifer | last = Epstein | work = Politico | date = March 23, 2011 | access-date = 2011-08-10}}</ref>

===2012 elections===

On January 26, 2011, while attending a screening of ''[[The Genesis Code]]'' in Iowa, a reporter asked Angle if she was considering a run for the White House. "I'll just say I have lots of options for the future, and I'm investigating all my options," was her reply.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.politico.com/story/2011/01/angle-wont-rule-out-wh-bid-048282 | title = Angle won't rule out W.H. bid | first = Jennifer | last = Epstein | work = Politico | date = January 27, 2011 | access-date = 2011-02-18}}</ref> By February 10, she had decided against a run.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.politico.com/story/2011/02/angle-yes-to-cpac-no-to-wh-run-049241 | work = Politico | title = Angle: Yes to CPAC, no to White House run | first = Jonathan | last = Martin | date = February 10, 2011}}</ref> On March 16, she announced that she would run for the House seat then held by [[Dean Heller]], who at the time was running for the Senate seat held by retiring [[John Ensign]] in 2012, a seat which he was later appointed and subsequently elected.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sharron-angle-launches-campaign-for-nevada-house-seat/ | publisher = Fox News | title = Sharron Angle Launches Campaign for Nevada House Seat | date = March 16, 2011}}</ref> A year later, Angle announced she would not be running for any office in 2012.<ref name="NotRun">{{cite news|title=Sharron Angle Won't Run for Office|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/sharron-angle-wont-run-for-office|work=The Daily Beast|date=16 March 2012}}</ref>

===National Federation of Republican Assemblies===

Angle became a member of the Nevada chapter of the [[National Federation of Republican Assemblies]] (NFRA) in 2006, and in 2007, while she was still polling third in a three-way race, received the endorsements of both the state and national organizations for her United States Senate run. After her general election defeat, Angle became President of the Nevada Republican Assembly, and in 2011, Pacific Region Vice President of the national organization. In September 2013, Angle was unanimously elected NFRA President at the group's national convention in Dallas, Texas.<ref name=hasbeen>{{cite web | url = http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/01/d-listing-at-cpac.html | title = Hanging With A Has-Been At CPAC | publisher = The Daily Beast | date = March 1, 2015 | accessdate = September 14, 2015 | author = John Rasche}}</ref>

===2016 run for U.S. Senate===

Angle again ran for the U.S. Senate [[United States Senate election in Nevada, 2016|in 2016]] when Harry Reid retired. Angle finished a distant second in the Republican primary to winner [[Joe Heck]], who garnered 64.9 percent of the vote to Angle's 22.8 percent.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada,_2016 | title = Nevada 2016 Elections | publisher = Ballotpedia</ref>

===2018 congressional campaign===

In March 2017, Angle announced that she would be running in the [[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada]] in [[Nevada's 2nd congressional district]], seeking to unseat incumbent Republican congressman [[Mark Amodei]].<ref name=":0" /> Angle came second in the primary with 18% of the vote to Amodei's 72%.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-06-20 |title=Nevada Primary Election Results: Second House District |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/nevada-house-district-2-primary-election |access-date=2022-07-19 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

===2024 run for Nevada State Senate===

Angle ran for State Senate in the [[Nevada's 15th Senate district|15th district]]. Angle came in second in the primary with 42% of the vote to Mike Ginsburg’s 51%.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Margiott |first=Ben |date=2024-05-30 |title=Nevada Senate District 15: 6 running for key seat that could make Democratic supermajority |url=https://mynews4.com/news/know-your-candidates-2024/nevada-senate-district-15-6-running-for-key-seat-that-could-make-democratic-supermajority-legislature |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=KRNV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - NV State Senate 15 - R Primary Race - Jun 11, 2024 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1024791 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>

===2026 run for Secretary of State of Nevada===

Angle is currently running for [[Secretary of State of Nevada]] in the [[2026 United States secretary of state elections|2026 election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mueller |first1=Tabitha |last2=Neugeboren |first2=Eric |date=2025-04-29 |title=Are Lombardo's bills being introduced unusually late? |url=https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/as-some-resolutions-skip-hearings-in-nevada-legislature-transparency-advocates-concerned |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=The Nevada Independent |language=en}}</ref>

==Political positions==

===Education===

Angle believes that the [[United States Department of Education|U.S. Department of Education]] should be eliminated and that the local approach yields the best academic results ("[The] best education is the education that is controlled closest to the local level as possible.")<ref name="sharronangle.com">[http://sharronangle.com/issues/ "Sharron Angle on the issues"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805214244/http://sharronangle.com/issues |date=2010-08-05 }}. SharronAngle.com. Retrieved June 10, 2010.</ref><ref>Steinhauer Jennifer (June 10, 2010). [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/us/politics/10nevada.html?src=me "Nevada Challenger Lifted by Tea Party Ardor"]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 10, 2011</ref> Angle also holds that the Department of Education is "unconstitutional" and should not be involved in dictating educational standards from [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite news | title = Departmental dispute | first = Dennis | last = Myers | newspaper = Reno News & Review | date = September 9, 2010 | url = http://www.newsreview.com/reno/content?oid=1648897 | accessdate = September 15, 2010}}</ref>

===United Nations===

Angle believes that [[United States withdrawal from the United Nations|the U.S. should withdraw from the United Nations]], saying it is a bastion of liberal ideology and "the umpire on fraudulent science such as [[global warming]]."<ref name="angle-climate">{{cite news | first = Evan | last = Lehmann | title = Reid, in Fistfight, Could Take More Punches From Climate Bill | date = 2010-05-26 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/05/26/26climatewire-reid-in-fistfight-could-take-more-punches-fr-84354.html | work = The New York Times | accessdate = 2010-06-10}}</ref>

===Social policy===

Angle supports the [[Federal Marriage Amendment]] to define marriage as between one man and one woman. She believes that households in which only one spouse works outside the home is the best way to raise a family.<ref>Stein, Sam (June 9, 2010). [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/09/sharron-angle-nevada-cand_n_605754.html#s98582 "Angle Thinks It's Wrong For Both Parents To Hold Jobs Simultaneously"]. ''[[The Huffington Post]]''. Retrieved July 8, 2010.</ref> Angle opposes [[abortion]], including in cases of [[rape]] or [[incest]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Knowles | first = David | title = Sharron Angle: Pregnancy By Rape, Incest Part of 'God's Plan' | publisher = AOL News | date = June 29, 2010 | url = http://www.aolnews.com/article/sharron-angle-pregnancy-by-rape-incest-part-of-gods-plan/19535605 | accessdate = June 29, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100702134727/http://www.aolnews.com/article/sharron-angle-pregnancy-by-rape-incest-part-of-gods-plan/19535605 | archive-date = July 2, 2010 }}</ref> In a June 2010 radio interview, broadcast statewide in Nevada, Angle stated that she had counseled young girls in "very at risk, difficult pregnancies" to consider other alternatives, by which they had been able to make "a lemon situation into lemonade."<ref>{{cite news | last = Stein | first = Sam | title = Sharron Angle's Advice For Rape Victims Considering Abortion: Turn Lemons Into Lemonade | work = The Huffington Post | date = July 8, 2010 | url = https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/08/sharron-angles-advice-for_n_639294.html | accessdate = July 8, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Olbermann | first = Keith | title = 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Thursday, July 8th, 2010: Read the transcript to the Thursday show | work = Countdown with Keith Olbermann | date = July 8, 2010 | url = https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38165785 | access-date = July 9, 2010}}</ref>

===Separation of church and state===

Angle does not believe that the [[United States Constitution]] mandates the [[separation of church and state]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Damon | first = Anjeanette | url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jul/18/angle-tries-erase-line/ | title = Sharron Angle's take on separation of church and state | work = Las Vegas Sun | date = 2010-07-18 | accessdate = 2010-10-14}}</ref><ref name="Muslim">{{cite news | last = Silva | first = Cristina | agency = Associated Press | url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j04tE84K-JlFJEUiyISrymxP2mSgD9IN41GO0?docId=D9IN41GO0 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101011094502/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j04tE84K-JlFJEUiyISrymxP2mSgD9IN41GO0?docId=D9IN41GO0 | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 11, 2010 | title = Angle: Muslim law taking hold in parts of US | accessdate = 2010-10-14}}</ref>

===Health care/abortion===

Angle favors the privatization of [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]].<ref>Steinhauer, Jennifer (June 10, 2010), [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/us/politics/10nevada.html?src=me "Nevada Challenger lifted by tea party ardor"], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> She voted against [[water fluoridation|fluoridating]] drinking water.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104095217/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courier_journal/access/2059184171.html?FMT=ABS&date=Jun+11,+2010 "Extreme driving"], ''[[The Courier-Journal]]'' (Louisville), June 11, 2010</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Mike | last = Littwin | url = http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15273044 | title = Littwin: The view from spill-cam more mesmerizing than the politics | work = [[The Denver Post]] | date = June 11, 2010 | accessdate = 2010-07-09}}</ref>

Angle opposes [[abortion]], even in cases of rape and incest, saying that it is against God's "plan".<ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/29/angle-abortion-god/ "Sharron Angle Is Against Abortion In Cases Of Rape Or Incest: It Would Interfere With God's 'Plan{{'"}}]. ''Think Progress''. June 29, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2011.</ref> On several occasions, she has introduced legislation which would have required doctors to tell women [[abortion-breast cancer hypothesis|that abortion is linked to an increased risk of breast cancer]], a faulty hypothesis promoted by anti-abortion activists but dismissed by the medical community.<ref>[http://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jun/30/angle-retreats-bit-mostly-stands-ground/ Angle retreats a bit, mostly stands ground], ''[[Las Vegas Sun]]'', Anjeanette Damon, June 30, 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2016.</ref>

During the 2010 campaign, Angle told the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' that, as a state legislator, she had sponsored a bill to remove the requirement that health insurers cover [[mammogram]]s and [[colonoscopy|colonoscopies]]. In a debate among the Republican candidates, she repeated her support for lifting "mandates" on insurance companies.<ref name="Sargent">{{Cite news | last = Sargent | first = Greg | title = Sharron Angle's M.O.: I never said what I plainly said! | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | date = October 1, 2010 | url = http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/10/sharron_angles_most_demostrabl.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111130155020/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/10/sharron_angles_most_demostrabl.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 30, 2011 | accessdate = 2010-10-12}}</ref>

===Social Security===

Angle has said that the [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] system should be "transitioned out".<ref>{{Cite news | last = Raju | first = Manu | title = Angle defends conservative positions | newspaper = [[Politico (newspaper)|Politico]] | date = August 18, 2010 | url = https://www.politico.com/story/2010/08/angle-defends-conservative-positions-041235 | access-date = 2010-08-22}}</ref> In May 2010, the ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]'' reported that Angle had claimed in a radio interview on [[KNPR]] that "[her] grandfather wouldn't even take his Social Security check because he said he was not up for welfare." The following month the Reid campaign reacted with a television ad stating that "Sharron Angle would end Medicare and Social Security. This is crazy." Angle has spoken favorably of the program in [[Chile]], where current beneficiaries of the public retirement system were allowed to continue but all others were compelled to pay into a private system instead.<ref name=Ensign>{{cite news | last = Ralston | first = Jon | title = Ensign played Reid in Angle debate prep; Angle once said dictators can have "good ideas" | work = [[Las Vegas Sun]] | date = November 17, 2010 | url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ralstons-flash/2010/nov/17/ensign-played-reid-angle-debate-prep-angle-once-sa/ | accessdate = 2010-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Kleefeld | first = Eric | title = Here, There And Back Again: Sharron Angle's Circular Journey On Phasing Out Social Security | publisher = [[Talking Points Memo]] | date = August 16, 2010 | url = http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/here-there-and-back-again-sharron-angles-circular-journey-on-phasing-out-social-security.php | accessdate = 2010-08-22}}</ref>

===Financial reform===

Angle favors a comprehensive audit of the [[Federal Reserve]], eliminating the complete [[Internal Revenue Service]] code and abolishing [[Freddie Mac]] and [[Fannie Mae]].<ref>Coolican, J. Patrick (April 28, 2010). [http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/apr/28/how-theyd-fix-not-fix-wall-street/ "How the candidates for Senate would fix, not fix, Wall Street"]. ''Las Vegas Sun''. Retrieved June 10, 2010.</ref>

===Drugs===

Angle has stated that she opposes legalizing [[marijuana]] and has stated that she feels the same about alcohol.<ref>Sargent, Greg (June 8, 2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927110113/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/06/sharron_angle_to_meet_sue_lowd.html "Harry Reid's battle plan against Sharron Angle: Paint her as whackjob"]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved June 11, 2010.</ref> When her spokesman, Jerry Stacy, was asked to clarify Angle's statement he responded that she doesn't want to bring back [[Prohibition]], saying "Sharron doesn't want to make alcohol illegal," and noting that she has never introduced legislation along those lines, and even voted against taxes on alcohol. "Alcohol is a legal substance, and adults can choose to imbibe," Stacy said.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nevadanewsbureau.com/2010/05/24/the-anti-angle-argument-she-cant-win-the-general/ | title = The Anti-Angle Argument: She Can't Win the General | first = Elizabeth | last = Crum | publisher = Nevada News Bureau | date = 2010-05-24 | accessdate = 2010-07-09 | archive-date = 2010-05-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100530124429/http://www.nevadanewsbureau.com/2010/05/24/the-anti-angle-argument-she-cant-win-the-general/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Global warming===

Angle does not accept man-made [[global warming]].<ref name="angle-climate" /> "I'm a clean-air proponent," she stated. "I don't, however, buy into the whole man-caused global warming, man-caused climate change mantra of [[political left|the left]]. I believe that there's not sound science to back that up."<ref name="angle-climate" />

===Energy policy===

As a long-term policy, Angle believes America must expand its own domestic energy supplies. She would legislate to repeal regulations that prohibit [[offshore drilling]], drilling in the [[Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]] and development of American-owned [[petroleum]] resources. In the Nevada State Legislature, she led efforts to reduce Nevada's high [[fuel tax|gas tax]], which was the second highest in the nation. She would also have supported the three [[fossil fuel power station|coal-fired plants]] in [[Ely, Nevada|Ely]].<ref name="sharronangle.com" />

After [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama|Obama]] secured agreement by [[BP]] to commit $20&nbsp;billion to compensate victims of the [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]], Angle denounced the arrangement, calling it a "[[slush fund]]".<ref>{{Cite news | last = Elliott | first = Philip | title = Sharron Angle: BP compensation program is 'slush fund{{'-}}| newspaper = [[Las Vegas Sun]] | date = July 8, 2010 | url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jul/08/sharron-angle-bp-compensation-program-slush-fund/ | accessdate = 2010-07-12 }}</ref> When she was criticized for her comment, however, she retracted the term "slush fund" and said that BP should pay for the consequences of the spill.<ref>{{cite news | last = Choe | first = Jaywon | title = Sharron Angle Backtracks After Calling BP Cash a 'Slush Fund{{'-}} | publisher = [[CBS News]] | date = July 8, 2010 | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20010040-503544.html | accessdate = 2010-07-12}}</ref>

===Second Amendment===

Sharron Angle has cited the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]] to reassert the [[right to keep and bear arms]] on several occasions. Angle has said, "What is a little bit disconcerting and concerning is the inability for sporting goods stores to keep ammunition in stock … That tells me the nation is arming. What are they arming for if it isn't that they are so distrustful of their government? They're afraid they'll have to fight for their liberty in more Second Amendment kinds of ways?" and "That's why I look at this as almost an imperative. If we don't win at the ballot box, what will be the next step?"<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rgj.com/article/20100530/NEWS19/5300350/1232/Sharron-Angle-s-conservative-credentials-wins-support-of-activist-armyIn | title = Senate race: Sharron Angle's conservative credentials wins support of activist army &#124; rgj.com &#124; The Reno Gazette-Journal | publisher = rgj.com | date = 2010-05-30 | accessdate = 2010-07-09}}</ref> On Bill Manders' radio show, she stated that the Second Amendment is "to defend ourselves. And you know, I'm hoping that we're not getting to Second Amendment remedies. I hope the vote will be the cure for the Harry Reid problems."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jun/17/senate-race-armed-revolt-angles-rhetoric-candidate/ | title = Armed revolt part of Sharron Angle's rhetoric | publisher = [[Las Vegas Sun]] | date = 2010-06-17 | accessdate = 2011-01-22}}</ref> On [[Lars Larson]]'s radio show, she stated "You know, our Founding Fathers, they put that Second Amendment in there for a good reason and that was for the people to protect themselves against a tyrannical government. In fact Thomas Jefferson said it's good for a country to have a revolution every 20 years. I hope that's not where we're going, but, you know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying, 'My goodness, what can we do to turn this country around?' I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/04/the-new-revolutionaries.html | title = The New Revolutionaries | work = [[Newsweek]] | last = Somaiya | first = Ravi | date = 2010-07-04 | accessdate = 2011-01-22}}</ref>

Asked to comment on the latter, her spokesman Jerry Stacy said via email: "Sharron Angle does not advocate a revolution. Her goal is to go to Washington with other like-minded elected officials who understand the proper role of the federal government as already defined by our Constitution."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/politics/Another_Angle_issue_emerges.html?ref=279 | title = Another Angle issue emerges – The Political Eye – ReviewJournal.com | publisher = Lvrj.com | accessdate = 2010-07-09}}</ref>

Congressman [[Jim Clyburn]] said in January 2011 that "Sharron Angle's endorsement of 'Second Amendment remedies' in her losing Nevada campaign against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid contributed to the shooting of Rep. [[Gabby Giffords]]."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/09/2008158/clyburn-incendiary-political-talk.html#ixzz1AelkJ3MT | title = Clyburn: Incendiary political talk has come home to roost | author = James Rosen | work = [[Miami Herald]] | date = 2011-01-09 | accessdate = 2011-01-10}}</ref> Columnist [[E.J. Dionne]] did not blame Angle, but he did point out the connection between her call for "Second Amendment remedies" and the [[2011 Tucson shooting]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/09/AR2011010904016.html | title = Gabby Giffords, a tragic prophet | author = Dionne, E.J. Jr. | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = 2011-01-10 | accessdate = 2011-01-10}}</ref> [[CBS News]], in a "nationwide telephone poll" of 673 adults, with a margin of error of 4%, found that "57 percent of respondents said the harsh political tone had nothing to do with the shooting, compared to 32 percent who felt it did."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110111/us_nm/us_usa_shooting_congresswoman_poll | title = Majority doesn't blame rhetoric for Giffords shooting | author = Norton, Jerry | publisher = Reuters | date = 2011-01-11 | accessdate = 2011-01-11}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Angle was born in [[Klamath Falls, Oregon]], and moved to [[Reno, Nevada]], when she was three.<ref name="CampaignBio">{{cite web | url = http://www.sharronangle.com/about/ | title = Sharron Angle Biography &#124; Sharron Angle for U.S. Senate | publisher = Sharronangle.com | date = July 26, 1949 | accessdate = July 9, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100805214146/http://sharronangle.com/about | archive-date = August 5, 2010 }}</ref> Her father is a [[United States Navy|Navy]] veteran of [[World War II]] and served in the [[United States Navy Reserve|Navy Reserve]] during the [[Korean War]]. She attended public schools in Reno and later obtained a [[bachelor of fine arts]] from the [[University of Nevada, Reno|University of Nevada]].<ref name="CampaignBio" /> During her senior year of college in 1970, she married Theodore ("Ted") Angle, who worked for the federal government's [[Bureau of Land Management]] (BLM) as a native seed and invasive species specialist.<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Larson | first = Eric | title = Unrest in the West: Nevada's Nye County | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983593-4,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070309080344/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983593-4,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = March 9, 2007 | accessdate = August 30, 2010 | date = October 23, 1995}}</ref><ref>[http://agri.nv.gov/WEEDS/NWMA-Agenda2005.pdf "Nevada Weed Management Association 10th Annual Conference: Leading Nevada's Weed Crusade for a Decade"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716202451/http://agri.nv.gov/WEEDS/NWMA-Agenda2005.pdf |date=2011-07-16 }}. Nevada Department of Agriculture. October 11–14, 2005. Retrieved August 30, 2010.</ref> Ted and Sharron Angle had two children and, as of November 2010, ten grandchildren.<ref name=10things>{{cite news | last = Kim | first = Mallie Jane | title = 10 things you didn't know about Sharron Angle | url = https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2010/11/01/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-sharron-angle | accessdate = July 2, 2011 | newspaper = U. S. News & World Report | date = November 1, 2010}}</ref>

Angle attends a small [[Southern Baptist]]<ref name="racereflects">{{cite news | last = Myers | first = Laura | title = Political Eye: GOP Senate race reflects gotcha game | work = [[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] | date = May 24, 2010 | url = http://www.lvrj.com/news/gop-senate-race-reflects-gotcha-game-94721839.html | accessdate = May 24, 2010}}</ref> church in Reno.<ref name="GOPSenateHopeful">{{cite news | last = Myers | first = Laura | title = Nevada Politics: GOP Senate hopeful Sharron Angle is counting on conservative credentials | work = [[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] | date = May 21, 2010 | url = http://www.lvrj.com/news/gop-senate-hopeful-sharron-angle-is-counting-on-conservative-credentials-88756137.html | accessdate = May 28, 2010}}</ref> After graduation, she worked as a [[substitute teacher]] in [[Ely, Nevada|Ely]], [[Tonopah, Nevada|Tonopah]] and [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] for 25&nbsp;years, ran a family fitness gym in Tonopah, tutored juvenile offenders for Nye County, and for two years was the lead-teacher/administrator for a small "one-room" [[Christian school]]. She also taught art for five years as a lecturer at [[Western Nevada Community College]] in [[Winnemucca, Nevada|Winnemucca]].<ref name="CampaignBio" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-16 |title=Nevada GOP nominee a former Democrat |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna37728486 |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ncs-import |title=Sharron Angle, candidate U.S. House of Representatives |url=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2006/jul/21/sharron-angle-candidate-us-house-of-representative/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=www.nevadaappeal.com |language=en}}</ref>

On April 15, 2010 Angle received an endorsement for the US Senate race from the [[Tea Party Express]] at a rally in the nation's capital.<ref>[http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/23159859/detail.html Sharron Angle Gets Tea Party Endorsement] KVVU Las Vegas April 15, 2010</ref> On April 16, 2010 Angle received an endorsement from [[conservative talk radio]] personality [[Mark Levin]].<ref>[http://www.americanconservativedaily.com/2010/04/mark-levin-hosts-sharron-angle-friday/ "Mark Levin hosts Sharron Angle Friday], www.americanconservativedaily.com, April 2010.</ref>

Angle is the author of ''Right Angle: One Woman's Journey to Reclaim the Constitution'', which was published in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Tea Party's Sharron Angle to self-publish autobiography | url = http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/03/sharron-angle-tea-party-congress-book-/1#.T8ZWWlJI70Q | date = March 23, 2011 | first = Catalina | last = Camia | work = [[USA Today]] | accessdate = May 30, 2012}}</ref>

The [[Washington Post]] reported on May 28, 2010 that Angle was in a "statistical dead heat" with her opponent, [[Sue Lowden]] citing a poll conducted by [[Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc.]]<ref name="WPdeadheat">{{cite news| last = Cillizza | first = Chris | title =Harry Reid: Comeback Kid? | work = [[Washington Post]] | publisher =www.washingtonpost.com | date =May 28, 2010 | url = http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/harry-reid-comeback-kid.html | accessdate =2010-05-29 }}</ref> Using the same poll data, the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' speculated that Lowden would win 42 percent of the vote over Reid's 39 percent, and that Reid would win 42 percent of the vote over Angle's 39 percent with a margin of error "plus or minus 4 percentage points."<ref name="myerspoll">{{cite news| last = Myers | first = Laura | title =Opinion poll: Survey shows Lowden gives GOP best chance in U.S. Senate race | work = [[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] | publisher =www.lvrj.com | date =May 28, 2010 | url = http://www.lvrj.com/news/survey-shows-lowden-gives-gop-best-chance-of-winning-in-fall-95095039.html | accessdate =2010-05-28 }}</ref><ref name="myerspoll"/><ref>http://media.lvrj.com/images/4512010-5-4.jpg</ref>

==References==

On June 6, 2010, the [[Las Vegas Review Journal]] reported that according to a new [[Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc.|Mason-Dixon]] poll, Angle had "shot into a clear lead in the U.S. Senate Republican Primary" and predicted that she would win the nomination with 32% of the vote and would defeat [[Harry Reid]] 44% to 41%.<ref name="AngleLead">{{cite news| last = Myers | first = Laura | title =U.S. SENATE RACE: Angle takes lead in GOP primary

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==External links==

Angle went on to win the Republican nomination with 40.09% of the vote.<ref>http://www.silverstate2010.com/USSenateStateWide.aspx</ref>

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* [http://leg.state.nv.us/73rd/Legislators/Assembly/Angle.cfm Sharron E. Angle] ''official Nevada Legislature website''

* [http://sharronangle.com/ Sharron Angle for U.S. Senate] ''official campaign website''

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* [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=3757 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics

* [http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Sharron_Angle.htm Issue positions and quotes] at [[On the Issues]]

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* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/sharron_angle/index.html Collected news and commentary] at ''[[The New York Times]]''

* [http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=NVS2&cycle=2010 Campaign contributions] at [[OpenSecrets]]

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* [http://www.sharronangle.com/ Sharron Angle's website]

* [http://www.leg.state.nv.us/73rd/Legislators/Assembly/Angle.cfm Nevada Legislature bio of Sharron Angle]

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