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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>

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 onthat MayLowden 28,would 2010win 42 percent of the vote over Reid's 39 percent, "Republicanand Suethat LowdenReid haswould win 42 percent of the bestvote chanceover Angle's 39 percent with a margin of defeatingerror U.S."plus Sen.or Harryminus Reid"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> The poll predicted 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"/><ref>http://media.lvrj.com/images/4512010-5-4.jpg</ref>

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