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Sharron Angle

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Sharron Elaine Angle (born July 26, 1949) is an American politician who served as a 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.

Sharron Angle
Born (1949-07-26) July 26, 1949 (age 76)
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Alma materUniversity of Nevada, Reno
Occupation(s)Teacher, Politician
Political partyRepublican
SpouseTed Angle
Websitesharronangle.com

Personal life

Angle was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon but moved to Reno, Nevada when she was 3 years old.[1] Her father is a 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 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[2][3][4], 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.[1]

Political career

Nevada Assembly

In 1998, Angle won election to the State Assembly.[1] She served in the Assembly until 2005. During her time in the assembly, she voted "no" so frequently on matters of wide consensus that votes were often called as "41-to-Angle."[5]

In 2003, Angle hired John Eastman of The Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank to fight the Supreme court decision when then Governor Kenny Guinn sued the Legislature to nullify the state constitution and allow a simple majority of the legislature to pass an $836 million tax increase in Angle v Guinn[6] Angle used her personal funds to defend the Nevada Constitutional 2/3 vote requirement to raise taxes. Angle with Eastman took this case to 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 million tax increase in defiance of the state constitution.[7] Angle ultimately prevailed. In 2006, the state supreme court reversed its decision restoring the Nevada Constitutional 2/3 provision.[8]

Also in 2003, Angle arranged a trip to an Ensenada, Baja California prison to view a drug treatment program implemented there and in New Mexico called "Second Chance" which licensed its materials from Criminon, a program for rehabilitating prisoners using methods developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard."[9][10] Angle sponsored legislation aimed at placing this program in women's prisons in Nevada.[10]

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.[11]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".[5]

2006 run for U.S. Congress

On August 15, 2006 Angle narrowly lost the primary for U.S. Congress in Nevada's 2nd congressional district which was vacated by Rep. Jim Gibbons. Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller received 24,781 votes to Angle's 24,353. Gibbons' wife Dawn, a former State Assemblywoman herself, finished with 17,328 votes.[12] On August 25, Angle called for a new primary election because of cases in 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.[13] On September 1, the Carson District Judge denied Angle's appeal for a new election.

2010 run for U.S. Senate

Main article: United States Senate election in Nevada, 2010

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.[14] On April 16, 2010 Angle received an endorsement from conservative talk radio personality Mark Levin.[15]

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.[16] 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."[17][17][18]

On June 6, 2010, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported that according to a new 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%.[19][20][21]

Angle went on to win the Republican nomination with 40.09% of the vote.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c http://www.sharronangle.com/about.html
  2. ^ Pappas, Alex (May 21, 2010). "All the Difference". The Daily Caller. dailycaller.com. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
  3. ^ Myers, Laura (May 24, 2010). "Political Eye: GOP Senate race reflects gotcha game". Las Vegas Review-Journal. www.lvrj.com. Retrieved 2010-05-24. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Myers, Laura (May 21, 2010). "NEVADA POLITICS: GOP Senate hopeful Sharron Angle is counting on conservative credentials". Las Vegas Review-Journal. www.lvrj.com. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  5. ^ a b Sebelius, Steve (April, 2010). "Tea Party: Angle gets the nod". SlashPolitics. Retrieved 2010-05-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ http://openjurist.org/541/us/957/angle-nevada-state-assembly-member-et-al-v-guinn-governor-of-nevada-et-al
  7. ^ http://www.claremont.org/projects/pageid.1820/default.asp
  8. ^ Whaley, Sean (September 12, 2006). "Court reverses opinion from '03". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  9. ^ Garcia, David Alire (2009-06-16). "Taking Chances". Santa Fe Reporter. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  10. ^ a b Vogel, Ed (February 14, 2003). "Lawmakers urged to skip trip to view prison program". Las Vegas Review-Journal. p. 7B. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  11. ^ Dornan, Geoff (March 30, 2005). "Property tax plan goes to Senate on 41-1 vote". Nevada Appeal. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  12. ^ "State of Nevada 2006 Official Statewide Primary Election Results August 15, 2006".
  13. ^ Nevada Congressional Primary Candidate Calls For New Election KRNV-4 August 28, 2006
  14. ^ Sharron Angle Gets Tea Party Endorsement KVVU Las Vegas April 15, 2010
  15. ^ "Mark Levin hosts Sharron Angle Friday, www.americanconservativedaily.com, April 2010.
  16. ^ Cillizza, Chris (May 28, 2010). "Harry Reid: Comeback Kid?". Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
  17. ^ a b Myers, Laura (May 28, 2010). "Opinion poll: Survey shows Lowden gives GOP best chance in U.S. Senate race". Las Vegas Review-Journal. www.lvrj.com. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  18. ^ http://media.lvrj.com/images/4512010-5-4.jpg
  19. ^ Myers, Laura (June 6, 2010). "U.S. SENATE RACE: Angle takes lead in GOP primary". Las Vegas Review-Journal. www.lvrj.com. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  20. ^ http://media.lvrj.com/images/4536056-7-4.jpg
  21. ^ http://media.lvrj.com/images/4536057-6-4.jpg
  22. ^ http://www.silverstate2010.com/USSenateStateWide.aspx
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