An Army veteran who received a last-minute Donald Trump endorsement won the Nevada Senate Republican primary late Tuesday, after another GOP Senate candidate alleged the endorsement was bought with cash.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee had backed former Army Capt. Sam Brown throughout the campaign, and many considered him a shoo-in even before he secured 59.6 percent of the vote Tuesday night. However, the contest was not without controversy within the GOP, as Brown’s opponent, Trump’s former ambassador to Iceland, Jeffrey Gunter, claimed on social media that a “big check” was behind the former president’s belated endorsement of Brown.
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Trump revealed his endorsement on Sunday night, just two days before the primary, following a rally in Las Vegas, hailing Brown as a “fearless American patriot.” Gunter stated, without providing evidence, that the “swamp” swayed Trump with a check, something the Trump team has disputed.
Gunter lost to Brown by over 40 points.
“Thank you all for your overwhelming support tonight. “Now it’s on to November—to bring accountability to DC and finally retire Joe Biden and Jacky Rosen,” Brown said in a statement on X following his victory.
Brown will now face Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen, who has already aired her first commercial criticizing the former Army captain on abortion. The 30-second advertisement tells the story of a woman who fled Texas for an abortion due to “devastating” pregnancy issues.
“Before Sam Brown ran for office in Nevada, he ran in Texas, where he pushed one of the most extreme abortion bans,” a narrator says in the ad, which debuted Monday. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee labeled Brown a “MAGA extremist.”
