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Tuesday's secretary of state primary in Nevada looms large over the 2024 election
CNN
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Republican voters in Nevada will decide Tuesday whether a vocal proponent of false fraud claims about the 2020 election will become their party's choice to oversee the 2024 elections in this presidential battleground state.
Jim Marchant, a businessman and former state assemblyman who lost a congressional bid in 2020, is among the better-known candidates seeking the GOP nomination to become Nevada secretary of state. And along with former district judge Richard Scotti, he has won an endorsement from the Nevada Republican Party, boosting his prospects in the primary.
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Donald Trump’s campaign is taking a vastly different approach to 2024 compared to 2020, with plans for fewer staff and expenses, including what they view as superfluous brick and mortar offices. Instead, the campaign pledges to run a more efficient operation that will rely heavily on data modeling, microtargeting and relying on wealthy conservative groups for data, infrastructure and significant bank accounts to help find Trump a pathway to the 270 electoral votes needed to secure victory in November.
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