Laxalt

[lak-sawlt]

noun

1. Paul, 1922–2018, U.S. politician: senator 1974–87.

Example Sentences

And in a 2022 primary Senate debate against former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, he maintained that abortion should be left to the states, but added, “if there was any sort of legislation that would come forward, I would want to see that specific language.”

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Two years ago, Brown was a longshot Senate candidate who criticized Republican front-runner Adam Laxalt for agreeing only to a pre-recorded debate instead of a live, prime-time broadcast.

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Laxalt won that primary handily but lost narrowly in the general election to incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto.

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Another child of Pete Domenici, son Adam Laxalt, has also gone into politics, serving as state attorney general in Nevada before running unsuccessfully for governor there in 2018.

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Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who had been board chairman, left the group on Friday.

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