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Laxalt
[ lak-sawlt ]
noun
- Paul, 1922–2018, U.S. politician: senator 1974–87.
Example Sentences
Laxalt handily won the state’s 15 rural counties, in some counties winning 80 percent of the vote, while Cortez Masto steadily led the reliably blue Clark County.
Still, Laxalt has about a 1-point lead in our polling average, although neither candidate has had an advantage much beyond that margin since late September.
On Laxalt’s side, only about $391,000 had been spent on the issue.
Laxalt doesn’t have the same baggage as some of his fellow GOP candidates, like Oz and Herschel Walker of Georgia.
If, at the end of the day, Nevada voters decide to oust Cortez Masto and replace her with Laxalt, they would be replacing a supporter of LGBTQ rights measures before Congress with a voice stridently against them.
In 1986, after Laxalt retired, Reid won his first Senate term.
The loss to Republican Paul Laxalt by 611 votes was followed the next year by a failed bid for Las Vegas mayor.
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