Nevada's Largest Newspaper Endorses Angle
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}June 8: Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle shakes hands of supporters in Las Vegas. (AP)
LAS VEGAS -- Nevada's largest newspaper has endorsed Republican Sharron Angle's bid for U.S. Senate against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The endorsement Sunday from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, an influential newspaper that has pounded on Reid and praised Angle, was not unexpected.
In its endorsement, the newspaper deemed the election a clear choice between Angle, who supports limited government, and what it described as Washington's big spending and partisan bickering.
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The conservative-leaning Review-Journal endorsed Reid in 2004, when he faced underdog Republican opponent Richard Ziser.
A recent poll from the newspaper shows Reid and Angle tied with 43 percent support.