Dean Heller Running for Governor

Former U.S. Senator Dean Heller was in Fallon this week, speaking to local Republicans and touring the community. He is running in a crowded primary for the chance to face Steve Sisolak’s re-election effort in the November election for Nevada Governor.

“I look out this window and see that sign over there for gas prices,” said Heller to a packed room of Republican Central Committee members. “inflation, food prices, If we aren’t talking about this, we’re going to lose this next election.” He said the Democrats this past year have given the country the pandemic, inflation, and now war.

“If you’re waiting for the federal government to save you, we’re in trouble. What’s saving America today are our Governors,” he said.

Heller also took questions from the crowd, answering one voter who asked about the imbalance in the voter registration between the north and south of the state.

“No one in southern Nevada cares about Northern Nevada,” said Heller. “What Nevada needs is a Governor who owns a tractor. I grow hay. I know what our rural communities need, the kind of help that Churchill needs, Lovelock with their water, Elko, and mining, and Nye County. I spend a tremendous amount of time in this community. When I sell my cattle, I have to come to Fallon. When I butcher I have to come to Fallon.”

He said one of the most important issues in the race is ballot integrity. “I support Voter ID – we have to make sure that people who participate are who they say they are and they are citizens. We have to fix ballot harvesting. It was Jimmy Carter said the best way to destroy an election is by allowing ballot harvesting. And we have to do away with the vote by mail, this was a mistake and we have to change it.”

According to Heller, the existing election law and reapportionment are challenges for this race. “2024 is all about 2022. If we are ever going to have a Republican President, we need Republican Nevada. We have to do something now.”

Heller is facing Sheriff Joe Lombardo, John Lee, Joey Gilbert, and Guy Nohra who also spoke in Fallon this week. There will be a candidate feature on him in the near future.

The primary election is on June 14 and early voting begins on May 28.