NV GOP group forms PAC to oppose Lowden

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CARSON CITY, Nev.—Nevada Republicans who supported Ron Paul in last year's GOP presidential contest announced a political action committee Monday to oppose the U.S. Senate bid of former state party chairwoman Sue Lowden.

Robert Holloday, spokesman for the Fair Nevada Elections PAC, said Lowden's handling of last year's state convention when delegate selections were stopped amounted to betrayal.

"Sue Lowden's leading role in improperly halting the delegate election disqualifies her for any position of trust in government," Holloday said. "Our group hopes to raise awareness of the dismal record of Sue Lowden and to oppose her election to the Senate."

Lowden's critics are "exercising their rights to do this," said Robert Uithoven, Lowden spokesman. "It doesn't change what we're doing in this campaign."

Lowden acknowledges that some Republicans supported Paul and she will try to get their support, he said.

Nevada's 2008 delegation dispute began when Paul supporters were poised to win delegates at the state party convention in Reno and the party abruptly shut down the convention.

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