Washoe Republicans love Angle, like Gibbons
U.S. Senate Candidate Sharron Angle dominated the field in a straw poll of Washoe County Republicans choosing who they would like to see challenge Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Angle, a former state assmblywoman from Reno, received nearly 43 percent of the vote. Former state GOP chairwoman Sue Lowden was a distant second at 18.4 percent, followed by Las Vegas businessman Danny Tarkanian at 15.2 percent.
In a gubernatorial straw poll, the Washoe partisans picked incumbent Gov. Jim Gibbons as their favorite primary candidate, with 45.6 pecent of the votes going his way. Establishment favorite and frontrunner in statewide polls Brian Sandoval received 41.4 percent.
The straw poll represents just a small sample of hard core partisans in Washoe County.
