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A medic in the Pacific Theater during [[World War II]] he would go on to graduate from Santa Clara University in 1946, and received a LL.B. from University of Denver in 1949. After serving as district attorney of Carson City he was elected lieutenant governor of Nevada in 1962 and governor in 1966. As governor he established a community college system, corporate gambling laws, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Laxalt became a close friend of [[Ronald Reagan]], then-governor of the neighboring state of [[California]]. He would go on to work on Reagan's three presidential campaigns, including his 1976 primary challenge to incumbent Republican [[Gerald Ford]]. <ref>http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/oralhistories/detail/3226</ref>  

A medic in the Pacific Theater during [[World War II]] he would go on to graduate from Santa Clara University in 1946, and received a LL.B. from University of Denver in 1949. After serving as district attorney of Carson City he was elected lieutenant governor of Nevada in 1962 and governor in 1966. As governor he established a community college system, corporate gambling laws, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Laxalt became a close friend of [[Ronald Reagan]], then-governor of the neighboring state of [[California]]. He would go on to work on Reagan's three presidential campaigns, including his 1976 primary challenge to incumbent Republican [[Gerald Ford]]. <ref>http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/oralhistories/detail/3226</ref>  

Laxalt declined to run for a second term and was elected to the United States Senate in 1974. He was sworn in early to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alan Bible. Laxalt was reelected in 1980. Laxalt was a staunch proponent of Reagan and a key figure in debates over tax cuts, defense spending, and [[Supreme Court]] nominations. He served as General Chairman of the Republican Party from 1983-1987, and after a brief run for the Republican nomination for President in 1988 was elected chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]]. After leaving politics he practiced law in Washington, D.C.

Laxalt declined to run for a second term and was elected to the United States Senate in 1974. He was sworn in early to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alan Bible. Laxalt was reelected in 1980. Laxalt was a staunch proponent of the [[Reagan administration]] and a key figure in debates over tax cuts, defense spending, and [[Supreme Court]] nominations. He served as General Chairman of the Republican Party from 1983-1987, and after a brief run for the Republican nomination for President in 1988 was elected chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]]. After leaving politics he practiced law in Washington, D.C.

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