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'''Paul Dominique Laxalt''' (born August 2, 1922, in [[Reno]], [[Nevada]] – August 6, 2018) served as the [[Governor]] and [[United States Senator]] from [[Nevada]]. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he was a close associate of his friend, former neighboring Governor of [[California]] and [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] and is a member of the [[Republican Party]].
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'''Paul Dominique Laxalt''' (August 2, 1922, in [[Reno]], [[Nevada]] – August 6, 2018) served as the [[Governor]] and [[United States Senator]] from [[Nevada]]. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he was a close associate of his friend, former neighboring Governor of [[California]] and [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] and is a member of the [[Republican Party]].
    
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 the 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 the 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>  
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