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[[Image:AnglePortrait300dpiJpeg JPG w300h418.jpg|right|200px|]]'''Sharron Angle''' (born July 26, 1949 in Klamath Falls, Oregon) is the [[Republican]] nominee for [[U.S. Senate]] for [[Nevada]], to challenge Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] in the 2010 election. On October 3, 2010, she received the endorsement for this election by Nevada's largest newspaper, the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''.
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[[Image:AnglePortrait300dpiJpeg JPG w300h418.jpg|right|200px|]]'''Sharron Angle''' (born July 26, 1949 in Klamath Falls, Oregon) is a [[Nevada]] [[Republican]], she has served as a member of the Nevada General Assembly from 1999 through 2007, and is also a member of the [[National Rifle Association]] and the [[National Right to Life Committee]]. Sharron Angle attended [[Reno]] public schools and graduated the [[University of Nevada]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree. She went on to become a substitute [[teacher]], taught art courses at Western Nevada Community College and co-founded and administrated a twenty-four student [[Christian]] school. Angle was a registered [[Democrat]] from 1984 to 1988, although she voted for [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1980 and 1984, and was in the Independent American Party from 1992 until 1997.<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38630.html</ref>
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Sharron Angle served as a member of the Nevada General Assembly from 1999 through 2007. She is also a member of the [[National Rifle Association]] and the [[National Right to Life Committee]].
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==Political Career==
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Angle's first elected office was the Nye County School Board of Trustees in 1990. After her election in 1998, Angle rose to become Minority Whip in the Nevada Legislature. She narrowly lost a campaign for the Republican nomination for [[Congress]] to Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller by just 428 votes.
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Angle attended [[Reno]] public schools and graduated the University of Nevada with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She went on to become a substitute teacher, taught art courses at Western Nevada Community College and co-founded and administrated a twenty-four student [[Christian]] school. Angle was a registered [[Democrat]] from 1984 to 1988, although she voted for [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1980 and 1984, and was in the Independent American Party from 1992 until 1997. <ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38630.html</ref>
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Sharron Angle was the [[Republican]] nominee for [[U.S. Senate]], challenging Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] in the [[2010 Midterm Elections]]. Angle's candidacy for Senate surged after the endorsement from the [[Tea Party Express]] and [[Sarah Palin]], and defeated former State Senator [[Sue Lowden]] and businessman [[Danny Tarkanian]] in the Republican primary.  
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Angle's first elected office was the Nye County School Board of Trustees in 1990. After her election in 1998, Angle rose to become Minority Whip in the Nevada Legislature. She narrowly lost a campaign for the Republican nomination for [[Congress]] to Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller by just 428 votes.
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Angle's candidacy for Senate surged after the endorsement from the [[Tea Party Express]] and [[Sarah Palin]], and defeated former State Senator [[Sue Lowden]] and businessman [[Danny Tarkanian]] in the Republican primary.
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==The Patriot Caucus PAC==
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Sharron Angle has started the latest [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Party]] political action committee: [[The Patriot Caucus]].<ref>(Press Release). [http://press.thepatriotcaucus.org/ Sharron Angle Plans National Tea Party Grassroots Organizing Campaign For The 2012 Election Cycle], press.thepatriotcaucus.org, ''[[The Patriot Caucus]]'', Accessed December 14, 2010.</ref><ref>Stephen Clark. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/14/sharron-angle-forms-new-pac-targeting-obama/ Sharron Angle Forms New PAC Targeting Obama], [[Fox News|FoxNews.com]], Published December 14, 2010.</ref>
    
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