Sarah Gazala
Sarah Gazala (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Nevada. She lost in the Republican primary on June 12, 2018.
Gazala completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Incumbent Sen. Dean Heller (R) narrowly won his seat in 2012 by one percentage point and faced the midterm elections as the only incumbent Republican representing a state won by Hillary Clinton (D) in the 2016 presidential election.[1] Despite having the backing of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, who called Heller a "proven leader and is the only candidate with a solid record voters can count on," he drew a competitive primary challenger in Danny Tarkanian (R).[1]
Biography
Gazala is a teacher with a master's degree in special education. She was born in Cairo, Egypt.[2]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Nevada
Jacky Rosen defeated incumbent Dean Heller, Barry Michaels, Tim Hagan, and Kamau Bakari in the general election for U.S. Senate Nevada on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jacky Rosen (D) | 50.4 | 490,071 |
 | Dean Heller (R) | 45.4 | 441,202 | |
 | Barry Michaels (Independent) | 1.0 | 9,269 | |
 | Tim Hagan (L) | 0.9 | 9,196 | |
 | Kamau Bakari (Independent American Party) | 0.7 | 7,091 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 15,303 | ||
| Total votes: 972,132 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Richard Charles (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Nevada
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Nevada on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jacky Rosen | 82.9 | 110,567 |
 | David Drew Knight | 4.8 | 6,346 | |
 | Allen Rheinhart | 3.6 | 4,782 | |
 | Jesse Sbaih | 3.4 | 4,540 | |
 | Bobby Mahendra | 2.9 | 3,835 | |
 | Daniel Burleigh | 2.4 | 3,244 | |
| Total votes: 133,314 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Nevada
Incumbent Dean Heller defeated Tom Heck, Sherry Brooks, Sarah Gazala, and Vic Harrell in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Nevada on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dean Heller | 73.0 | 99,509 |
 | Tom Heck | 19.3 | 26,296 | |
| Sherry Brooks | 3.8 | 5,145 | |
 | Sarah Gazala | 2.9 | 4,011 | |
| Vic Harrell | 0.9 | 1,282 | |
| Total votes: 136,243 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Danny Tarkanian (R)
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Sarah Gazala participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 15, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Sarah Gazala's responses follow below.[3]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Education, veterans care, boarder security, health care[4][5] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Education, health careCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[5]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Sarah Gazala answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | President Trump. Integrity[5] | ” |
| “ | No one particular book, movie or essay.[5] | ” |
| “ | Integrity, strength, commitment, drive, be a public servant and conservative.[5] | ” |
| “ | Integrity, strength, commitment, drive, be a public servant and conservative.[5] | ” |
| “ | Represent the people and the nation. Show and have respect for people, especially your President.[5] | ” |
| “ | A champion for the people and the nation.[5] | ” |
| “ | First golf war. I was 17. I lost my father.[5] | ” |
| “ | Educator, still to the present[5] | ” |
| “ | Vote to Pass laws[5] | ” |
| “ | No I do not believe it’s necessary.[5] | ” |
| “ | We need to stop this practice.[5] | ” |
| “ | Commitment and integrity[5] | ” |
| “ | Addressing mental health issues[5] | ” |
| “ | Yes[5] | ” |
| “ | Possibly[5] | ” |
| “ | Yes[5] | ” |
| “ | No[5] | ” |
Political philosophy
Gazala stated the following about her political philosophy in a biographical submission to Ballotpedia:[6]
| “ | Addressing issues with education, veteran care, health care, border security, mental health, voter ID, term limits and much more. I choose to run because I’m tired of our current representation. People need help and I’m running so people can find relief with their issues and real solutions are implemented.
We elect representives so they can represent us. Ask your self if your current representation is doing that. We elect public servabt so they can serve the public. Again is your current representation serving you?[5] |
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 CNN, "Tarkanian to oppose Heller in Nevada GOP Senate primary," August 8, 2017
- ↑ Sarah Gazala for Nevada, "Home," accessed March 7, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Sarah Gazala's responses," May 15, 2018
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on April 29, 2018
