Despite Reid’s campaign ads his popularity is sinking. The state’s voters see the well publicized back room deals he’s cutting for Obamacare and realize that he’s actually doing more for Louisiana with the “Louisiana Purchase” and Nebraska with the “Cornhusker Kickback” than for Nevada. According to a recent Weekly Standard article by Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the former editor in chief of Readers Digest, “when Paul Laxalt left office in 1987 Nevada got back 98 cents of every dollar Nevadans paid to the federal treasury. Now the state receives 65 cents.” So much for Reid’s “most powerful senator in the history of Nevada” TV ads!
Tomlinson’s article, When Harry Meets Sue, shines a positive light on Sue Lowden. Other candidates are mentioned in this national weekly like Sharron Angle and Danny Tarkanian, but the spotlight is on Sue.
The beautiful former Miss America contestant is anything but a dumb blond. She’s an intelligent, savvy business woman and politician who, from second generation Ellis Island roots, worked to gain an education eventually graduating magna cum laude from American University. A woman of the people she waitressed and won scholarships from beauty pageants to gain an education. She even joined the Bob Hope 1971 Christmas Tour in Viet Nam. A stint as a cub TV reporter lead to a news anchor role that the Las Vegas Sun called one of the most professional in the nation. She is married to Paul Lowden and is the mother of four children.
Upset by a large tax increase in 1991 she took on the state senate majority leader in a largely Democratic district and won. In the state senate was strong in opposing taxes and eventually became the Republican whip. She was targeted by the culinary union in 1996 and lost.
She then became involved in a number of charitable causes, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Salvation Army, and organizations helping severely challenged children. In 2007 she became Republican Party Chair and later incurred the wrath of Ron Paul supporters over convention rules, eventually closing down the convention. She’s certainly not afraid to take a position. Early on she voted for Reid but claims that was a different time.
It’s great to see a positive article on Sue in a respected national magazine with a conservative reputation. So, in answer to the title question, what’s Harry done for Nevada….well, he’s provided a wonderful contrast for candidates of Sue Lowden’s caliber.
Tom Motherway
#1 by Phyllis Westrup on February 12, 2010 - 7:32 am
She also donated large sums to Harry Reid's campaign in the 1980s when he was "more conserative." Now she wants to take him out. I'll stick with the true conservative–Sharron Angle.
#2 by LuEllen on February 12, 2010 - 5:43 pm
Lowden is NOT conservative. In addition to getting Harry elected, she left the State Republican Party in a shambles and thousands in debt. She disenfranchised voters at the state convention…..the rest of the votes were 'found' about a year or nmore later. Best question: How did Sue and her husband get a gaming license after they were banned from having one?? Did Harry Reid have anything to do with that??