Nevada GOP nominee Carrie Buck says she’s ‘coming to retire Dina Titus’

After flipping a Democrat-leaning authorities legislature territory successful 2020, Carrie Buck is mounting her sights connected a bigger target this predetermination cycle: Nevada's first legislature district, an municipality Las-Vegas based territory stretching eastbound to nan Arizona border.

But it will not beryllium easy to oust Congresswoman Dina Titus, an 8-term veteran, pinch beardown ties to organized labor, nan tourism industry, and nan business community.

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Nevada authorities Sen. Carrie Ann Buck, a Henderson Republican, is challenging Democratic Rep. Dina Titus successful nan state's 1st District. (K.M. Cannon / Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Recently, Buck sat down pinch Fox News Digital astatine Freedom Fest successful Las Vegas, to talk her plaything territory appeal, her inheritance arsenic a coach and principal, and why she believes her return connected room array economics will alteration her to propulsion disconnected an upset travel predetermination day.

First and foremost, Buck is nary alien to challenging Democrats connected their ain turf:

"Well, successful 2020, I flipped a bluish territory to Republican, and it represents 20% of this [NV-1] district. So, I cognize I tin flip nan full district. People are conscionable tired of my Democrat opponent, and they're fresh for change."

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) listens arsenic she heads a roundtable connected heat, convened by nan Nevada Conservation League, Chispa Nevada and Climate Power astatine nan Whitney Library Conference Room connected Thursday, May 28, 2026, successful Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Buck cites her 3 decades of acquisition successful nan Nevada acquisition strategy arsenic captious to knowing nan electorate:

"Well, nan past 30 years, I've served successful nan schoolhouse strategy present successful Nevada. I was a teacher…I taught big ESL, I taught children for years. Then I became a main of 1 of nan lowest performing schools successful nan authorities and moved it to a nationalist Title I school. I won nan Milken Award successful that time. 

"And truthful I've been breathing life into children and families for years. When I sound connected doors, erstwhile I'm retired successful nan community, group are like, ‘Dr. Buck, you were my principal.’ And so, I deliberation a batch of group cognize that I'm going to really present for Nevadans successful DC."

Housing affordability is simply a signature rumor for Buck.

She pledges to "ensure that Nevadans person entree to lower-cost housing" while besides "driving down liking rates truthful that group tin bargain immoderate location that they want to."

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Buck besides argues that nan immigration crisis during nan Biden management was a cardinal driver connected nan lodging affordability issue:

Former President Joe Biden speaks astir overseas argumentation during a reside astatine nan State Department successful Washington connected Jan. 13, 2024. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)

"I deliberation besides what impacted lodging is nan migration policies of nan Biden years, wherever they allowed each these group into our state and that drove up [the costs of] each of our low-income housing. 

"It depleted it. And truthful now that we're seeing group extremity up getting deported and going backmost to their original country, I cognize that it's decidedly driving down prices here."

Buck promises that taking a difficult statement connected nan nationalist indebtedness will beryllium a apical priority:

"Spending is decidedly retired of power erstwhile we look astatine nan discarded of payer dollars, waste, fraud and abuse. When we've seen immoderate of these cases from crossed nan nation, it really is simply a reddish alert. We request to make judge that we guidelines that out. 

"I conscionable really saw nan vice president is heading up this task force, and they're uncovering tons of fraud…We can't conscionable merchandise payer dollars. So reining successful nan waste, fraud and maltreatment and making judge that [government spending] goes to nan seniors and nan children and nan veterans who request it."

Buck is simply a beardown protagonist of pathways to citizenship for immigrants, but besides maintains a difficult statement connected issues of separator information and forbidden immigration:

"There is simply a pathway to citizenship, and I deliberation we request to get group signed up. I've been portion of a activity to guarantee that group person entree to get citizenship. And that's nan way, nan ineligible way.

"But coming present illegally, you are breaking laws. Those group request to beryllium deported. We've seen truthful galore victims of crimes by forbidden immigrants, and that has to stop. We request to make judge that we person safe communities. I'm a woman of a rule enforcement serviceman and cognize really important our safe communities and our men and women are moving retired location successful rule enforcement."

Water issues stay an tremendous interest westbound of nan Mississippi, and peculiarly successful Nevada. Buck argues that California could and should play a ample domiciled successful ensuring Nevadans entree to water:

The Hoover Dam is 1 of nan National Park Service's astir celebrated tourer attractions. The national authorities is expected to state a h2o shortage.  ((Ashley Soriano/Fox News))

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"For excessively long, Nevada has been nan conservationist…Our citizens conserve truthful overmuch water…All it would return is California to build a basin and clasp their rainwater and not merchandise it into nan Pacific. 

"But they're very selfish neighbors…We request to make judge that our national authorities tin possibly measurement successful and build these reservoirs to clasp water."