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Oct. 13, 2009
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CONGRESSIONAL POLITICS: Candidate unveils bid

Lauer pursues Titus' office

By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Rob Lauer
Real estate investor says he will use about $100,000 of his own money on campaign

A man who calls himself "a conservative first, a Republican second" is the latest to jump into the race for the congressional seat held by Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev.

Real estate investor Rob Lauer said he's the best person to carry the conservative torch against Titus, even though former state Sen. Joe Heck is considered the leading Republican in the race.

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    • "I think Heck should go back and run for state Senate," Lauer said. "He has a lot of experience there."

    Like Heck, a physician and Army reservist, Lauer has military experience. He is an Army MP with the 314th MP company but is in the process of shifting from active reserve status to inactive reserve status, he said Monday.

    Lauer, 39, said he will invest about $100,000 of his own money in the campaign.

    He has a campaign office in Las Vegas and a treasurer in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., according to campaign documents filed with the Federal Election Commission.

    According to the Nevada secretary of state's office, the 3rd Congressional District has 198,830 registered Democrats, 159,252 Republicans and 72,658 registered as nonpartisan.

    Lauer said he supports increasing the tax credit for home buyers to $10,000 from $8,000 and extending it beyond first-time purchasers to anyone buying a house.

    The move would reduce the number of unsold houses and boost home prices, he said.

    "Until we get through all that inventory, we are not going to see a true recovery in the housing market," he said.

    He also supports tax credits for businesses to hire employees.

    Lauer said he supports the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, although he criticized how both President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush managed the fighting.

    He said Bush should have sent more troops to Iraq at the outset of that war and Obama should give more consideration to military leaders in managing the Afghanistan conflict.

    When asked the best way to pay for further investment in wars, Lauer said defending the nation should be a top government priority even if it means cutbacks in other areas.

    "If we need to cut spending elsewhere so we can pay for these sorts of things, we need to do it," he said.

    Contact reporter Benjamin Spillman at bspillman@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3861.

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    Mr. x wrote on January 30, 2010 06:07 PM: Run for Secretary of State instead.


    crystal ball wrote on January 30, 2010 06:06 PM: Robert Lauer should consider running for Secretar of State. Why should he and Joe Heck spend all that money attacking each other, it will only benefit Dina Titus....

    Run against Ross Miller. Use the fact that Ross Miller did not report all of his campagin contributions against him....


    small business owner wrote on October 13, 2009 05:07 PM: We need more small business people like Mr. Lauer to run for office. I will be voting for him.


    Tom wrote on October 13, 2009 05:05 PM: Fiscal responsibility!!! It is about time.


    Sam the genious wrote on October 13, 2009 05:02 PM: Sam is obviously a product of our public school system. He doesn't understand the diffence between a hand and a tax cut.


    Jan wrote on October 13, 2009 05:02 PM: Finally a candidate with integrity and Country First!!! accountability not hand outs!
    Tired of the liberal spending making American people dependent on the government.


    A True Hero wrote on October 13, 2009 04:58 PM: Thank you Mr. Lauer for your service to our great country. We need more people like you who know what it means to wear the uniform of our military to run for office. He understands what's at stake in the war in Afganistan. Mr. Obama should listen to people in our military like Rob.


    He get's it wrote on October 13, 2009 04:48 PM: This guy gets it. Tax credits instead of big liberal spending and bailouts.

    If the government would just let us the people keep more of our own money we wouldn't need to bailout the banks.

    Go Rob go. I can't wait to vote Dina Titus out.


    Finally wrote on October 13, 2009 04:43 PM: At least he had the courage to stand up and serve his country.


    Sam wrote on October 13, 2009 04:34 PM: Politics as usual. Democrats or Republicans, they all have their "special" idea of handing out our money to others:
    Quote:
    "Lauer said he supports increasing the tax credit for home buyers to $10,000 from $8,000 and extending it beyond first-time purchasers to anyone buying a house."
    WOW! Revolutinary! An increase from the Dem's $8K to $10K!!! More taxpayer money to spend on OTHER people's homes that they otherwise wouldn't buy. How stupid.

    Quote:
    "The move would reduce the number of unsold houses and boost home prices, he said."
    So that is his role in government? To manipulate housing prices?

    Quote:
    "He also supports tax credits for businesses to hire employees."
    More government meddling. You can't hand out money to businesses and call it a "recovery".

    Maybe he should run as a Dem????


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