Growing up in the tiny mining town of Searchlight, Nev., I vividly remember when my uncles returned after fighting in World War II. I was too young to understand at first, but it didn’t take long for me to grasp the magnitude of the cause for which they were fighting. They risked their lives to stop the evil, murderous regime of Adolf Hitler and to stamp out the Nazi’s hateful and anti-Semitic ideology – and they won.
I’ve tried to follow my uncles’ example ever since. During my decades of public service, I traveled Nevada and the country – campaigning, meeting new people and fighting for the causes I believed.