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Weed, gambling lobbyist steers clients' cash to support Clark County state senator

Sen. Ann Rivers survived a tough primary challenge from the right, but now faces a write-in campaign

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Paul Queary
Oct 16, 2020
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One of Olympia’s most prominent lobbyists, whose clients include the weed industry and the state’s largest non-tribal gambling operator, is using a pile of special-interest money to support Republican state Sen. Ann Rivers, who has both a Democratic opponent and a conservative write-in candidate coming at her from the right.

Rivers, R-La Center, represe…

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