LAS VEGAS — Democrats looking to win back Nevada’s gubernatorial mansion want to tie incumbent GOP Gov. Joe Lombardo to Donald Trump’s agenda — but the first-term governor is not making it easy.
Despite receiving Trump’s endorsement, Lombardo, a former sheriff, has at times split with the White House and GOP-led Congress. He criticized cuts to Medicaid, publicly complained in a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum about cuts to wind and solar projects in Nevada and asked the administratrationto end tariffs on lithium.
Democrats, meanwhile, have attacked the governor for not standing up to Trump, saying in a press release last month that…
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