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By ERIN NEFF
REVIEW-JOURNAL
The top of the primary ticket played out largely as anticipated Tuesday, with the federal candidates who were heavily favored meeting expectations and advancing to November's general election.
Richard Ziser, a businessman who led the successful ballot initiative banning gay marriage in Nevada, won a six-way Republican primary for the right to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, according to unofficial election totals.
Ziser was a little shaken by the larger-than-expected support for Robert "Bob" Brown, a Florida resident who wasn't seen in Nevada during the primary campaign, but still got about 21 percent of the vote in Clark County.
"What that's telling us is that it's a name-recognition battle now, and we haven't done any major media," Ziser said. "Once we come out of the primary, all of that starts coming together."
The 51-year-old ran on a conservative values plank, complete with anti-tax zeal and further discussion of the protection of marriage. He also took a controversial stand in support of negotiating for benefits from the federal government...