Former U.S. Ambassador to Iceland Jeffrey Gunter announced Monday that he’s running for the U.S. Senate in Nevada.
“I’m Jeff Gunter, and I’m running for U.S. Senate. I was honored and humbled to serve as President Trump’s ambassador to Iceland, where I fought the deep state, I fought China and I fought Russia’s influence in the Arctic in the great high north,” Gunter said in a campaign ad.
Gunter also used his campaign to endorse Trump for president, making him the latest Republican in a competitive Senate race to back the former president’s latest campaign
“Now I’m running to bring that same fighting spirit to stand up for every Nevadan. I’ll fight to support Donald Trump and his amazing and great America First agenda. I’ll bring jobs back to Nevada, I’ll reduce gas prices, making American energy independent,” he said later in the ad. “I’ll work with President Trump to finish the wall to secure our border. And I will cut endless bureaucracy to allow our great small businesses here in Nevada to thrive.”
“The fight to preserve our great country and the state of Nevada must be fought in the Nation’s Capital. We must, at all costs, protect our liberties and freedoms that are being trampled on by the far-left agenda seeking to destroy the very fabric our nation was founded upon: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” he said in a statement. “This is why I am proud to officially endorse President Donald J. Trump and challenge my opponent to do the same.”
Gunter served as the U.S. ambassador to Iceland under former President Trump from 2019 to 2021 and joins former Nevada secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant and retired Army Capt. Sam Brown in the GOP primary to unseat Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.).
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