Interesting, from former U.S. Senate candidate John Chachas this afternoon:

In the process of logging thousands of miles in Nevada, I had the great pleasure of spending a good deal of time with Brian Sandoval, who we Nevadans sincerely hope will be the next Governor of the Silver State.

Brian is a devoted public servant who gave up a lifetime Federal judgeship to pursue the Governor’s office. He will face Senator Harry Reid’s son, Rory, in the November election. While Nevada currently has a Republican governor, there can be no doubt that the Reid machine will work tirelessly to help Brian’s opponent. Although Brian is presently holding a strong lead, with 44% of Nevada registered Democrat, it will be a tough fight. One Reid is bad enough.

On August 25th, Diane and I, together with Paul Singer, Anthony Scaramucci, Gail Jaquish and Steve Kenninger, will host a reception for Brian Sandoval from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at the St. Regis Hotel. If you are in New York we would be very grateful if you would come and support Brian’s effort to keep the Carson City governor’s mansion in the right hands.

For some of you receiving this, you will shortly be receiving a refund check of campaign funds you provided to me that I, regrettably, didn’t get to deploy in the general election. I hope you’ll think hard about re-deploying that check to Brian. Attached to this email are the invitation and the necessary donation form and information about the event.

America needs more leaders like Brian and we know you would enjoy meeting him in person.

We hope to see you there.

Diane and John Chachas