Former two-time titleholder Jessie Vargas introduced Monday he’s operating for congress in Nevada’s fourth U.S. congressional district.
Vargas, 32, will probably be searching for the Republican Get together’s nomination to run towards incumbent Rep. Steven Horsford, a Democrat who’s in his second non-consecutive time period representing the district, which encompasses a lot of northern Clark County, together with a part of Las Vegas.
“I’m not a politician…And that’s precisely what we’d like in DC,” mentioned the Las Vegas born Vargas (29-3-2, 11 knockouts).
“We’d like a fighter who will combat to manage Washington spending and inflation, enhance our faculties and hold our streets and neighborhoods secure.”
Vargas, who hasn’t fought since shedding a unanimous choice to Mikey Garcia in February of 2020, is operating on a fiscally and socially conservative platform, although he says he had beforehand been a Democrat. The Vargas marketing campaign launched a press release saying that the previous WBA junior welterweight and WBO welterweight titleholder had turn out to be “involved” with the “failures” of the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who’re Democrats.
A lot of Vargas’ platform is commonplace Republican fare, together with a promise to “combat to finish the tragedy that’s abortion on this nation,” and to take a powerful stance towards undocumented immigration, which he described as “the mess on the border that Biden and Harris created.”
Vargas additionally voiced assist for constitution faculties whereas criticizing “liberal training unions” and “loopy liberal concepts like Crucial Race Principle,” which has turn out to be a sizzling button situation as Republicans search to regain management of each homes of Congress in subsequent yr’s mid-term elections.
“Biden and [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi have taken our authorities too far to the left. Now’s the time to combat again, reduce spending in Washington, create higher faculties for our youngsters and assist the police who hold us secure. The American dream got here true for me, however Washington’s liberal insurance policies are making it more durable for everybody,” mentioned Vargas.
The first election is schedule for June 14, 2022, with the final election scheduled for November 8.
Vargas joins a pool of Republican candidates that features former Trump marketing campaign staffer Carolina Serrano and insurance coverage agency proprietor Sam Peters.
Vargas’ notable fights embrace losses to Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr., plus a draw to Adrien Bronerand wins over Sadam Ali and Antonio DeMarco.
