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	Podcast:		Reno Public Radio
	Episode:		Meet Jared Fisher, Rep. Candidate for Governor
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:12:48
	Publish Date:		2018-05-24 16:00:33
	Description:		When Las Vegas businessman Jared Fisher announced his plan to run for governor last year, he did so by riding his bike across the state. Since then, the political outsider has faced an uphill battle to gain traction ahead of next month's Republican Primary. KUNR's Paul Boger sat down with Fisher to talk about why he wants to run for the state's top job. Why don't you tell us about yourself and why you want to be governor? Well, I am a nearly 28 year resident here in Nevada and I'm a business owner from the private sector. I started my company at UNLV in 1992. Our company employs about 50 people here in Nevada and we have extended our company throughout the Southwestern U.S., and so where I'm at in my career it's about that time for me to give back to my state. I've found where I can serve my state best is in an executive role here in Nevada, hence governor. What are the issues here at this point that you see here as most important to the state? No surprise, education is one of the
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