SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Southern Nevada rancher and state's rights activist Cliven Bundy is bringing his brand of politics to a gathering of like-minded conservative libertarians in northern Nevada.
Bundy plans to give the keynote speech Friday night at the Independent American Party of Nevada's state convention in Sparks.
Bundy's wife, Carol, and son, Ryan, also plan to attend the convention at the Nugget hotel-casino.
A federal judge in Las Vegas dismissed a criminal case last month against Bundy and his two sons stemming from an armed standoff with government agents at his Bunkerville ranch in 2014.
About 4.5 percent of the state's active voters are registered as members of the Independent American Party of Nevada, which emphasizes state and property rights.
Party chairman Joel Hansen says Bundy's story is one of "tremendous courage and faith" standing up against federal "corruption and tyranny."