LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Sen. Dean Heller says he appreciates that President Donald Trump is supporting his re-election bid.
Heller released a statement Friday acknowledging Trump's praise offered on Twitter, but it included no mention of Heller's primary election opponent making an abrupt decision to drop out at the president's request.
Trump brokered a deal for Las Vegas Republican Danny Tarkanian to leave the race and instead seek a House seat.
Trump said on Twitter Friday that Heller "is doing a really good job" and should run for Senate unopposed.
Democratic Congresswoman Jacky Rosen, who is challenging Heller, called the move a "backroom deal" made to reward Heller "for caving to the White House's pressure on health care."
Heller at one point held up the GOP's long-promised effort to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law but later helped with an unsuccessful effort to dismantle it.