Jeffrey Ross Gunter, a health care executive and former U.S. ambassador to Iceland, has launched a website hinting at a potential run for U.S. Senate in Nevada.
The Nevada Globe reported Gunter is “mulling a run” to join a Republican primary field that includes former state assemblyman Jim Marchant and is expected to include retired U.S. Army Captain Sam Brown in a race to take on Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) next November.
Gunter, a dermatologist whose private practice is based in California but includes offices in both Henderson and Pahrump, is a longtime Republican donor. From a California address, he has given hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years to GOP PACs and Republican groups and campaigns. Past contributions were made to Dean Heller’s successful 2012 senatorial campaign, Adam Laxalt’s failed 2022 Senate bid, and to the Nevada Republican Central Committee.
His website asks to “Help Ambassador Jeffrey Ross Gunter fulfill our promise to make America Great Again!” before prompting users to provide contact information, though it does not mention a specific race. The website adds that Gunter is “continuing the fight for freedom” that he began as an ambassador.
“As a longtime Nevada resident, physician, small business owner, and former US Ambassador, the wide open GOP primary race only re-enforces the urgency for a strong America First candidate to represent the constituents of our great state,” Gunter said in a statement to the Globe.
As ambassador, Gunter touts the building of a new embassy in Reykjavik, overseeing the move to the new embassy with zero COVID cases, and said he participated in national security initiatives countering Russia and China from his post.
The Republican primary for Nevada’s U.S. Senate seat is about a year out, with the election scheduled for June 11, 2024, and early voting beginning May 25.