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Smith Valley Dr. Robin Titus, a Republican, is running for Senate.
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After 25 years as a family doctor in Lyon County, Robin Titus says it's time to put someone who understands health care issues in the U.S. Senate.
Titus is one of a growing number of Republicans seeking to challenge Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
“We need someone who actually knows it from the trenches,” she said. “Who is on the phone every day trying to get people access.”
She said she has spent her years practicing in Smith Valley fighting for patients' rights to necessary tests and medications.
She said the country doesn't need more laws governing the health care system.
“We already have lots of laws and regulations,” she said.
A Republican, she said she believes Reid is out of touch, part of the problem and not the solution.
“I believe Harry Reid has left the state,” she said.
While Titus said her medical training and experience give her an in-depth understanding of the health care system and its problems, she isn't just a one-issue candidate.
She said the nation must free itself from dependence on foreign oil and develop Nevada's renewable energy resources.
“At the same time we must be wary of green energy that ends up using more energy in the end. The corn fuel program for example.”
She said it's a “travesty” that Nevada has the highest high school dropout rate in the nation and that education must be improved in the state.
She also said she can address the state's growing water quality and availability issues. She was a chemical engineering major at UNR two years before switching to pre-med.
An avid fan of outdoor recreation, she said she is a gun owner and supporter of the Second Amendment.
She said she is running to make a difference, not for power or money.
“I'm running for a position that pays me less than I'm earning now because it's the right thing to do,” she said.
The main goal, she said, is to remove Reid from the U.S. Senate because the programs he has supported don't cure problems.
“Delaying problems doesn't solve problems,” she said, citing some of the special stimulus funding Reid has arranged for Nevada this year and next but that will disappear after that.
Titus, 55, is chief of staff at South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington as well as Lyon County's health officer since 1989. She said she is a lifelong Nevadan whose family first moved to the state in 1865.
She said she has already raised some $10,000 but is hoping to hit $100,000 by the end of this year. She said she expects much of her support to come from other physicians and the medical providers in the state.
“I've told them if you want to have a voice, you guys need to help me,” she said.
But she said she doesn't expect much primary help from the GOP, which wants her instead to take on a smaller office first, then move up.
“I thought they would get behind me but I was totally wrong,” she said.
So she said she is relying on people to understand and see her as “a common sense candidate” with deep roots in Nevada and a desire to change things for the better.
Titus is one of a growing number of Republicans seeking to challenge Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
“We need someone who actually knows it from the trenches,” she said. “Who is on the phone every day trying to get people access.”
She said she has spent her years practicing in Smith Valley fighting for patients' rights to necessary tests and medications.
She said the country doesn't need more laws governing the health care system.
“We already have lots of laws and regulations,” she said.
A Republican, she said she believes Reid is out of touch, part of the problem and not the solution.
“I believe Harry Reid has left the state,” she said.
While Titus said her medical training and experience give her an in-depth understanding of the health care system and its problems, she isn't just a one-issue candidate.
She said the nation must free itself from dependence on foreign oil and develop Nevada's renewable energy resources.
“At the same time we must be wary of green energy that ends up using more energy in the end. The corn fuel program for example.”
She said it's a “travesty” that Nevada has the highest high school dropout rate in the nation and that education must be improved in the state.
She also said she can address the state's growing water quality and availability issues. She was a chemical engineering major at UNR two years before switching to pre-med.
An avid fan of outdoor recreation, she said she is a gun owner and supporter of the Second Amendment.
She said she is running to make a difference, not for power or money.
“I'm running for a position that pays me less than I'm earning now because it's the right thing to do,” she said.
The main goal, she said, is to remove Reid from the U.S. Senate because the programs he has supported don't cure problems.
“Delaying problems doesn't solve problems,” she said, citing some of the special stimulus funding Reid has arranged for Nevada this year and next but that will disappear after that.
Titus, 55, is chief of staff at South Lyon Medical Center in Yerington as well as Lyon County's health officer since 1989. She said she is a lifelong Nevadan whose family first moved to the state in 1865.
She said she has already raised some $10,000 but is hoping to hit $100,000 by the end of this year. She said she expects much of her support to come from other physicians and the medical providers in the state.
“I've told them if you want to have a voice, you guys need to help me,” she said.
But she said she doesn't expect much primary help from the GOP, which wants her instead to take on a smaller office first, then move up.
“I thought they would get behind me but I was totally wrong,” she said.
So she said she is relying on people to understand and see her as “a common sense candidate” with deep roots in Nevada and a desire to change things for the better.
