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Our objective is to nominate candidates that will win elections and social issues just don’t belong in our platform.

Dan Schwartz, Nevada's state Republican party finance chairman, explaining why the his state's GOP removed any mention of abortion or gay marriage from its platform.

Dan Schwartz, Nevada's state Republican party finance chairman, explaining why the his state's GOP removed any mention of abortion or gay marriage from its platform.

Daniel Luzer is GOVERNING's news editor.