Lane makes no endorsements

Lane issued a statement saying he would stay neutral after candidate Jerry Polaha began running a TV ad featuring a past complimentary statement about him by Lane.

"A question has arisen regarding my endorsement of candidates" in the race, Lane said in a letter to candidate James Hardesty. "I wish to make clear that I am endorsing no candidate in that race at this time."

Earlier this year, Lane resigned to become the star of a courtroom TV show. In late April, Gov. Bob Miller appointed Margaret Springgate to fill his unexpired term, which ends in January.

The top two vote getters in Tuesday's primary advance to the general election.

Lane was Washoe County district attorney in the 1980s when he made the favorable comments about the legal ability of Polaha, a Reno lawyer. His statement ran in a newspaper article.

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