Reid Pete Lazetich

Move to the right, lose the middle

It's one of America's hottest senatorial races. And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) is not up against the usual Republican candidate.

He's running against Sharron Angle - a Christian conservative whose views are extreme by moderate Republican standards. She opposes abortion after rape, widely accepted social welfare programmes, and has said that Sharia Law is spreading in American cities.

Angle is a lifelong school teacher with a short political career in Nevada's state assembly. She became the Republican nominee for Nevada's Senate race after she was backed by the Tea Party Express – a  national group supporting conservative candidates.