LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada’s former Republican Party chairwoman, Amy Tarkanian, was arrested in Florida for DUI after failing field sobriety tests, including having a blood-alcohol level of .268, according to her arrest report.
Tarkanian, 48, was taken into custody following a crash on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Bradenton, which is about 45 miles south of Tampa.
A worker at the apartment complex said he received some complaints about an SUV in the middle of a road with a woman slumped over the wheel. The worker told the Florida Highway Patrol that he attempted to wake her, documents said.
“When he woke her, she looked at him, took her foot off the brake, then accelerated forwards into a parked, unoccupied vehicle,” the report stated. The worker said he called the police because he could smell a “strong odor of alcohol” coming from Tarkanian…