Twelve relatives of a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Nevada wrote an op-ed on Monday opposing him.

“The decision to write this column has not been an easy one for us,” the dozen relatives said in the op-ed published in the Reno Gazette Journal. “We are writing as members of the Laxalt family who have spent our lives in Nevada, and feel compelled to protect our family name from being leveraged and exploited by Adam Laxalt, the Republican candidate for governor.”