Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 | 5:32 p.m.
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- No clear front runner — yet — in race for Las Vegas mayor (2-4-2011)
- Carolyn Goodman says she, not Oscar, would call shots if elected mayor (2-3-2011)
- Las Vegas mayoral race drawing a crowd (2-3-2011)
- Carolyn Goodman, wife of Oscar Goodman, enters Las Vegas mayor race (2-2-2011)
- Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani announces run for Las Vegas mayor (2-2-2011)
- Retired car salesman enters Las Vegas mayoral race (2-1-2011)
- Steve Ross, Larry Brown file in Las Vegas mayoral race (1-31-2011)
- Fifth candidate files in Las Vegas mayoral race (1-28-2011)
- Las Vegas mayoral race draws three candidates (1-25-2011)
It's official: 18 people are running to replace Oscar Goodman as Las Vegas mayor.
The crowded field grew by three Friday, the deadline to enter the race. The candidates run the gamut from political insider to unknown, working mom to retiree.
In alphabetical order, they are:
A. “Duke” Breuer, a retiree and one of the patients caught up in the hepatitis scare at Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada.
Larry Brown, a former professional baseball player and Clark County commissioner.
Victor Chaltiel, a well-connected and well-funded former health care administrator and venture capitalist.
Katherine “Katie” Duncan, a west Las Vegas businesswoman and founder of the Ward 5 Chamber of Commerce.
Joe Falco, a retired car salesman who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2003.
Tim Gamble, a training officer and emergency medical technician at Caesars Entertainment Corp.
Chris Giunchigliani, a former special-education teacher and Clark County commissioner.
Carolyn Goodman, a school administrator and wife of Mayor Oscar Goodman.
George Harris, a restaurateur, Tequila producer and former Republican organizer.
Larry M. Jeppesen, a retiree who has been a teacher, cowboy and ore hauler in northern Nevada gold mines.
Deborah Love, no information available.
Christine Montez, no information available.
Marlene Rogoff, a real estate agent who filed candidate paperwork with Chippendales dancers at her side.
Steve Ross, a certified master electrician and Las Vegas city councilman.
Abdul H. Shabazz, a businessman who describes himself as a "professional dice hustler, turned denture maker."
Ed Uehling, a real estate investor who ran unsuccessfully for sheriff in 1994. Uehling was accused during that campaign of running a business without a license but a judge dismissed the charge and the Nevada Supreme Court upheld the ruling.
Angel Vasquez, a former director of the Nebraska Mexican American Commission.
Anthony “little guy” Wernicke, a former break dancer and bus driver who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate in 2008 and Clark County assessor in 2010. In those races, Wernicke used the nickname "TonyBop."
The mayoral primary will be April 5, and early voting starts in six weeks. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, then the two candidates with the highest tallies will face off in a general election June 7.
Turnout for mayoral races is typically low, and if 50,000 of Las Vegas' 235,000 registered voters cast ballots, it would be a good showing.
With such a crowded field, that means the margin to victory could be tiny.
The mayor's position carries an annual salary of $65,247. The winner will be seated in summer.
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