Las Vegas Sun

April 24, 2024

Endorsements: Our picks for the statewide and local races

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A pole worker lays out “I Voted” stickers at a polling place Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Las Vegas.

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Here are the Sun’s endorsements for the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

National

U.S. Senate: Catherine Cortez Masto, Incumbent (D)

U.S. House, District 1: Dina Titus, Incumbent (D)

U.S. House, District 3: Susie Lee, Incumbent (D)

U.S. House, District 4: Steven Horsford, Incumbent (D)

Statewide

Governor: Steve Sisolak, Incumbent (D)

Lt. Governor: Elizabeth “Lisa” Cano Burkhead, Incumbent (D)

Attorney General: Aaron Ford, Incumbent (D)

Secretary of State: Cisco Aguilar (D)

Treasurer: Zach Conine, Incumbent (D)

Controller: Ellen Spiegel (D)

Board of Regents, District 6: Heather Brown

Board of Regents, District 7: Susan Brager

Board of Regents, District 8: Michelee “Shelly” Crawford and John Patrick Rice (dual endorsement)

Board of Regents, District 13: John Moran, Incumbent

State Legislature

Senate, District 2: Edgar Flores (D)

Senate, District 8: Marilyn Dondero Loop, Incumbent (D)

Senate, District 9: Melanie Scheible, Incumbent (D)

Senate, District 10: Fabian Donate, Incumbent (D)

Senate, District 12: Julie Ann Pazina (D)

Senate, District 20: No Endorsement

Senate, District 21: James Ohrenschall, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 1: Daniele Monroe-Moreno, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 2: Heidi Kasama, Incumbent (R)

Assembly, District 3: Selena Elizabeth Torres, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 4: Richard McArthur, Incumbent (R)

Assembly, District 5: Brittney Miller, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 6: Shondra Summers–Armstrong, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 7: Cameron Homer “C.H.” Miller, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 8: Duy Nguyen (D)

Assembly, District 9: Steve Yeager, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 10: Rochelle Nguyen, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 11: Beatrice “Bea” Duran, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 12: Max E. Carter II (D)

Assembly, District 13: Will Rucker (D)

Assembly, District 14: Erica Mosca (D)

Assembly, District 15: Howard Watts, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 16: Cecelia González, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 17: Clara “Claire” Thomas, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 18: Venicia Considine, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 19: Thaddeus “Toby” Yurek (R)

Assembly, District 20: David Orentlicher, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 21: Elaine Marzola, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 22: Melissa Hardy, Incumbent (R)

Assembly, District 23: Elizabeth Brickfield (D)

Assembly, District 28: Reuben D’Silva (D)

Assembly, District 29: Lesley Elizabeth Cohen, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 34: Shannon Bilbray–Axelrod, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 35: Michelle Gorelow, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 36: No Endorsement

Assembly, District 37: Shea Backus (D)

Assembly, District 41: Sandra Jauregui, Incumbent (D)

Assembly, District 42: Tracy Brown–May, Incumbent (D)

Local

Clark County Commission, District E: “Tick” Segerblom, Incumbent (D)

Clark County Commission, District F: Justin Jones, Incumbent (D)

Clark County Commission, District G: Jim Gibson, Incumbent (D)

County Assessor: Briana Johnson, Incumbent (D)

County Clerk: Lynn Marie Goya, Incumbent (D)

County Recorder: Debbie Conway, Incumbent (D)

County District Attorney: Steve Wolfson, Incumbent (D)

County Public Administrator: Rita Page Reid (D)

County Treasurer: J. “Ken” Diaz (D)

School District D: Irene Cepeda, Incumbent

School District F: Irene Bustamante Adams

School District G: Greg Wieman

Henderson City Council, Ward 3: Trish Nash

Las Vegas City Council, Ward 4: No Endorsement

Las Vegas City Council, Ward 6: Nancy Brune

North Las Vegas Mayor: Pamela Goynes Brown

Judicial

Nevada Court of Appeals, Department 1: Deborah Westbrook

Nevada 8th Judicial District (Clark County) Court, Department 9: Maria Gall, Incumbent

Nevada 8th Judicial District (Clark County) Court, Department 11: Ellie Roohani, Incumbent

Nevada 8th Judicial District (Clark County) Court, Department 17: Jennifer Schwartz

Family Division, Department A: Mari Parladé

Las Vegas Justice Court Division 6: Jessica Goodey

Las Vegas Justice Court Division 7: Max Berkley

Las Vegas Justice Court Division 9: Joe M. Bonaventure, Incumbent

Las Vegas Justice Court Division 10: Cybill Dotson

Las Vegas Justice Court Division 13: Rebecca Saxe

Ballot Measures

Question 1, Equal Rights Amendment: Yes

Question 2, Minimum Wage Increase: Yes

Question 3, Open primaries and ranked–choice voting: No