2020 Personal Candidate Recommendations

Been getting LOTS of emails from readers who have no idea who to vote for in some races for the June 9 primary.  I feel your pain.  In the same boat.  Especially when it comes to judicial races.

And with that in mind, my first recommendation is: Don’t mail in your ballot yet!

The deadline is midnight, June 9.  So there’s no rush.  And a number of candidates are just now starting to send out their campaign mailers.

But for those who just can’t wait to get it over with, the following are some initial personal recommendations I’ve come up with so far.  More will be added as I complete more research.

Please note, these are SUBJECT TO CHANGE at any time between now and June 9 as new information comes in.

• Congressional District 2: Mark Amodei
• Congressional District 3: Dan Rodimer
• Congressional District 4:  Lisa Song-Sutton

• Senate District 11: Joshua Dowden

• Assembly District 2: Erik Sexton
• Assembly District 4: Richard McArthur
• Assembly District 19: Annie Black
• Assembly District 26: Lisa Krasner
• Assembly District 29: Steven DeLisle
• Assembly District 31: Jill Dickman
• Assembly District 35: Jay Calhoun
• Assembly District 36: (none of the above)
• Assembly District 37: Andy Matthews
• Assembly District 38: Robin Titus
• Assembly District 40: Day Williams*

* NOTE: The other Republican running for this seat, former Assemblyman P.K. O’Neill, is one of the “Dirty Dozen” Republicans who voted for the largest tax hike in Nevada history in 2015.

• Nevada Regent District 3: Swadeep Nigam*

* NOTE: Another Republican running for this seat, former Assemblyman Steve Silberkraus, is one of the “Dirty Dozen” Republicans who voted for the largest tax hike in Nevada history in 2015 & is running on all the DEMOCRAT endorsements he’s received.

• Nevada Supreme Court B: Kristina Pickering
• Nevada Supreme Court D: Douglas Herndon*

* NOTE: The other Republican running for this seat, former Assemblyman Erv Nelson, is one of the “Dirty Dozen” Republicans who voted for the largest tax hike in Nevada history in 2015.

CLARK COUNTY

• District Court Judge Department 1: Jacob Villani
• District Court Judge Department 2: Richard Scotti
• District Court Judge Department 3: Adam Ganz
• District Court Judge Department 4: Barbara Schifalacqua
• District Court Judge Department 5: Terry Coffing
• District Court Judge Department 15: Joe Hardy Jr.
• District Court Judge Department 17: Michael Villani
• District Court Judge Department 18: Mary Kay Holthus
• District Court Judge Department 19: Bill Kephart
• District Court Judge Department 20: Eric Johnson
• District Court Judge Department 21:  Jacob Reynolds
• District Court Judge Department 22: Susan Johnson
• District Court Judge Department 23: Jim Sweetin
• District Court Judge Department 24: Dan Gilliam
• District Court Judge Department 28: Ron Israel
• District Court Judge Department 31: Joanna Kishner
• District Court Judge Department 32: (undecided)
• Family Court Judge Department A: Bill Voy
• Family Court Judge Department I: Michelle Tobler
• Family Court Judge Department J: Rena Hughes
• Family Court Judge Department M: Robert Kurth
• Family Court Judge Department P: Mary Perry
• Family Court Judge Department S: Regina McConnell
• Family Court Judge Department S: Lisa Szyc
• Family Court Judge Department T:  Jason Stoffel
• Family Court Judge Department U: Bill Gonzalez
• Family Court Judge Department V: Margaret Pickard
• Family Court Judge Department Y: Kari Molnar
• Family Court Judge Department Z: Michele Mercer

OTHER RACES

• State Board of Education District 1: Steve Esh
• State Board of Education District 3: Bruce James-Newman
• Clark County School Board A:  Anand Nair
• Clark County School Board B: Bryan Wachter
• Clark County School Board C:  Noel Searles
• Lyon County District 3: Ken Gray
• Lyon County District 4: Robert Jacobson
• Lyon County District 5: David Hockaday
• Nye County Commission 1: Bruce Jabbour
• Nye County Commission 2: John Koenig
• Nye County Commission 3: Donna Cox
• Carson City Mayor: Jim Shirk
• Reno City Council At Large: Eddie Lorton
• Washoe School Board A: Jeff Church
• Washoe School Board G: John Eppolito

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