Some readers have written asking if I’m going to make endorsements in this year’s primary races. I hesitate to call them “endorsements,” but based on what I’ve heard and learned about the candidates in some races, here’s who I would vote for if the election were held today – which it’s not, so there’s still time to make up my/our minds on some undecided races….
U.S. Senate: (not decided yet)
Governor: (not decided yet)
Lt. Governor: Brian Krolicki
Attorney General: (not decided yet)
Controller: Barry Herr
CD 1: Craig Lake
CD 2: Dean Heller
CD 3: Joe Heck
State Senate Capital: (not decided yet)
State Senate District 1: Tom Koziol
State Senate 2 – Washoe: Don Gustavson
State Senate 4 – Washoe: (not decided yet)
State Senate 5 – Clark: Michael Roberson
State Senate 9 – Clark: Elizabeth Halseth
State Senate 10 – Clark: Dallas Augustine
State Senate 7 – Clark: Tony Wright
State Senate 12 – Clark: Patrick McNaught
Assembly District 2: (not decided yet)
Assembly District 3: (not decided yet)
Assembly District 5: (not decided yet)
Assembly District 8: (not decided yet)
Assembly District 13: Anybody but Nathan Taylor
Assembly District 16: (not decided yet)
Assembly District 18: (not decided yet)
Assembly District 20: Cresent Hardy
Assembly District 21: (not decided yet)
Assembly District 22: Anybody but Lynn Stewart
Assembly District 25: (not decided yet)
Assembly District 26: (not decided yet)
Assembly District 27: (not decided yet)
Assembly District 28: Tino Mendoza
Assembly District 31: Randi Thompson
Assembly District 32: Ira Hansen
Assembly District 33: Dale Andrus
Assembly District 38: Gary Gladwill
Assembly District 39: (not decided yet)
Assembly District 40: Pete Livermore
In some local Clark County races….
Clark County Commission F: Mitchell Tracy
District Court Judge 28: Lucinda Coumou
District Court Judge 31: Marc Risman
University Regent District 3: Kevin Page
University Regent District 13: James Dean Leavitt
Clark County School District F: Barbara Altman or Ken Small
Clark County School District G: Kamau Bakari
Justice of the Peace 13: Suzan Baucum or Frank Coumou
Justice of the Peace 14: Bernie Zadrowski
I’ll update the list with additional suggestions as more information and additional spinal matter become available.