Upon receiving invites from students in U.S. Government and Politics teachers Joseph Juliano and Adam Cegavske, over 50 candidates that were invited have confirmed their attendance for candidate night next Thursday.
“The purpose of Candidate Night is to get the senior class government students to understand the importance of elections, actually take the time to educate themselves on who is running and make a good decision on who to vote for,” Juliano said. “[This allows students to not be] so intimidated on how they think about participating in politics and how they think anyone that wants to get involved can.”
Students that will be turning 18 before the next election and have a Nevada issued identification card are eligible to register to vote at Candidate Night. Anyone attending will be able to meet candidates from the upcoming November election and ask them questions. Only candidates running in the general election will be in attendance.
“It’s important to go to Candidate Night because as citizens, it is our civic duty in a democracy to learn about the people running for office,” senior Ally Chan said. “We are the future, therefore we should elect the most eligible candidate to represent us.”
| Position | Candidate |
| BALLOT QUESTION 4 | Bennet, Doug |
| CLARK COUNTY ASSESSOR | Johnson, Briana |
| CLARK COUNTY CLERK | Goya, Lynn Marie |
| CLARK COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT F | Black, Tisha |
| CLARK COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT F | Jones, Justin |
| CLARK COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT G | Marsh, Doug |
| CLARK COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR | Fougere, Thomas L. |
| CLARK COUNTY RECORDER | MacFarlane, Jill |
| COMMUNITY GROUP | Save Red Rock |
| CONSTABLE, HENDERSON TOWNSHIP | Taylor, Kenny |
| DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ELECTIONS | Thorley, Wayne |
| DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, DEPT. 18 | Holthus, Mary Kay |
| JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT SEAT F | Silver, Abbi |
| JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT SEAT G | Stiglich, Lidia |
| NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERAL | Duncan, Wes |
| NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERAL | Ford, Aaron |
| NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERAL | Hansen, Joel F. |
| NEVADA GOVERNOR | Bundy, Ryan |
| NEVADA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR | Hansen, Janine |
| NEVADA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR | Uehling, Ed |
| NEVADA SECRETARY OF STATE | Cegavske, Barbara K. |
| NEVADA STATE CONTROLLER | Knecht, Ron |
| NEVADA STATE TREASURER | Beers, Bob |
| NEVADA STATE TREASURER | Conine, Zach |
| POLITICAL PARTY | DEMOCRAT |
| POLITICAL PARTY | GREEN |
| REGENT, STATE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT 1 | Cato, Jo |
| REGENT, STATE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT 12 | Carvalho, Amy |
| REGENT, STATE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT 12 | Coates, Andrew |
| REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS DISTRICT 3 | Brown, Steve |
| REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS DISTRICT 3 | Goossen, David |
| REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS DISTRICT 4 | Luckner, Gregg |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 02 | Sherwood, Jennie |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 03 | Sedlmeyer, Stephen G. |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 03 | Torres, Selena |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 05 | Miller, Brittney |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 07 | Neal, Dina |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 08 | Frierson, Jason |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 08 | Peetris, Tina M. |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 10 | Searles, Noel |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 15 | Watts, III, Howard |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 20 | McDonald, Michael L. |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 28 | Flores, Edgar |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 29 | James-Newman, Bruce |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 35 | Gorelow, Michelle |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 35 | Hofstein, Daniel |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 35 | Schoen, David |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 36 | Romanov, Lesia |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 41 | Jauregui, Sandra |
| STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 41 | Wade, Paris |
| STATE SENATE DISTRICT 09 | Scheible, Melanie |
| STATE SENATE DISTRICT 10 | Cancela, Yvanna |
| STATE SENATE DISTRICT 12 | Jordahl, Craig |
| STATE SENATE DISTRICT 20 | Pickard, Keith |
| TRUSTEE, CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT D | Cepeda, Irene |
| TRUSTEE, CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT F | Ford, Danielle |
| TRUSTEE, CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT F | Miller, Kali Fox |
| UNITED STATES SENATE | Rosen, Jacky |
The event will last from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Clubs will also be selling concessions during the event.
“We have people from every office within Clark County [attending Candidate Night],” Juliano said. “Everything from the governor candidates, congressional races, senate race, Dean Heller, Jackie Rosen and all of the congressional district races for congressional districts one, three, and four. We have all the positions from national to local.”
All students, especially seniors, are encouraged to attend the event.
“It provides the human-to-human interaction that TV ads, billboards, and rallies overlook,” Kang said. “It gives people the chance to talk to other people in the community and to voice their opinions with their representatives, which is extremely important. I’m going because I know that this election is of extreme importance and given that these elected officials will represent us as Nevadans and Americans, I want to help build a better connection between the people and their representatives.”
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