The 2020 elections are a critical opportunity for voters across Northern Nevada to cast their ballots in support of the leadership they want to see at the local, state, and national levels on many issues, including public health, criminal justice reform and affordable housing.
KUNR’s local voter guide is meant to introduce you to candidates for several local races that impact your community, so you can make empowered decisions. We commend your efforts to be informed and participate in the democratic process.
Editor's Notes: Candidates have been listed in alphabetical order by last name. Some races include the audio and transcripts of candidate interviews that aired on KUNR FM. For other races, we have provided candidates’ responses to our questionnaire. Finally, multiple races in Northern Nevada are uncontested this election season and are, therefore, not included in this guide.
Federal
- 2nd Congressional District
- Patricia Ackerman
- Mark Amodei
- Janine Hansen*
State of Nevada
- Assembly District 26
- Vance Alm
- Lisa Krasner
- Assembly District 27
- Teresa Benitez-Thompson
- Barb Hawn
- Assembly District 30
- Natha Anderson
- Randy Hoff*
- Charlene Young*
- Assembly District 31
- Skip Daly
- Jill Dickman**
- Assembly District 32
- Alexis Hansen
- Paula Povilaitis
- Assembly District 39
- Deborah Chang
- Dave Jones
- Jim Wheeler
- Assembly District 40
- Sena Loyd
- Philip “P.K.” O’Neill
- Senate District 15
Nevada System of Higher Education
- Board of Regents, District 10
- Joseph Arrascada
- Kevin Melcher
Northern Nevada Races
- Washoe County Commission, District 1
- Washoe County Commission, District 4
- Marie Baker
- Vaughn Hartung**
- Washoe County School District Board of Trustees, Seat A
- Jeff Church
- Scott Kelley
- Washoe County School District Board of Trustees, Seat E
- Matthew Montognese
- Angie Taylor
- Washoe County School District Board of Trustees, Seat G, At Large
- Diane Nicolet
- Craig Wesner
- Reno City Council, Ward 1
- Jenny Brekhus
- J.D. Drakulich
- Reno City Council, Ward 3
- Oscar Delgado
- Rudy Leon
- Reno City Council, Ward 5
- Darla Fink
- Neoma Jardon
- Reno City Council, At Large
- George “Eddie” Lorton
- Devon Reese
- Sparks City Council, Ward 1
- Donald Abbott
- Wendy Stoylarov
- Sparks City Council, Ward 3
- Paul Anderson
- Quentin Smith
- Carson City Board Of Supervisors, Ward 2
- Maurice White
- Stacie Wilke-McCulloch
There are also several ballot initiatives this election cycle. Please visit the Nevada Secretary of State's website for more information.
*A few candidates did not meet KUNR’s qualifications for inclusion in our 2020 voter guide. Those basic qualifications include: reporting their campaign fundraising to the appropriate entities for transparency (which is a legal requirement) and raising at least $1,000 for their campaign. If those two requirements were not met by a candidate, KUNR did not reach out to them for an interview or to complete our voter guide questionnaire. These minimum requirements were determined by our editorial staff. If you have additional questions, please email us at news@kunr.org.
**Candidates for races included in KUNR's voter guide who did not accept repeated requests to be interviewed by KUNR.
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