Dozens apply for 3 vacancies in Nevada Legislature
CARSON CITY — Thirty-eight people have thrown their respective hats into the ring for the opportunity to fill a trio of vacancies in the Legislature.
Two of the vacancies came about because state senators were elected this month to different offices: Aaron Ford as attorney general and Tick Segerblom onto the Clark County Commission.
The third seat is vacant because brothel owner Dennis Hof was elected to the Assembly three weeks after he died.
The applicants include attorneys, previous political candidates, small-business owners and college professors.
Two are current elected officials: Assemblyman Chris Brooks, D-Las Vegas, who applied for Segerblom’s seat in District 3, and Clark County School District Trustee Kevin Child, who lost his re-election bid and applied for Ford’s seat in District 11.
Brooks said Tuesday that he has considered running for the Senate seat.
“It’s been such an honor to represent my neighbors in Assembly District 10,” Brooks said. “I just want the opportunity to represent even more of my neighbors.”
The county commissions are tasked with filling the vacancies, and they must be filled by someone of the same party as the person who created the vacancy.
Ford and Segerblom are Democrats, and their replacements will be appointed by Clark County commissioners.
Hof was a Republican, and the seat he won includes part of Clark, Nye and Lincoln counties, so the three county commissions will decide which of the 19 applicants will join the Assembly.
The application period for the seats closed Monday.
Here is a full list of all who applied for those seats:
Senate District 3
Alison Brasier — Attorney
Nancy Ramirez Ayala — Attorney and Blo Blow Dry Bar franchise owner
Chris Brooks — Nevada assemblyman
Larissa Drohobyczer — Attorney
Dean Richard Lauer, Jr. — Law enforcement specialist, former deputy chief in the Las Vegas Constable’s office
Karen Layne — Former police planner and assistant professor at UNLV
Jennifer Munoz — Vice president of business development for First American Title Insurance Company
Zenda Marie Shepherd — executive casino host
Lindsay Warner — Former legislative intern for Israeli Parliament
Senate District 11 applicants:
Lizbeth Arias — Advisor for UNLV Office of International Programs
Julie Elaine Bernell-Ostrovsky — Deputy executive director of Nevada Justice Association and part-time real estate agent.
Kevin Child — Clark County School District trustee
Rose Donahue — Producer and account executive for Quantum Arc Media in Las Vegas
Reuben D’Silva — Rancho High School teacher who ran in Nevada’s 1st Congressional District
Christopher Hardin — SRF Investments manager
Dallas Harris — Administrative attorney for Nevada Public Utilities Commission
Arlene Heshmati — Attorney in the Clark County Public Defender’s office
Cameron Miller — Entertainment consultant
Duy Nguyen — Vice President and CEO for Asian Community Development Council in Nevada
Assembly District 36 applicants:
Joseph Burdzinski — Nye County Republican Central Committee chairman
Brigitte Dubin — Nye County Raw Milk Commission member
Thomas Duryea — Nye County Planning Commissioner
Jared Fisher — Bike shop and tour company owner who ran for governor
William Gray — No employment provided
Gregory Hafen — Chairman of the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission and Pahrump Capital Improvement Advisory Committee
Jonathan Hernandez — Former emergency medical technician
Adam Westley — Great Basin College student
Tina Bond-Kuglin — Office manager and safety coordinator for Frehner Masonry Inc. in Las Vegas
Joseph Bradley — Medical doctor who ran for the Assembly seat in June
Charles Navarro — Former U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy’s deputy district director
Nathan Taylor — Business consultant
Sandra Faye Tulley — Real estate agent
Wayne Villines — Youth boarding school monitor
Walter Grudzinski — Adjunct professor at Great Basin College
Bailey Kesl — Research assistant at College of Southern Nevada
Brent Leavitt — Financial planner
Denise Mraz — No employment provided
Patrick Nary — Retired Army lieutenant colonel
Contact Capital Bureau Chief Colton Lochhead at clochhead@reviewjournal.com or 775-461-3820. Follow @ColtonLochhead on Twitter.
