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24Nov2009

2010 Nevada Candidates – An Updated List

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 18:28

Since 2005, Nevada Confidential has been keeping you posted on who is talking about running and who others are talking about as candidates for office here in Nevada.

When this year’s legislative session ended, we published our first take on who might be running in 2010. Our early speculation was reasonably accurate on many races and rather wrong on others. Like, who would have guessed there would be 15 announced candidates against Harry Reid by the end of the year? Plus, we were rather certain Barbra Buckley would run for Governor and that Brian Sandoval wouldn’t. So, based on that experience, you can be near certain that the list below will NOT be accurate after the filing deadlines.

Those listed in Bold have announced they are a candidate and/or formed an official campaign committee. The name of a candidate usually contains a link to her or his campaign website.

As you will see, these folks who have publically committed to run are about the only ones on this new list. We now have such a plethora of read-deal candidates; there is simply not much room for idle speculation. Well, apart from when it is related to Mayor Oscar Goodman. Why the exception? Because: (1) he’s Oscar Goodman; and (2) whether he takes advantage of it or not, he has the unique opportunity this year to dramatically change politics in Nevada & nationally.

Stay tuned for all the exciting details. If you are aware of others who should be on this list, please post a comment below – or drop us an email.

CONGRESS

United States Senate

2004: Sen. Harry Reid (D) 61%, Richard Ziser (R) 35%

Democrats

U.S. Senator Harry Reid

Republicans

Sharron Angle - Ex-State Assemblywoman for 4 terms, Businesswoman
Mark E. Amodei – State Senator
John Chachas - Investment Banker
Greg Dagani – Ex State Board of Education member
Chuck Flume – Dentist
Chuck Kozak - Attorney
Sue Lowden – Ex-State GOP Chair, Ex-State Sen. & Businesswoman
Mark Noonan - Retired
Bill Parson – Former Senior Project Manager, Nevada Test Site
Terry Suominen – Businessperson
Danny Tarkanian – Businessperson and ‘06 GOP nominee for Sec of State
Robin L. Titus – Physician
Mike Wiley - Ex-Radio Talk Show Host, Ex-Democrat & '94 Candidate in Florida

Libertarians

Jim Duensing - Radio Talk Show Host, Attorney & Frequent Candidate

Independents

Jeff Durbin – Businessperson

1st Congressional District

2008: Rep. Shelley Berkley (D) 68%, Kenneth Wegner (R) 28%

Democrats

Congresswoman Shelley Berkley

Republicans

Craig Lake – Retail Store Owner
Kenneth Wegner – 2008 GOP nominee

Independents

2nd Congressional District

2008: Rep. Dean Heller (R) 52%, Jill Derby (D) 41%

Democrats

Paul Reeves - Concert Organizer
Jack Schofield - Ex-State Sen., Ex-State Rep., Developer, Educator & WWII Veteran
Dems & progressives still openly recruiting for a candidate

Republicans

Congressman Dean Heller

Independents

3rd Congressional District

2008: Dina Titus (D) 47%, Rep. Jon Porter (R) 42%

Democrats

Congresswoman Dina Titus
Shanna Phillips

Republicans

Joe Heck - Ex-State Sen., Physician & Iraq War Veteran
Edward S. Bridges II - Retired Air Force Colonel
Rob Lauer – Real Estate Investor
Eleanor "Ellie" Ahern - Independent Telecommunications Professional & Cong. Ron Paul supporter

Independents

Brad Lord-Leutwyler - Professor of Logic and Critical Thought at UNLV

STATE-WIDE OFFICES

Governor

Democrats

Note: Goodman is currently a registered Democrat. If that does not change in December 2009, he will only be eligible to run for office in 2010 as a Democrat.

Republicans

Governor Jim Gibbons
Mike Montandon - North Las Vegas Mayor & Banker
Brian Sandoval - -Ex-US District Court Judge, Ex-Attorney General & Ex-State Assemblyman

Independents