Assembly District 22

Thursday, Aug. 15, 2002 | 7:23 a.m.

District 22 Republican incumbent David Brown faces a challenge from political newcomer Charles Carpenter in the primary.

The winner will meet in the general election Caren Levenson, a Democrat who is unchallenged, and Jesse Harris of the Independent American Party.

Brown, 39, owner of a construction law practice, has served as a member of the Legislative Commission and on the subcommittees on regulation review and the Public Lands-Wilderness Study Area.

His campaign platform supports limits on government spending, changing construction defect statutes to permit contractors to make repairs, more funding for classrooms and corporate accountability.

Carpenter, 68, a retired management analyst and industrial engineer with 22 years experience as a county government employee, is running on a platform to limit the influence of out-of-state lobbyists. He pledges to vote against new taxes and review the salaries of all government officials.

He also wants an in-depth review of environmental laws in Nevada and a review of all current and state contracts and the creation of a central location to register handguns.

Levenson, 44, an administrative assistant and member of the Clark County Yucca Mountain Advisory Board and state and county Democratic Central Committees, will campaign for the November election on a platform that includes maintaining affordable and accessible health care.

She also will seek funding for education in schools and for Yucca Mountain but wants to "keep it (nuclear waste) out of Nevada."

Harris, 21, a computer technician, says his youth and lack of experience should not be detractors because "I have not learned how to compromise for convenience, be vague to avoid controversy or use deception to achieve my ends."

He is campaigning on a platform of the state taking control of vast federal land holdings in Nevada and putting more control of schools in the hands of the public, including alternatives to public schools such as Internet classes. He also wants an investigation into insurance companies in regard to the medical malpractice crisis.