Editorial: Sun offers its choices
Monday, Nov. 1, 2004 | 8:57 a.m.
November 1, 2004
Earlier this month the Las Vegas Sun offered its endorsements of candidates and made its recommendations on ballot questions for this year's election, all of which are recapped here. If you'd like to review the complete text of the Sun's endorsement editorials, please go online at www.lasvegassun.com and click on the Election 2004 link.
President
John Kerry (D)
U.S. Senate, House
Harry Reid (D) -- Senate
Shelley Berkley (D) -- House, District 1
Jim Gibbons (R) -- House, District 2
Tom Gallagher (D) -- House, District 3
State Senate (by district)
1 -- John Lee (D)
3 -- Valerie Wiener (D)
4 -- Steven Horsford (D)
5 -- Joe Heck (R)
6 -- Neither candidate
11 -- Mike Schneider (D)
Central Nevada -- Mike McGinness (R)
State Assembly (by district)
1 -- Marilyn Kirkpatrick (D)
2 -- Neither candidate
3 -- Peggy Pierce (D)
4 -- Neither candidate
5 -- Kirk Kaplan (D)
6 -- Harvey Munford (D)
7 -- Morse Arberry Jr. (D)
8 -- Barbara Buckley (D)
9 -- Chris Giunchigliani (D)
10 -- Joseph Hogan (D)
11 -- Bob McCleary (D)
12 -- Genie Ohrenschall (D)
13 -- Justin Jones (D)
14 -- Ellen Koivisto (D)
15 -- Kathy McClain (D)
16 -- John Oceguera (D)
17 -- Kelvin Atkinson (D)
18 -- Mark Manendo (D)
19 -- Jerry Claborn (D)
20 -- Joe Hardy (D)
21 -- Joseph Pitts (D) or Bob Seale (R)
22 -- Caren Levenson (D)
23 -- Richard Perkins (D)
28 -- Mo Denis (D)
29 -- Susan Gerhardt (D)
37 -- Marcus Conklin (D)
41 -- David Parks (D)
42 -- Harry Mortensen (D)
County Commission
District A -- Bruce Woodbury (R)
District B -- Shari Buck (R) or Tom Collins (D)
District C -- Chip Maxfield (R)
District D -- Yvonne Atkinson Gates(D)
District F -- David Goldwater (D)
Judiciary (nonpartisan)
Supreme Court (Seat A) -- Jim Hardesty
Supreme Court (Seat E) -- Ron Parraguirre
Supreme Court (Seat F) -- Michael Douglas
District Court(Department 1) -- Ken Cory
District Court (Department11) -- Elizabeth "Betsy" Gonzalez
Family Court (Department D) -- Gerald Hardcastle
Family Court (Department E) -- Robert Lueck
Family Court (Department F) -- Bob Gaston
Justice of the Peace (Department 7) -- Karen Bennett
Justice of the Peace (Department 9) -- Bernie Zadrowski
Education (nonpartisan)
State Board (1) -- Sharon Frederick
University Regent (7) -- Steve Sisolak
University Regent (13) -- James Dean Leavitt or Gloria Sturman
School Board (A) -- Mary Beth Scow
School Board (B) -- Ruth Johnson
School Board (C) --Shirley Barber
School Board (E) -- Denise Brodsky
Ballot questions
(Questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 would amend Constitution)
Question 1: Passing education budget first -- No
Question 2: Mandating level of education funding -- No
Question 3: Limiting medical malpractice awards -- No
Question 4: Regulating insurance rates, including medical malpractice -- No
Question 5: Limiting lawyer fees and medical malpractice awards -- No
Question 6: Increasing the minimum wage -- Yes
Question 7: Removing archaic language related to voting -- Yes
Question 8: Expanding sales tax exemptions -- No
Question 9: Sales tax increase for more police officers -- Yes
Question 10: Eliminating unfunded mandates -- No
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