CENTRAL NEVADA DISTRICT

Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004 | 1:25 a.m.

After surviving a term-limit challenge from a primary opponent, Sen. Mike McGinness faces Democrat Freddie L. Warman and Independent American Party candidate Kenneth Greenwell.

The Central Nevada District includes Mesquite and Indian Springs in Clark County, parts of Lyon, Douglas and Nye counties and all of Mineral, Esmeralda and Churchill counties.

McGinness, 57, manager of a radio station in Fallon, is seeking his fourth term representing the Central Nevada Senate District after two terms in the Assembly. McGinness said his primary focus is economic development for the rural counties.

He has also said his district is split to some extent on the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. The northern residents don't want the dump because the waste would be transported through or near their communities. But many in the southern part work at Yucca Mountain and are worried about job cuts, he said.

Warman, 51, of Indian Springs is a plumber and pipe fitter making his first run for public office.

Warman said he doesn't like seeing attorneys and "professional politicians" fill the elected positions, and hopes to someday be in a position to push for term limits for federal judges.

Greenwell, who ran for the Assembly two years ago, is a retired contractor from Fallon.

Greenwell, 64, said he is upset over the state Supreme Court's ruling on the tax increase during the 2003 Legislature. He also said the state should continue to fight the proposed nuclear waste dump.