Editorial: Sun offers its choices

Friday, Oct. 29, 2004 | 6:22 a.m.

WEEKEND EDITION

October 30 - 31, 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