Anat Levy
Anat Levy (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Nevada State Assembly to represent District 12. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 12, 2018.
Levy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Levy was a 2016 candidate for the 8th Judicial District Court in Nevada.[1] She was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1]
Biography
Levy received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1983 and a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1986. Below is a summary of her professional experience:
- 2000-Present: Principal attorney, Anat Levy & Associates, PC
- 1991-2000: Executive director of business & legal affairs, Paramount Pictures Corporation
- 1987-1991: Associate attorney, Katten Muchin Zavis &Weitzman / Wyman Bautzer Kuchel & Silbert[2]
Elections
2018
- See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2018
General election
General election for Nevada State Assembly District 12
Susan Martinez defeated Richard Fletcher and Mary Elizabeth Martinez in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 12 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Susan Martinez (D) | 53.8 | 12,708 |
| Richard Fletcher (R) | 43.1 | 10,172 | ||
| Mary Elizabeth Martinez (Independent American Party) | 3.1 | 736 | ||
| Total votes: 23,616 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 12
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 12 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Susan Martinez | 46.1 | 1,695 |
 | Anat Levy | 25.1 | 923 | |
 | Cinthia Moore | 11.0 | 403 | |
| Brandon Casutt | 6.2 | 229 | ||
 | Gabrielle D'Ayr | 5.5 | 204 | |
| Gregory York | 4.4 | 162 | ||
 | Walter Seip II | 1.7 | 64 | |
| Total votes: 3,680 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 12
Richard Fletcher advanced from the Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 12 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Richard Fletcher | |
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Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
The 72 judges of the Nevada District Courts are elected to six-year terms in nonpartisan elections. To serve additional terms, judges must run for re-election.[3]
Each district court selects its chief judge to a two-year term by peer vote. Not every district court is required to select a chief judge; only in districts with populations over 100,000 are the courts required to choose one.[3]
Qualifications
To serve on the Nevada District Courts, a judge must be:[3]
- a qualified elector;
- a state resident for two years;
- a district resident;
- at least 25 years old;
- licensed and admitted to practice law in Nevada; and
- a licensed attorney for 15 years with at least two years in Nevada.
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Anat Levy participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 15, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Anat Levy's responses follow below.[4]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Fix Nevada's public schools and bring them from last place in the nation to among the best in the nation. Grow and diversify Nevada's economy. Make our neighborhoods safe, including by bringing our mental health systems up to par and expanding our alternative court programs such as Veterans Court, Drug Court, Mental Health Court, etc.[5][6] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Improving our education system. Making quality affordable health care available to all. Diversifying our economy.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[6]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Anat Levy answered the following:
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
| “ | Integrity, smarts, ability to communicate effectively and negotiate, kindness, actually does the work necessary to be successful at the job.[6] | ” |
| “ | I have integrity, I am smart and have over 30 years of experience as a lawyer, mediator and arbitrator. I know how to read and understand laws. I am a mother of 4 successful now-adult children all of whom went to public schools. I am a cancer survivor and was a primary care taker of my elderly father. I understand first hand the need for affordable quality health care for all. I also donate a great deal of my professional time to helping veterans and kids.[6] | ” |
| “ | Proposing, lobbying for and passing laws that will help the community as a whole, and coordinating with consitutents to make sure their primary concerns are addressed in the manner they want.[6] | ” |
| “ | I would like to know that Nevada is better off having had me in its government.[6] | ” |
| “ | Protests of the Vietnam war and the assassination of Robert Kennedy.[6] | ” |
| “ | My first job was as an ice-cream scooper at Swensen's Ice Cream Parlor. It lasted a summer.[6] | ” |
| “ | No, but I do think it is helpful for them to have a law degree and understand how their laws will likely play out in court.[6] | ” |
| “ | Dealing with the water shortage, mental health issues.[6] | ” |
Campaign finance summary
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See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Nevada State Assembly elections, 2018
- Nevada State Assembly
- Courts in Nevada
- Local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Nevada local trial court judicial elections, 2016
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Clark County Courts
- Official campaign website
- Anat Levy on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlist - ↑ Anat Levy 2016 campaign website, "Experience," accessed May 26, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Nevada," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Anat Levy's responses," May 15, 2018
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Nevada • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Nevada
State courts:
Nevada Supreme Court • Nevada Court of Appeals • Nevada District Courts • Nevada Justice Courts • Nevada Municipal Courts • Clark County Family Court, Nevada
State resources:
Courts in Nevada • Nevada judicial elections • Judicial selection in Nevada
