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Cedric Crear
Cedric Crear was a member of the Las Vegas City Council in Nevada, representing Ward 5. He assumed office in 2018. He left office on December 4, 2024.
Crear ran for election for Mayor of Las Vegas in Nevada. He lost in the primary on June 11, 2024.
Biography
Crear earned his B.S. from Howard University. His professional experience includes serving as the president of both Crear Outdoor Advertising and Crear Creative Group. He also worked as a business consultant for SBC Telecommunications in 2005, as the chief marketing officer for Vestin Group, Inc. from 2003 to 2004, as the director of marketing at Sunset Station Hotel & Casino from 2002 to 2003, as the director of marketing at Palace Station Hotel & Casino in 2002, as the director of marketing at Barley's Casino & Brewery from 2000 to 2002, as the director of casino marketing at Sunset Station Hotel & Casino from 1999 to 2000, as the casino marketing manager at Sunset Station Hotel & Casino from 1998 to 1999, as the hotel sales manager at Sunset Station Hotel & Casino from 1997 to 1998, as the player development manager at Station Casinos Kansas City from 1996 to 1997, as a management trainee at Palace Station Hotel & Casino from 1994 to 1996, and as the general manager for reservations and sales at Las Vegas Reservation Systems from 1992 to 1994.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in Las Vegas, Nevada (2024)
General election
General election for Mayor of Las Vegas
Shelley Berkley defeated Victoria Seaman in the general election for Mayor of Las Vegas on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shelley Berkley (Nonpartisan) | 53.2 | 133,520 |
 | Victoria Seaman (Nonpartisan) | 46.8 | 117,390 | |
| Total votes: 250,910 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Las Vegas
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Las Vegas on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shelley Berkley (Nonpartisan) | 35.7 | 25,839 |
| ✔ | | Victoria Seaman (Nonpartisan) | 28.9 | 20,942 |
 | Cedric Crear (Nonpartisan) | 18.9 | 13,700 | |
| Tera Anderson (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 3,148 | ||
 | Kara Jenkins (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 1,679 | |
| Dan Chapman (Nonpartisan) | 1.9 | 1,403 | ||
 | Donna Miller (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 1,111 | |
 | Lynn Baird (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 970 | |
 | Irina Hansen (Nonpartisan) | 1.2 | 849 | |
 | William Walls (Nonpartisan) | 0.9 | 661 | |
| Michael Pacino (Nonpartisan) | 0.9 | 619 | ||
 | Deb Peck (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 581 | |
| Kola Akingbade (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 547 | ||
 | Eric Medlin (Nonpartisan) | 0.5 | 385 | |
| Total votes: 72,434 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Janiecia Fernandez (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Crear in this election.
2019
See also: City elections in Las Vegas, Nevada (2019)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Las Vegas City Council Ward 5
Incumbent Cedric Crear won election outright against Henry Thorns and Derek Washington in the primary for Las Vegas City Council Ward 5 on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cedric Crear (Nonpartisan) | 59.7 | 1,879 |
 | Henry Thorns (Nonpartisan) | 29.3 | 922 | |
 | Derek Washington (Nonpartisan) | 11.0 | 345 | |
| Total votes: 3,146 | |||
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Note: The general election was canceled after incumbent Cedric Crear won the position outright by receiving more than 50% of the votes cast in the primary election.
2018
See also: Municipal elections in Las Vegas, Nevada (2018)
General election
General election for Las Vegas City Council Ward 5
The following candidates ran in the general election for Las Vegas City Council Ward 5 on March 27, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cedric Crear (Nonpartisan) | 27.1 | 627 |
 | Harvey J. Munford (Nonpartisan) | 17.4 | 402 | |
 | Shondra Summers-Armstrong (Nonpartisan) | 17.1 | 394 | |
 | Sheila Collins (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 232 | |
| Joseph Mitchell (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 232 | ||
 | Patricia Messinger (Nonpartisan) | 6.4 | 147 | |
| Walter Jones III (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 131 | ||
 | Randy Voyard (Nonpartisan) | 1.9 | 44 | |
| Timothy Hicks (Nonpartisan) | 1.8 | 42 | ||
| Shannon Hopkins (Nonpartisan) | 1.4 | 32 | ||
| Curtis Coleman (Nonpartisan) | 1.2 | 27 | ||
| Total votes: 2,310 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Cedric Crear did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Cedric Crear did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
Las Vegas City Council Ward 5 2018-2024 |
Succeeded by Shondra Summers-Armstrong |
| Preceded by - |
Nevada Board of Regents District 1 2007-2018 |
Succeeded by - |
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