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City elections in Las Vegas, Nevada (2024)
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| 2024 Las Vegas elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: January 12, 2024, March 15, 2024 & July 26, 2024 |
| Primary election: June 11, 2024 General election: November 5, 2024 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Mayor, city council, and judicial offices |
| Total seats up: 13 (click here for mayoral elections) |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2024 |
The city of Las Vegas, Nevada, held general elections for mayor, city council, and judicial offices on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for June 11, 2024. The filing deadline for judicial seats was January 12, 2024, and the filing deadline for non-judicial seats was March 15, 2024. A filing deadline for justice of the peace was July 26, 2024.
Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.
Elections
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Candidates and results
Offices up for election in 2024:
City council
Ward 1
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Las Vegas City Council Ward 1
Incumbent Brian Knudsen won election outright against Miriam Gibson and Dennis Chairez in the primary for Las Vegas City Council Ward 1 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brian Knudsen (Nonpartisan) | 62.1 | 5,923 |
 | Miriam Gibson (Nonpartisan)  | 24.0 | 2,286 | |
| Dennis Chairez (Nonpartisan) | 13.9 | 1,322 | ||
| Total votes: 9,531 | |||
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Ward 3
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Las Vegas City Council Ward 3
Incumbent Olivia Diaz won election outright against Melissa Clary and David Gomez in the primary for Las Vegas City Council Ward 3 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Olivia Diaz (Nonpartisan) | 57.5 | 2,963 |
 | Melissa Clary (Nonpartisan) | 33.3 | 1,717 | |
 | David Gomez (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 470 | |
| Total votes: 5,150 | |||
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Ward 5
General election
General election for Las Vegas City Council Ward 5
Shondra Summers-Armstrong defeated Cameron Miller in the general election for Las Vegas City Council Ward 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shondra Summers-Armstrong (Nonpartisan) | 53.5 | 15,078 |
 | Cameron Miller (Nonpartisan) | 46.5 | 13,118 | |
| Total votes: 28,196 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Las Vegas City Council Ward 5
The following candidates ran in the primary for Las Vegas City Council Ward 5 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shondra Summers-Armstrong (Nonpartisan) | 32.0 | 2,484 |
| ✔ | | Cameron Miller (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 1,472 |
 | Sheila Collins (Nonpartisan) | 13.7 | 1,063 | |
 | Katie Duncan (Nonpartisan) | 10.8 | 837 | |
 | Josanna Espejo (Nonpartisan) | 10.3 | 796 | |
| Mariana Catherine Santiago (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 441 | ||
 | Erika Smith (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 396 | |
| Barbara Jones Zangaro (Nonpartisan) | 3.5 | 271 | ||
| Total votes: 7,760 | |||
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Judicial offices
Municipal court
Department 2
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Susan Roger (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Department 3
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Cara Campbell (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Department 5
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Las Vegas Municipal Court Department 5
Rebecca Wolfson won election outright against Shannon Nordstrom and Rae Canady in the primary for Las Vegas Municipal Court Department 5 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rebecca Wolfson (Nonpartisan) | 52.8 | 35,246 |
| Shannon Nordstrom (Nonpartisan) | 27.1 | 18,112 | ||
 | Rae Canady (Nonpartisan) | 20.0 | 13,366 | |
| Total votes: 66,724 | |||
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Justice of the Peace
General election
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace general election, 2024 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| Department 1 | This general election was canceled. |
| Department 2 |
Joseph Sciscento (i) Kristal Bradford |
| Department 4 |
Suzan Baucum Hilary Heap James Dean Leavitt Jessica Smith-Peterson Holly Stoberski |
| Department 5 |
Cynthia Dustin-Cruz (i) Madilyn Leavitt Cole |
| Department 8 |
Nancy Bernstein Amy Ferreira |
| Department 10 | This general election was canceled. |
| Department 15 | This general election was canceled. |
Primary
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace primary, 2024 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| Department 1 |
Elana Lee Graham (i) |
| Department 2 |
Joseph Sciscento (i)Kristal Bradford Ava Natalia Bravo |
| Department 5 |
Cynthia Dustin-Cruz* (i) Madilyn Leavitt Cole* |
| Department 8 |
Nancy Bernstein* Amy Ferreira* |
| Department 10 |
Noreen Demonte (i) |
| Department 15 |
Melisa De La Garza (i) |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Nevada elections, 2024
June 11, 2024
- United States Senate election in Nevada, 2024
- Nevada's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
- Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
- Nevada's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
- Nevada State Senate elections, 2024
- Nevada State Assembly elections, 2024
- Nevada Supreme Court elections, 2024
- Municipal elections in Clark County, Nevada (2024)
- City elections in North Las Vegas, Nevada (2024)
- Mayoral election in Las Vegas, Nevada (2024)
- Clark County School District, Nevada, elections (2024)
November 5, 2024
- United States Senate election in Nevada, 2024
- Nevada's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
- Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
- Nevada's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
- Nevada State Senate elections, 2024
- Nevada State Assembly elections, 2024
- Nevada Supreme Court elections, 2024
- Nevada Community-Based School Districts Initiative (2024)#Measure design
- Nevada Question 1, Remove Constitutional Status of Board of Regents Amendment (2024)
- Nevada Question 2, Revising Language Related to Public Entities for Individuals with Mental Illness, Blindness, or Deafness Amendment (2024)
- Nevada Question 3, Top-Five Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative (2024)
- Nevada Question 4, Remove Slavery as Punishment for Crime from Constitution Amendment (2024)
- Nevada Question 5, Sales Tax Exemption for Diapers Measure (2024)
- Nevada Question 6, Right to Abortion Initiative (2024)
- Nevada Question 7, Require Voter Identification Initiative (2024)
- Municipal elections in Clark County, Nevada (2024)
- City elections in North Las Vegas, Nevada (2024)
- Mayoral election in Las Vegas, Nevada (2024)
- Clark County School District, Nevada, elections (2024)
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About the city
- See also: Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is a city in Clark County, Nevada. As of 2020, its population was 641,903.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Las Vegas uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[1]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Las Vegas, Nevada | ||
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| Las Vegas | Nevada | |
| Population | 641,903 | 3,104,614 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 141 | 109,859 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 58.5% | 62.1% |
| Black/African American | 12.1% | 9.3% |
| Asian | 6.7% | 8.3% |
| Native American | 1% | 1.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 10.8% |
| Multiple | 8.2% | 7.5% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 33.2% | 28.9% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 85.3% | 86.9% |
| College graduation rate | 25.2% | 25.5% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $58,377 | $62,043 |
| Persons below poverty level | 14.9% | 12.8% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
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