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David Colborne was a 2016 Libertarian candidate for District 15 of the Nevada State Senate.

Campaign themes

2016

Colborne's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]

As Your State Senator, My Priorities Will Be:

  • Ensuring that all businesses in Nevada are bound by the same rules, regardless of size.
  • Improving access to school choice for all Nevadans.
  • Preventing taxpayer-funded subsidies to large corporations that privatize gains and socialize losses.
  • Advocating criminal justice reform to reduce the load on Nevada's prison system and keep families together.
  • Improving Nevadans' access to gainful employment by reducing Nevada's occupational licensing regime from the 3rd most restrictive in the country to the 50th.[2]

Elections

2016

See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Nevada State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 18, 2016. Incumbent Greg Brower (R) resigned from the state Senate on February 20, 2016. Jesse Haw (R) was appointed to the seat on September 27, 2016.

Heidi Gansert defeated Devon Reese and David Colborne in the Nevada State Senate District 15 general election.[3][4]

Nevada State Senate, District 15 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Heidi Gansert 52.96% 33,822
     Democratic Devon Reese 41.92% 26,773
     Libertarian David Colborne 5.11% 3,266
Total Votes 63,861
Source: Nevada Secretary of State


Devon Reese ran unopposed in the Nevada State Senate District 15 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Nevada State Senate District 15, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Devon Reese  (unopposed)


Heidi Gansert defeated Eugene Hoover in the Nevada State Senate District 15 Republican primary.[5][6]

Nevada State Senate District 15, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Heidi Gansert 56.91% 5,105
     Republican Eugene Hoover 43.09% 3,866
Total Votes 8,971

This district was included in the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee's list of "2016 Essential Races." Read more »

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