David Goossen

David Goossen (No Political Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Nevada's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

Nevada's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Democratic primary)

Nevada's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Nevada District 1

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Nevada District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dina Titus (D)	52.0	167,885
		Mark Robertson (R)	44.5	143,650
		Ron Quince (No Political Party)	1.0	3,321
	Submit photo	Bill Hoge (Independent American Party)	0.8	2,736
	Submit photo	David Havlicek (L)	0.8	2,711
		David Goossen (No Political Party)	0.8	2,596

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 322,899
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Gabriel Cornejo (No Political Party)
Victor Willert (No Political Party)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Dina Titus advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 1.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 1

Mark Robertson defeated Flemming Larsen, Jim Blockey, Michael Boris, and Evan Stone in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 1 on June 11, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Robertson	48.2	14,102
		Flemming Larsen	39.1	11,434
	Submit photo	Jim Blockey	5.1	1,487
		Michael Boris	4.4	1,279
		Evan Stone	3.2	950

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,252
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ron Quince (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Goossen in this election.

2020

General election

General election for Clark County Commission District D

William McCurdy II defeated David Washington in the general election for Clark County Commission District D on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		William McCurdy II (D)	77.4	53,981
	Submit photo	David Washington (Independent)	22.6	15,800

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,781
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Stanley Washington (Independent)
David Goossen (Independent)
Henry Thorns (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Clark County Commission District D

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Clark County Commission District D on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		William McCurdy II	42.7	6,281
		Tanya Flanagan	20.3	2,991
		Isaac Barron	14.4	2,118
		Moises Denis	8.8	1,293
	Submit photo	Jesus Moreno	8.0	1,184
		Dillard Scott	3.8	556
		Deepen Kothari	2.0	300

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,723
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2018

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Nevada District 3

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susie Lee (D)	51.9	148,501
		Danny Tarkanian (R)	42.8	122,566
		Steven Brown (L)	1.6	4,555
		David Goossen (Independent)	1.3	3,627
	Submit photo	Harry Vickers (Independent American Party)	1.2	3,481
	Submit photo	Gilbert Eisner (Independent)	0.7	1,887
		Tony Gumina (Independent)	0.5	1,551

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 286,168 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on June 12, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Susie Lee	66.9	25,475
	Michael Weiss	8.2	3,115
	Eric Stoltz	7.2	2,759
	Jack Love	5.8	2,208
	Richard Hart	4.9	1,847
	Steve Schiffman	3.5	1,338
	Guy Pinjuv	3.5	1,331

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 38,073
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Hermon Farahi (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3 on June 12, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Danny Tarkanian	44.1	15,257
	Michelle Mortensen	24.6	8,491
	Scott Hammond	16.8	5,804
	David McKeon	4.9	1,698
	Annette Teijeiro	3.5	1,225
	Patrick Carter	2.7	942
	Stephanie Jones	1.3	450
	Eddie Hamilton	1.0	360
	Thomas Mark La Croix	1.0	345

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 34,572
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jim Murphy (R)
Victoria Seaman (R)

2016

See also: Nevada's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Nevada's 3rd Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Republican incumbent Joe Heck, who began serving in Congress in 2010, chose to seek election to the Senate in 2016, leaving the seat open. Jacky Rosen (D) defeated Danny Tarkanian (R), David Goossen (Independent), and Warren Markowitz (Independent American) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Rosen defeated five other Democrats to win the primary, while Tarkanian defeated six primary opponents. The primary elections took place on June 14, 2016.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

**U.S. House, Nevada District 3 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jacky Rosen	47.2%	146,869
	Republican	Danny Tarkanian	46%	142,926
	Independent American	Warren Markowitz	3.7%	11,602
	Independent	David Goossen	3.1%	9,566
Total Votes				310,963
Source: Nevada Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Nevada District 3 Republican Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Danny Tarkanian	32%	9,002
Michael Roberson	24%	6,759
Michele Fiore	18.2%	5,124
Andy Matthews	14.1%	3,975
Kerry Bowers	5.6%	1,569
Annette Teijeiro	4.7%	1,336
Sami Khal	1.4%	381
Total Votes		28,146
Source: Nevada Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Nevada District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jacky Rosen	62.2%	14,221
Jesse Sbaih	12.8%	2,928
Barry Michaels	9.7%	2,219
Steven Schiffman	5.4%	1,237
Alex Singer	5.3%	1,208
Neil Waite	4.6%	1,055
Total Votes		22,868
Source: Nevada Secretary of State

2014

See also: Nevada's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 3rd Congressional District of Nevada held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Joe Heck (R) defeated Erin Bilbray (D), Randy Kimmick (L), David Goossen (I) and Steven St John (I) in the general election. Bilbray defeated Zachary Campbell in the Democratic primary on June 10, 2014, while the other candidates ran unopposed or did not run in the primary.

Nevada's 3rd was considered a battleground district in 2014. Heck had only been in office since 2011, and although he won re-election in 2012 with a 7.5 percent margin of victory, the district voted Democratic in the 2012 presidential election. President Barack Obama won the district by just 0.8 percent.

**U.S. House, Nevada District 3 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Heck Incumbent	60.8%	88,528
	Democratic	Erin Bilbray	36.1%	52,644
	Libertarian	Randy Kimmick	1.1%	1,566
	Independent	David Goossen	1.1%	1,637
	Independent	Steven St John	0.9%	1,344
Total Votes				145,719
Source: Nevada Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

David Goossen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

David Goossen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Goossen submitted the following statement to Ballotpedia:^[13]

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Campaign finance summary

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David Goossen campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Nevada District 1	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. House Nevada District 3	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

↑ Clark County Election Department, "Candidate Filing in Clark County," accessed March 19, 2016
↑ AP, "Republican State Sen. Michael Roberson running for Congress," July 8, 2015
↑ Reno Gazette-Journal, "Nevada's Tarkanian announces bid for Congress," July 13, 2015
↑ Las Vegas Sun, "President of conservative think tank NPRI joins House race," July 20, 2015
↑ CBS Las Vegas, "4 GOP Candidates In 3rd District," July 20, 2015
↑ Twitter, "Michelle Rindels," August 10, 2015
↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Email correspondence with Barry Michaels," January 19, 2016
↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Email correspondence with Steven St John," January 3, 2016
↑ Associated Press, "Democrat Jacky Rosen launches bid for Rep. Heck's House seat," January 26, 2016
↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Email correspondence with Ballotpedia staff," March 5, 2016
↑ The New York Times, "Nevada Primary Results," June 14, 2016
↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Master Statewide Certified List of Candidates," accessed September 7, 2016
↑ Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on March 21, 2014
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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Nevada's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Catherine Masto (D)

Jacky Rosen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Dina Titus (D)

District 2

Mark Amodei (R)

District 3

Susie Lee (D)

District 4

Steven Horsford (D)

Democratic Party (5)

Republican Party (1)

[filed-1] Clark County Election Department, "Candidate Filing in Clark County," accessed March 19, 2016

[2] AP, "Republican State Sen. Michael Roberson running for Congress," July 8, 2015

[3] Reno Gazette-Journal, "Nevada's Tarkanian announces bid for Congress," July 13, 2015

[4] Las Vegas Sun, "President of conservative think tank NPRI joins House race," July 20, 2015

[5] CBS Las Vegas, "4 GOP Candidates In 3rd District," July 20, 2015

[6] Twitter, "Michelle Rindels," August 10, 2015

[7] Ballotpedia Staff, "Email correspondence with Barry Michaels," January 19, 2016

[8] Ballotpedia Staff, "Email correspondence with Steven St John," January 3, 2016

[9] Associated Press, "Democrat Jacky Rosen launches bid for Rep. Heck's House seat," January 26, 2016

[10] Ballotpedia Staff, "Email correspondence with Ballotpedia staff," March 5, 2016

[primary16-11] The New York Times, "Nevada Primary Results," June 14, 2016

[genlist16-12] Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Master Statewide Certified List of Candidates," accessed September 7, 2016

[bio-13] Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on March 21, 2014

[quotedisclaimer-14] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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David Goossen

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Nevada District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

2020

General election

General election for Clark County Commission District D

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Clark County Commission District D

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Nevada District 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 3

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

2014

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

2020

2014

Campaign finance summary

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