Gayle Nathan
Gayle Nathan ran for election for the Department A judge of the Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division. Nathan lost in the primary on June 9, 2020.
Nathan was a candidate for District 1 representative on the Henderson Township Justice Court in Nevada. Nathan was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Nathan was a judge for the Eighth Judicial District Court in Nevada. She served in the Clark County Family Court division, Department T. She was elected to the court on November 2, 2010, and took office on January 3, 2011.[1] Nathan was defeated in her bid for re-election in 2014, and she stepped down from the bench at the end of her term on January 1, 2015.[2]
Biography
Nathan received her undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton, her master's degree in special education from Long Island University, and her J.D. degree from the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center.[3][4] Nathan worked as an attorney in private practice for 21 years and maintained a family law practice for 16 years.[3]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Clark County, Nevada (2020)
General election
General election for Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department A
Incumbent William Voy won election in the general election for Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department A on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | William Voy (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 630,942 |
| Total votes: 630,942 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department A
Incumbent William Voy defeated Gayle Nathan and Cheryl Ann Wingate in the primary for Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division Department A on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Voy (Nonpartisan) | 50.5 | 137,629 |
| Gayle Nathan (Nonpartisan) | 25.0 | 68,069 | ||
| Cheryl Ann Wingate (Nonpartisan) | 24.6 | 67,014 | ||
| Total votes: 272,712 | |||
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2016
The following candidates ran in the general election for the District 1 justice of the peace for Henderson.
| Henderson Township Justice of the Peace, District 1 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Sam Bateman |
34.94% | 37,367 | ||
| Gayle Nathan | 18.94% | 20,255 | ||
| Jeffrey Posin | 15.07% | 16,121 | ||
| Michael Davidson | 12.43% | 13,290 | ||
| Harvey Gruber | 10.01% | 10,711 | ||
| Shane Zeller | 8.61% | 9,209 | ||
| Total Votes | 106,953 | |||
| Source: Clark County, Nevada, "2016 General Election," accessed November 8, 2016 | ||||
2014
See also: Nevada judicial elections, 2014
Nathan ran for re-election to the Eighth Judicial District Court.
Primary: She was defeated in the primary on June 10, 2014, receiving 30.5 percent of the vote. She competed against Maria Maskall and Lisa Brown.
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2013 judicial performance evaluation
In 2013, the Las Vegas Review-Journal sponsored a survey of 902 lawyers who rated Nevada Supreme Court justices and judges located in Clark County. Forty-eight percent of respondents voted in favor of keeping Nathan on the bench. The average vote in favor of retention for all 88 judges evaluated was 71 percent.[6]
2010
Nathan was elected to the Eighth Judicial District Court. She won 20.91 percent of the vote in the primary and advanced to the general election. Nathan defeated Carl F. Piazza in the general election with 57.45 percent of the vote.[7]
- Main article: Nevada judicial elections, 2010
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gayle Nathan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Henderson Justice of the Peace
- Eighth Judicial District Court
- Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Meet the Candidates: Gayle Nathan profile"
- Las Vegas Review-Journal, "District Court Family Judge Department T," October 17, 2010
Footnotes
- ↑ Nevada Judiciary, "Dates of Office," accessed March 30, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Silver State Election Night Results, "2014 Primary Election Results - Judicial," accessed June 11, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Meet the Candidates: Gayle Nathan profile," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Judge Profile: Gayle Nathan," accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ Clark County Nevada, "Election: Candidate Filing in Clark County," accessed February 13, 2014 Select "Election Year: 2014"
- ↑ Las Vegas Review Journal, "2013 Judicial Performance Evaluation," accessed September 23, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Official Results as Canvassed by the Nevada Supreme Court on November 23, 2010," accessed February 2, 2015
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
