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Gordon Martines
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Gordon Martines ran for election for Clark County Sheriff in Nevada. He lost in the primary on June 12, 2018.
Martines completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Clark County Sheriff
Incumbent Joe Lombardo won election outright against Tim Bedwell, Matt Caldwell, Gordon Martines, and Gregory S. Heiny in the primary for Clark County Sheriff on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joe Lombardo (Nonpartisan) | 72.8 | 139,131 |
 | Tim Bedwell (Nonpartisan)  | 15.7 | 29,939 | |
| Matt Caldwell (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 10,241 | ||
 | Gordon Martines (Nonpartisan) | 4.5 | 8,570 | |
| Gregory S. Heiny (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 3,210 | ||
| Total votes: 191,091 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Gordon Martines participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 16, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Gordon Martines's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1. Cleaning out the corruption in the police department. 2. Arresting and prosecuting the officers and civilians that committed criminal acts. 3. Working on establishing a trust between the public and the police[2][3] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Transparency or truth in all matters concerning the public interest.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Gordon Martines answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | I look up to myself having followed my sacred Oath of Law Enforcement and supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States of America for over 39 years. Honor is gift you give to yourself.[3] | ” |
| “ | Yes, It is called the Constitution of the United States of America. And the Oath of a Law Enforcement Officer, the California version is my favorite.[3] | ” |
| “ | Truthfulness, Honor, Character, Integrity.[3] | ” |
| “ | I am a very truthful, honorable, Honest, and charismatic person and always have been.[3] | ” |
| “ | Never lie to the public under any circumstances. However brutal the truth may be, it is still the truth and must always be told.[3] | ” |
| “ | An Oathkeeper from beginning to end.[3] | ” |
| “ | In 1957, in San Francisco Calif, I live in a ghetto near 12th and Folsom Street. Gang members had just vandalized my cousin's vehicle and were witnessed running away. The police were called by my aunt, they responded and caught the gang members. Uniformed officer contacted my aunt and cousins for the report. I remember listening to the policemen talk to my aunt, gathering information, and reassuring everyone that all was going to be OK. After the police left, my aunt and later my mother reconfirmed that the police were there to help and protect you from bad people. My memories of the police were that they were bigger than life, uniforms pressed perfectly, leather gear shinny and shoes mirror finished. I was seven years old and always wanted to be a person like that.[3] | ” |
| “ | At fifteen years of age, I stuffed newspapers for the Barstow Dispatch Newspaper for $13.00 for 6 hours of work. That job lasted for four months, I had to go back to High School[3] | ” |
| “ | Going to the movies with my girlfriend Georgia, she was 22 and I was 17 years of age. I did not have a drivers license, and she had to pick me up and take me home to my parents home, after the movies. My parents did not want me to have a car or a driver's license until way after 18 years of age.[3] | ” |
| “ | Christmas is my favorite holiday. It is a time for families to get together, exchange gifts and reflect on what is really important. Being in the law enforcement business, I was usually working.[3] | ” |
| “ | Tom Sawyer. It embodied all the good things and some not so good things in real life scenarios.[3] | ” |
| “ | Superman[3] | ” |
| “ | I don't have a favorite thing.[3] | ” |
| “ | Nothing but heartaches by the Supremes[3] | ” |
| “ | relationships with the opposite sex.[3] | ” |
| “ | Law enforcement is an essential part of any governmental agency, and without it will not work.[3] | ” |
| “ | The appreciation by the public on what it takes to be a good police officer. Education in this appreciation needs to be on going and true.[3] | ” |
| “ | Experience in law enforcement work (hands on) is essential, and the more time the better. This type of work can not be duplicated by film, book or verbally, it must be accomplished personally.[3] | ” |
| “ | Honesty, Integrity, truthfulness, experience, character and Honor.[3] | ” |
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Gordon Martines's responses," May 16, 2018
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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