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Kelly Quinn
Kelly Quinn (Republican Party) ran for election to the Nevada State Assembly to represent District 5. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Kelly Quinn was born in Newport, Oregon. Quinn's career experience includes working as a corrections sergeant with the Nevada Department of Corrections, a REALTOR, as a wildland firefighter, in safety and compliance in the hazardous materials industry, and with local fire department and ambulance services. He has served with the Central Nevada EMS Council, Nevada Emergency Medical Association, and as a state and county regulator in Carson City, Nevada and Southern Nevada. He has been affiliated with the Fraternal Order of Peace Officers.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for Nevada State Assembly District 5
Incumbent Brittney Miller defeated Kelly Quinn and Ronald Morgan in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brittney Miller (D) | 50.8 | 16,503 |
 | Kelly Quinn (R) | 47.0 | 15,240 | |
| Ronald Morgan (L) | 2.2 | 712 | ||
| Total votes: 32,455 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Brittney Miller advanced from the Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 5.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 5
Kelly Quinn defeated Alan Bigelow in the Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 5 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kelly Quinn | 58.3 | 1,686 |
 | Alan Bigelow | 41.7 | 1,206 | |
| Total votes: 2,892 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Quinn in this election.
2022
See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for Nevada State Assembly District 5
Incumbent Brittney Miller defeated Kelly Quinn and Ronald Morgan in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brittney Miller (D) | 52.9 | 12,008 |
| Kelly Quinn (R) | 45.5 | 10,330 | |
| Ronald Morgan (L) | 1.6 | 372 | ||
| Total votes: 22,710 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Brittney Miller advanced from the Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 5.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 5
Kelly Quinn defeated Alan Hedrick in the Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 5 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kelly Quinn | 51.1 | 1,881 |
 | Alan Hedrick | 48.9 | 1,798 | |
| Total votes: 3,679 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Kelly Quinn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Quinn's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I am committed to Restoring Our Constitutional Freedoms
- I have been a resident of Nevada for well over 30 years and in District 5 for the last 20 years. I have been serving our community through Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement for over 26 years.
- I care about the future of Nevada and my community in Nevada State Assembly District 5. While in office, I will serve our community by: Limiting Government Overreach, Demand Fiscal Accountability and Conservative Budgeting of our Government Administrators, Refund and Support our Law Enforcement Departments, Restore Parental Rights in Education, Defend Border Security and Crime Policy, Impose Harsher Sentencing on those that Human and/or Drug Traffick, Establish Election Integrity by Requiring Voter ID and Prohibiting Ballot Harvesting , Remove Healthcare Mandates and Support Healthcare Reform.
He was the youngest child of 5 kids in a single-parent home. He dropped out of school in the 8th grade to work in the sawmills of Oregon to help support his Mom and his sisters. He continued to work in the timber industry, leading his own family of my Mom and 5 kids from Oregon to Virginia, landing in Montana when I was in the 4th grade. He loved the outdoors in mountains and trees. He wanted to share this part of the country selling ranch properties. But, he needed a high school diploma in order to get a real estate license. So as an adult, he finished his GED training and began another career serving people in the real estate industry, eventually retiring from the timber industry.
He was a calm-spirited man (mostly) with a desire to serve and respect others. He had incredible life wisdom which I wish I would have listened to and applied more frequently. But I am still impacted by the example and advice he has shown over the years.
At this level of office, one needs to remember 1st, they are representing all of the people of their district. 2nd, the people of Nevada. 3rd, the greater good for all.
The responsibility of developing laws, regulations, and policy is far-reaching and should not be taken lightly. My philosophy in making these decisions:
1.) Is it Biblical?
2.) Is it Constitutional?
My resume is varied having worked as a heavy equipment operator, and working in the timber industry in Montana before moving to Nevada. Originally moving to Nevada for the mining industry, I then moved into the hazardous materials industry working safety and compliance at a low-level radioactive and chemical waste disposal facility. It was during this time I became very heavily involved in serving my community through the fire and ambulance services. After becoming an instructor/evaluator, I spent many years traveling the state of Nevada working with emergency service agencies and responders to further develop their training opportunities.
Eventually, I left the private industry and went to work in government service as a regulator in Emergency Medical Serviced (EMS). This led me into the legislative process working on several bills, legislators and agencies. Collaboration with the many stakeholders during this process is essential.
After leaving State and County service, I started my own business in the real estate industry. After the real estate market crash, I went back into the government service as a peace officer with the state of Nevada.
One chamber vs. Two chamber
I believe it is beneficial for state legislators to have some sort of experience in government or politics. The learning curve is so steep in the "process" that it is difficult to come into legislature blind.
NO Governor of either party should have the ability to lock down the state's economy, schools, businesses, healthcare, etc. The very livelihood of our State.
NO Governor or government entity should be able to MANDATE an employee to accept an experimental healthcare product in order to work.
As a State employee, I resisted a mandate to accept the COVID-19 vaccine treatment with NO regard to medical or religious exemptions in violation of our US Constitution, State of NV Constitution, Civil Rights Act, Title VII, and many federal regulations (CFR), NRS, NAC, etc. All under the claim of "Emergency Powers".
One HAS to at least consider the views of others while working out issues. What might seem a total impasse on the surface to some, might be 100% resolvable if everyone would simply explore the needs of the other.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 23, 2022
