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Mayoral election in North Las Vegas, Nevada (2022)
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| 2022 North Las Vegas elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: March 18, 2022 |
| Primary election: June 14, 2022 General election: November 8, 2022 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Mayor |
| Total seats up: 1 (click here for other city elections) |
| Election type: Nonpartisan |
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The city of North Las Vegas, Nevada, held a general election for mayor on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for June 14, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was March 18, 2022.
Elections
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Candidates and results
General election
General election for Mayor of North Las Vegas
Pamela A. Goynes-Brown defeated Patricia Spearman in the general election for Mayor of North Las Vegas on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Pamela A. Goynes-Brown (Nonpartisan) | 65.7 | 40,105 |
 | Patricia Spearman (Nonpartisan) | 34.3 | 20,928 | |
| Total votes: 61,033 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of North Las Vegas
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of North Las Vegas on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pamela A. Goynes-Brown (Nonpartisan) | 36.9 | 9,762 |
| ✔ | | Patricia Spearman (Nonpartisan) | 17.1 | 4,526 |
 | Robert Taylor (Nonpartisan) | 14.0 | 3,707 | |
| Nathan Atkins (Nonpartisan) | 12.8 | 3,374 | ||
| Jesse Addison III (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 1,851 | ||
 | Gary Bouchard (Nonpartisan) | 6.6 | 1,743 | |
 | Laura Perkins (Nonpartisan) | 5.6 | 1,485 | |
| Total votes: 26,448 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Nevada elections, 2022
June 14, 2022
- United States Senate election in Nevada, 2022
- Nevada's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
- Nevada's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
- Nevada Attorney General election, 2022
- Nevada Controller election, 2022
- Nevada gubernatorial election, 2022
- Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
- Nevada Secretary of State election, 2022
- Nevada Treasurer election, 2022
- Nevada State Senate elections, 2022
- Nevada State Assembly elections, 2022
- Nevada Supreme Court elections, 2022
- Nevada intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
- Municipal elections in Clark County, Nevada (2022)
- City elections in Las Vegas, Nevada (2022)
- City elections in North Las Vegas, Nevada (2022)
- Clark County School District, Nevada, elections (2022)
November 8, 2022
- United States Senate election in Nevada, 2022
- Nevada's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
- Nevada's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
- Nevada Attorney General election, 2022
- Nevada Controller election, 2022
- Nevada gubernatorial election, 2022
- Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
- Nevada Secretary of State election, 2022
- Nevada Treasurer election, 2022
- Nevada State Senate elections, 2022
- Nevada State Assembly elections, 2022
- Nevada Supreme Court elections, 2022
- Nevada intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
- Nevada Gaming Tax Increase on Monthly Revenue above $250,000 Initiative (2022)
- Nevada Question 1, Equality of Rights Amendment (2022)
- Nevada Question 2, Minimum Wage Amendment (2022)
- Nevada Question 3, Top-Five Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative (2022)
- Nevada Sales Tax Increase for Public Schools Initiative (2022)
- Nevada Voter ID and Verification Initiative (2022)
- Municipal elections in Clark County, Nevada (2022)
- City elections in Las Vegas, Nevada (2022)
- City elections in North Las Vegas, Nevada (2022)
- Clark County School District, Nevada, elections (2022)
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Mayoral partisanship
Twenty-four of the 100 largest U.S. cities held mayoral elections in 2022. Once mayors elected in 2022 assumed office, Democrats held 63 top-100 mayoral offices, Republicans held 28, independents held three, and nonpartisan mayors held four. Two mayors' partisan affiliations were unknown.
The following top 100 cities saw a change in mayoral partisan affiliation in 2022:
- Henderson, Nevada: Michelle Romero (R) was elected to succeed outgoing mayor Debra March (D) on June 14, winning the primary outright with 76% of the vote.
- Anaheim, California: Ashleigh Aitken (D) defeated Acting Mayor Trevor O'Neil (R) and two other candidates on November 8, 2022. Former mayor Harry Sidhu (R) resigned in May 2022.
- Chula Vista, California: John McCann (R) defeated Ammar Campa-Najjar (D) in the November 8 election to succeed term-limited mayor Mary Salas (D).
- North Las Vegas, Nevada: Pamela Goynes-Brown (D) defeated Patricia Spearman (D) in the election to succeed outgoing mayor John J. Lee (R) on November 8, 2022.[1]
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About the city
- See also: North Las Vegas, Nevada
North Las Vegas is a city in Clark County, Nevada. As of 2020, its population was 262,527.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of North Las Vegas uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for North Las Vegas, Nevada | ||
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| North Las Vegas | Nevada | |
| Population | 262,527 | 3,104,614 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 102 | 109,859 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 48% | 62.1% |
| Black/African American | 21.9% | 9.3% |
| Asian | 6.6% | 8.3% |
| Native American | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 10.8% |
| Multiple | 10% | 7.5% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 41.4% | 28.9% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 81.6% | 86.9% |
| College graduation rate | 17.2% | 25.5% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $60,972 | $62,043 |
| Persons below poverty level | 12.7% | 12.8% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Lee was elected as a Democrat and switched parties in 2021.
- ↑ City of North Las Vegas, "Mayor and Council," accessed October 28, 2014
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