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Michelee Crawford
2024 - Present
2028
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Michelee Crawford (Democratic Party) (also known as Shelly) is a member of the Nevada State Senate, representing District 1. She assumed office on November 6, 2024. Her current term ends on November 8, 2028.
Crawford (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Nevada State Senate to represent District 1. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Michelee "Shelly" Crawford lives in Nevada. She served in the Air Force National Guard. Crawford earned an associate degree in psychology from the College of Southern Nevada High School in 2000, a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 2004 and 2010, respectively. Crawford also obtained a bachelor's degree in teaching English as a second language from Sierra Nevada College. Her career experience includes working as a school principal and a teacher. Crawford's volunteer experience includes serving on the Nevada Department of Education’s Principal Advisory Committee; the Nevada National Guard’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion task force; the Nevada Association of School Administrators as board secretary; and the Nevada Association of Latino Administrators.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Nevada State Senate District 1
Michelee Crawford defeated Patricia Brinkley in the general election for Nevada State Senate District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michelee Crawford (D) | 59.0 | 40,066 |
 | Patricia Brinkley (R)  | 41.0 | 27,880 | |
| Total votes: 67,946 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Nevada State Senate District 1
Michelee Crawford defeated Clara Thomas in the Democratic primary for Nevada State Senate District 1 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelee Crawford | 53.9 | 4,598 |
 | Clara Thomas | 46.1 | 3,936 | |
| Total votes: 8,534 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Patricia Brinkley advanced from the Republican primary for Nevada State Senate District 1.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Crawford in this election.
2022
See also: Nevada State Board of Regents election, 2022
General election
General election for Nevada Board of Regents District 8
Michelee Crawford defeated John Patrick Rice in the general election for Nevada Board of Regents District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelee Crawford (Nonpartisan) | 54.1 | 38,309 |
 | John Patrick Rice (Nonpartisan) | 45.9 | 32,486 | |
| Total votes: 70,795 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 8
The following candidates ran in the primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 8 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelee Crawford (Nonpartisan) | 25.6 | 9,713 |
| ✔ | | John Patrick Rice (Nonpartisan) | 20.9 | 7,942 |
 | Elmer Porter (Nonpartisan) | 17.1 | 6,517 | |
| Aaron Manfredi (Nonpartisan) | 15.6 | 5,949 | ||
| Stacy Smith (Nonpartisan) | 14.7 | 5,607 | ||
| Jonathan Baltera (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 2,286 | ||
| Total votes: 38,014 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Michelee Crawford completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Crawford's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Increasing opportunities for access to college while expanding high school to college dual enrollment programs.
- Increasing programming resources for rural NSHE institutions.
- Restoring board credibility with collective work focused on outcomes measured by student enrollment, program diversification, and stakeholder climate surveys.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Patricia Spearman (D) |
Nevada State Senate District 1 2024-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Cathy McAdoo |
Nevada Board of Regents District 8 2023-2024 |
Succeeded by Peter Goicoechea |
