Nevada State Assembly District 2 candidate surveys, 2022
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Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Nevada State Assembly District 2
Incumbent Heidi Kasama defeated Nick Christenson and Jason Bednarz in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Heidi Kasama (R)  | 54.3 | 16,221 |
 | Nick Christenson (D) | 44.3 | 13,216 | |
 | Jason Bednarz (L) | 1.4 | 412 | |
| Total votes: 29,849 | |||
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Jason Bednarz (L)
Get the government out of our lives!
End the wars.
End the FED.
End the wars.
End the FED.
Nick Christenson (D)
We need to move Las Vegas along a path to long term sustainability.
We are facing additional crises in several key areas, including housing, education, and health care. We need to move aggressively and creatively to address these.
We need to continue to diversify the valley's economy. We have abundant opportunities to promote Las Vegas as a center for technology, clean energy, and outdoor recreation as well as in other fields.
We are facing additional crises in several key areas, including housing, education, and health care. We need to move aggressively and creatively to address these.
We need to continue to diversify the valley's economy. We have abundant opportunities to promote Las Vegas as a center for technology, clean energy, and outdoor recreation as well as in other fields.
Heidi Kasama (R)
To support the our small business owners, and all business owners to create a vibrant and active economy.
Our schools rank near the bottom nationally so I support our new per pupil funding for transparency and accountability. I also favor changes to our current school boards.
We have an alarming lack of health care workers in our state and I want to support policies that incentivize growth of health care professionals.
Our schools rank near the bottom nationally so I support our new per pupil funding for transparency and accountability. I also favor changes to our current school boards.
We have an alarming lack of health care workers in our state and I want to support policies that incentivize growth of health care professionals.
Jason Bednarz (L)
School choice is probably what I'm most passionate about, having a son with autism. The public system in Michigan, Maryland, and now Nevada, has been a disaster and failed him miserably. We pulled him out of school in two different years, homeschooling him, as the services and aides at the public schools were SO bad and untrained. Currently, he's in his last year of school here in CCSD and we're on the verge of pulling him once again, it's so bad. Nevada has the 2nd-lowest performance of all the states and I would use my first BDR to draft school choice legislation similar to that recently passed in Arizona. If people don't like the service they're getting from the public system, they should be able to take their own tax dollars private, not just the wealthy. Fund students, not systems!
I'm also passionate about getting the government out of our lives whenever possible...from licensing, to regulations, to civil asset forfeiture, to the state commerce tax, to the slush funds, to exposing all the pay-to-play nature of NV politics, my primary focus is to reduce the size and scope of the NV government, as much as possible.
Nick Christenson (D)
I'm extremely passionate about reducing and mitigating the effects of climate change on our community. I'm also extremely interested in economic development, housing, health care, education, and promoting equity.
Heidi Kasama (R)
Expanding and diversifying our economy as well as improvements to our system of education and health care.
Heidi Kasama (R)
Our founding fathers who took a risk and gathered to create this great nation of the United States of America.
Heidi Kasama (R)
The ability to seek information on the topic and be open to listen to all sides.
Heidi Kasama (R)
Ability to make decisions and reviewing the information.
Nick Christenson (D)
The first core responsibility of elected officials is to promote the long term interests of their constituents. When I'm in office, I promise to put doing the right thing ahead of my own self-interest or prospects of re-election. In office, I will never forget that I am there because my constituents believed I would best represent them. Elected officials have other responsibilities in addition to this. These include honesty to constituents, fellow officeholders and the general public, not using one's office for personal gain or advancement, and having respect and concern for those whose voices are not broadly represented in the corridors of power. Being elected to office is an awesome responsibility, and I deeply respect those who continually remind themselves of this and behave accordingly.
Heidi Kasama (R)
Remember you serve the people and to hold the office with high regard and integrity.
Nick Christenson (D)
However long I serve in the Nevada legislature, I would hope my legacy would have been as someone who left the state in a better position than he found it. The sorts of legislation I would like to sponsor and pass are bills that years down the road, people were glad that were passed, and that these bills made Nevada a better, most sustainable place.
Heidi Kasama (R)
A person who was honest, kind and fair to those whose paths I crossed.
Nick Christenson (D)
One of the key events that happened in my lifetime was the Second Gulf War, referred to as Operation Iraqi Freedom and follow-on operations. There are many reasons why this was so indelible. Firstly, the basis for this war was a lie. The American people were deceived by our elected officials in order to allow them to accomplish political ends. In the second place, so many people died and were permanently disabled, both among our own troops and Iraqis who just wanted to make a life for their families. Additionally, the war plans were flawed in that we went into it with no plausible idea how to achieve control and withdraw from the operation. Consequentially, we were actively involved for 14 years or so, depending on how you measure it, with many more casualties heaped on top of unnecessary deaths because nobody wanted to be the one to "officially" take the "L". Finally, it was morally reprehensible that the same people who sent us to war resisted at every turn providing sufficient support for our warriors when they came home, both in terms of physical and mental health care. Going to war should always be a last resort, but when we are compelled to do so it's not enough to allocate the means to fight, we also must immediately ramp up our support structures to aid the people who will suffer as a result. The lessons of this conflict have left a permanent mark on me, as they have on many people, and I hope that as a nation we are able to remember and learn the appropriate lessons.
Heidi Kasama (R)
I was very young and I walked in to the room and both my parents were crying. President Kennedy had been assassinated.
Heidi Kasama (R)
My first job was a 200 home newspaper delivery route. I sure had my share of run in with dogs!I wa
Heidi Kasama (R)
Bible. I draw daily inspiration from it.
Nick Christenson (D)
Back in 2004, The Slackers released an EP with a song titled "Propaganda". It's in my head right now, and is every bit as appropriate today as it was when it was released. As the song says, "So tell me more about my situation/And evil men who are coming for my nation/And evil forces who are coming for my freedom". Still timely. Give it a listen.
Heidi Kasama (R)
My Fair Lady "On the street where you live" - We just saw the show
Heidi Kasama (R)
My parents were immigrants to this country and I lost my immediate family far too early in life and would like to have had my family around me for a longer time but it was not meant to be.
Heidi Kasama (R)
The governor should be a leader, but we need separation of these branches so we maintian checks and balances.
Nick Christenson (D)
Nevada's greatest long term challenge is climate change. Las Vegas is the fastest warming city in the nation, Reno is the third fastest warming city. Up and down the state we are facing water crises that can be addressed, but we are not currently on a sustainable path to do so. Air quality across the state is poor. The American Lung Association found Nevada to have among the most unhealthy air quality in the nation. We can address all these problems, and do so in a way that *saves* rather than costs Nevada money in the long run, but we need the will to do so. Nevada faces several other critical challenges, including diversifying the economy, education, housing, health care, and others, but in my opinion, climate change is chief among these, and addressing it helps to solve many of the other critical issues we face.
Heidi Kasama (R)
Economic diversity and improvements to education and healthcare.
Heidi Kasama (R)
Having a unicameral state legislature would make the creation and support of policy streamlined, but it would lack the checks and balances that are needed for our size government.
Heidi Kasama (R)
Yes, however I don't think it is mandatory. I do believe we need legisltors with business, management and or leadership experience.
Heidi Kasama (R)
Yes. As mentioned before we must work together with all parties to craft good legislation for our constituents.
Heidi Kasama (R)
A non partisan committee.
Nick Christenson (D)
Freshman legislators often don't get a lot of say in what committees they're assigned to, but there are several committees where I think I could make a significant beneficial impact. I believe my background as an environmentalist makes me well suited for the Natural Resources committee. I have some ideas about how we can continue to balance our needs to address climate change, support our state's remarkable biodiversity, while still promoting smart economic growth. I also believe my background in business and technology makes me well suited to serve of the Growth and Infrastructure committee. I can help other legislators understand what businesses, especially in technical fields, are looking for when they are evaluating Nevada as a place to call home. I think I'd be a good fit for other committees besides the two I've listed here, but I think these are the two where I can provide the most positive impact for Nevada.
Heidi Kasama (R)
N/A
Heidi Kasama (R)
I served on the Judicial, Commerce & Labor, and Revenue committees.
The ability to learn the importance of each committees function was a great educational experience for me.
Heidi Kasama (R)
Senator William " Bill" Raggio
Heidi Kasama (R)
I am concentrating on my current elected position.
Nick Christenson (D)
While knocking on doors in my district, I remember a conversation I had with a working mother. After discussing my platform she said that she supported what I was trying to do, but she didn't know if she'd be able to vote for me because she was planning on moving out of state. She wanted to move because she didn't see a future for Las Vegas. I was deeply saddened by this. I firmly believe that all of Las Vegas' problems are eminently solvable, and if we do the things we all know we need to, we can have a future that is even better than we have today. But many valley residents see what's going on and where we are headed if we follow our present course. It's disheartening when I hear that people don't believe in the future of our community. I believe in our future, but only if we stop doing business as we did decades ago and make the changes we all know are required. I promise to do everything I can to move us toward a sustainable and prosperous future.
Heidi Kasama (R)
There are many but I hear consistently the impact of high health care costs on my constituents and this needs to be reigned in.
Heidi Kasama (R)
I love jokes but can't tell them very well!
Heidi Kasama (R)
There should be a limit on emergency powers for the Governor. I believe no more than 30 to 60 days.
Heidi Kasama (R)
Yes. I am a REALTOR and we negotiate between the seller and buyer on every deal to reach a successful closing on each transaction. We need to understand this is needed to get policy work done.
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