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Rick Shepherd
Rick Shepherd (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Nevada's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 9, 2020.
Shepherd was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 2nd Congressional District of Nevada.[1] Shepherd was defeated by Chip Evans in the Democratic primary.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 9 Republican primary)
Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 9 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Nevada District 2
Incumbent Mark Amodei defeated Patricia Ackerman and Janine Hansen in the general election for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Amodei (R) | 56.5 | 216,078 |
 | Patricia Ackerman (D) | 40.7 | 155,780 | |
 | Janine Hansen (Independent American Party) | 2.8 | 10,815 | |
| Total votes: 382,673 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Richard Dunn (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patricia Ackerman | 48.9 | 26,411 |
 | Clint Koble | 22.8 | 12,315 | |
 | Ed Cohen | 13.3 | 7,186 | |
 | Rick Shepherd | 7.4 | 3,998 | |
| Reynaldo Hernandez | 5.2 | 2,790 | ||
 | Steve Schiffman | 1.8 | 974 | |
| Ian Luetkehans | 0.6 | 338 | ||
| Total votes: 54,012 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2
Incumbent Mark Amodei defeated Joel Beck and Jesse Hurley in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Amodei | 80.8 | 61,462 |
 | Joel Beck | 14.9 | 11,308 | |
 | Jesse Hurley | 4.3 | 3,307 | |
| Total votes: 76,077 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Nevada District 2
Incumbent Mark Amodei defeated Clint Koble in the general election for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Amodei (R) | 58.2 | 167,435 |
| Clint Koble (D) | 41.8 | 120,102 | |
| Total votes: 287,537 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Clint Koble | 26.1 | 9,453 |
 | Patrick Fogarty | 23.8 | 8,619 | |
| Rick Shepherd | 21.3 | 7,699 | |
 | Vance Alm | 13.2 | 4,784 | |
| Jesse Hurley | 8.0 | 2,907 | |
| Jack Schofield Jr. | 7.5 | 2,713 | ||
| Total votes: 36,175 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2
Incumbent Mark Amodei defeated Sharron Angle, Joel Beck, and Ian Luetkehans in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Amodei | 71.7 | 42,351 |
 | Sharron Angle | 18.3 | 10,837 | |
| Joel Beck | 8.5 | 5,006 | |
| Ian Luetkehans | 1.5 | 882 | ||
| Total votes: 59,076 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Mark Amodei (R) defeated Chip Evans (D), John Everhart (Independent American), and Drew Knight (Independent) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Amodei faced no opposition in the Republican primary, while Evans defeated Vance Alm and Rick Shepherd to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on June 14, 2016.[3][2][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Mark Amodei Incumbent |
58.3% | 182,676 | |
| Democratic | Chip Evans | 36.9% | 115,722 | |
| Independent American | John Everhart | 2.8% | 8,693 | |
| No Party | Drew Knight | 2% | 6,245 | |
| Total Votes | 313,336 | |||
| Source: Nevada Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Chip Evans |
45.1% | 11,333 | ||
| Rick Shepherd | 35.8% | 8,983 | ||
| Vance Alm | 19.1% | 4,803 | ||
| Total Votes | 25,119 | |||
| Source: Nevada Secretary of State |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rick Shepherd did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Rick Shepherd participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 18, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Rick Shepherd's responses follow below.[5]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Medicare for all, address climate change, campaign finance reform.[6][7] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Energy. When we stop extracting hydrocarbons we can stop pretending to have an excuse to be in seven undeclared wars.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[7]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Rick Shepherd answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Bernie Sanders. Five decades of consistent policy.[7] | ” |
| “ | Intellectual honesty.[7] | ” |
| “ | Represent the needs of your constituents.[7] | ” |
| “ | A planet with CO2 levels at or below 350 PPM.[7] | ” |
| “ | Operation Eagle Claw. I was eight years old. It was my first experience with America attempting something a failing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw[7] | ” |
| “ | When I was 15 I doctored my birth certificate to make myself 16 so that I could get my first job at the Raley's in Golden Valley. I had that job for about a year and a half.[7] | ” |
| “ | Sneetches. It helped teach my children about accepting people as they are and not chasing consumerism.[7] | ” |
| “ | Professor Charles Francis Xavier[7] | ” |
| “ | Quiet. It helps me focus and center.[7] | ” |
| “ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcCw1ggftuQ[7] | ” |
| “ | Maintaining a healthy relationship with food.[7] | ” |
| “ | The HoR determines what gets paid for and what does not. We can neuter bad ideas by refusing to fund them.[7] | ” |
| “ | Beneficial? Perhaps, but not necessary. If it was important it would be on the list of qualifications.[7] | ” |
| “ | Standing up to the military industrial complex and saying, "No" to war.[7] | ” |
| “ | Term limits make sense at apexes of power like Governor and President. Otherwise, term limits are called votes.[7] | ” |
| “ | Shortest split-line.[7] | ” |
| “ | Bernie Sanders[7] | ” |
2016
The following issues were listed on Shepherd's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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| —Rick Shepherd's campaign website, http://rickshepherd.com/ | ||
Recent news
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Filed Non-Judicial Candidates," accessed March 19, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The New York Times, "Nevada Primary Results," June 14, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Filed Non-Judicial Candidates," accessed March 19, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Master Statewide Certified List of Candidates," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Rick Shepherd's responses," May 18, 2018
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
