Sam Dehne
Sam Dehne was a candidate for the nonpartisan City Council At-Large in Reno, Nevada, but was defeated in the primary election on June 14, 2016.
In 2014, Dehne ran for the Ward 2 of the Reno City Council and lost in the primary election. He also ran unsuccessfully to represent the 2nd Congressional District of Nevada in 2012 as a Democrat.
Biography
Sam Dehne graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1962. He spent five years flying B-52 bombers before he became a pilot with Pan American World Airways. He is retired and lives in Reno.[1]
Elections
2016
The city of Reno, Nevada, held a primary for two of the four city council seats up for election in 2016. The Ward 1 seat and at-large seat appeared on the primary ballot on June 14, 2016, as more than two candidates filed for each seat. The top two vote recipients advanced to the general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbent David Bobzien and Sam Kumar defeated James Lewis and Sam Dehne in the primary election for Reno City Council At-Large.
| Reno City Council At-Large, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 David Bobzien Incumbent |
63.27% | 14,774 |
| Sam Kumar |
15.71% | 3,669 |
| James Lewis | 10.95% | 2,557 |
| Sam Dehne | 10.06% | 2,350 |
| Total Votes | 23,350 | |
| Source: Washoe County, "2016 Primary Election," June 14, 2016 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
2014
Elections for the city council of Reno, Nevada took place on November 4, 2014. A primary election was held on June 10. Naomi Duerr and Elisa Cafferata defeated Sam Dehne, Jim Johns, Jared Townsend and Aaron West in the primary election for Ward 2. Duerr defeated Cafferata in the general election.[2][3][4]
| Reno City Council Ward 2 General Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Naomi Duerr |
56.8% | 27,586 | |
| Elisa Cafferata | 43.2% | 20,969 | |
| Total Votes | 48,555 | ||
| Source: Washoe County Official 2014 Election Results | |||
| Reno City Council Ward 2 Primary Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Naomi Duerr |
31% | 1,848 | |
| Elisa Cafferata |
26.3% | 1,567 | |
| Sam Dehne | 4.5% | 266 | |
| Jim Johns | 11.6% | 693 | |
| Jared Townsend | 9.3% | 557 | |
| Aaron West | 17.3% | 1,031 | |
| Total Votes | 4,931 | ||
| Source: Washoe County Official 2014 Election Results | |||
2012
Dehne ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Nevada's 2nd District. He lost to Samuel Koepnick in the Democratic primary.[5][6]
Primary results
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Samuel Koepnick |
40.5% | 8,865 |
| Xiomara Rodriguez | 33.8% | 7,404 |
| Sam Dehne | 25.6% | 5,604 |
| Total Votes | 21,873 | |
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See also
- Reno, Nevada
- Municipal elections in Reno, Nevada (2016)
- Reno, Nevada city council elections, 2014
- United States municipal elections, 2016
- United States municipal elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Reno Citizen, "Nevada could use a man like Sam" March 17, 2012
- ↑ City of Reno, "Official primary candidate list," accessed June 5, 2014
- ↑ Washoe County, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ Washoe County Elections, "2014 Unofficial Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ C-SPAN Campaign 2012 "Nevada Primary Results," June 12, 2012
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2012 Congressional primary results," accessed May 5, 2014
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