Stan Vaughan

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Stan Vaughan

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Last election

November 5, 2024

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Stan Vaughan (Republican Party) ran for election to the Nevada State Assembly to represent District 20. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Vaughan was born in Murray, Kentucky in 1956. He has lived in Nevada for 26 years. He has earned a master's in business administration as well as two doctorates, one in accounting and the other in literature. He is an accomplished chess player, having set numerous world records.

Elections

2024

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for Nevada State Assembly District 20

Incumbent David Orentlicher defeated Stan Vaughan in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 20 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Orentlicher (D)	58.8	14,232
		Stan Vaughan (R)	41.2	9,955

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,187
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent David Orentlicher advanced from the Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 20.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Stan Vaughan advanced from the Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 20.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Vaughan in this election.

Pledges

Vaughan signed the following pledges.

• Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform
• U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for Nevada State Assembly District 20

Incumbent David Orentlicher defeated Stan Vaughan and Josiah LaRow in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 20 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Orentlicher (D)	59.4	10,287
		Stan Vaughan (R)	37.7	6,530
		Josiah LaRow (L)	2.8	490

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,307
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 20

Incumbent David Orentlicher defeated Patricia Marsh in the Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 20 on June 14, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Orentlicher	64.5	2,424
	Submit photo	Patricia Marsh	35.5	1,335

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,759
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Stan Vaughan advanced from the Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 20.

2020

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for Nevada State Assembly District 15

Incumbent Howard Watts III defeated Stan Vaughan in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 15 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Howard Watts III (D)	64.2	12,954
		Stan Vaughan (R)	35.8	7,210

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,164
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 15

Incumbent Howard Watts III defeated Burke Andersson in the Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 15 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Howard Watts III	69.6	2,564
	Submit photo	Burke Andersson	30.4	1,121

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,685
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Stan Vaughan advanced from the Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 15.

2018

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2018

General election

General election for Nevada State Assembly District 15

Howard Watts III defeated Stan Vaughan in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 15 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Howard Watts III (D)	66.5	9,347
		Stan Vaughan (R)	33.5	4,719

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,066
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 15

Howard Watts III defeated Juan Manuel Chavez, Lou Toomin, Andrew Spivak, and Michael Gandy in the Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 15 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Howard Watts III	45.7	1,275
	Submit photo	Juan Manuel Chavez	31.4	875
	Submit photo	Lou Toomin	8.5	236
	Submit photo	Andrew Spivak	7.7	215
	Submit photo	Michael Gandy	6.7	188

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 2,789
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 15

Stan Vaughan advanced from the Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 15 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Stan Vaughan

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2016

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for the Nevada State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 18, 2016.

Incumbent Elliot Anderson defeated Stan Vaughan in the Nevada State Assembly District 15 general election.

Nevada State Assembly, District 15 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Elliot Anderson Incumbent	70.31%	12,014
	Republican	Stan Vaughan	29.69%	5,072
Total Votes				17,086
Source: Nevada Secretary of State

Incumbent Elliot Anderson defeated Lou Toomin in the Nevada State Assembly District 15 Democratic primary.

Nevada State Assembly District 15, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Elliot Anderson Incumbent	84.36%	1,731
	Democratic	Lou Toomin	15.64%	321
Total Votes				2,052

Stan Vaughan ran unopposed in the Nevada State Assembly District 15 Republican primary.

Nevada State Assembly District 15, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Stan Vaughan  (unopposed)

2012

See also: Nevada's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012

Vaughan ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Nevada's 1st District. Vaughan ran as the candidate of the Independent American Party.

U.S. House, Nevada District 1 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dina Titus	63.6%	113,967
	Republican	Chris Edwards	31.5%	56,521
	Libertarian	William Pojunis	2.6%	4,645
	Independent American Party of Nevada	Stan Vaughan	2.3%	4,145
Total Votes				179,278
Source: Nevada Secretary of State "U.S. House of Representatives Results"

2010

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2010

Vaughan was defeated in the November 2, 2010, general election. His opponents in the November 2 general election were Elliot Anderson (D) and Dale Snyder (R).

Nevada State Assembly, District 15 General election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Elliot Anderson (D)		6,760
Dale Snyder (R)		3,368
Stan Vaughan (I)		666

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Stan Vaughan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Stan Vaughan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Vaughan's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Seniors: While your current assemblyman puts seniors last and writes but three lines about seniors on his website, I believe that Seniors Matter. I will work to support legislation to remove the Nevada Silver State Exchange or any similar participation in government-run healthcare. I will work to eliminate crippling government requirements to allow them to treat patients rather than spend their time on endless government paperwork, which increases deductibles and I will work endlessly to increase access and levels of care. Veterans: As a veteran and someone working with the Nevada Veterans Council, our veterans need not merely lip service. Economy, Taxes and Education: Your current assemblyman likes to ‘talk’ about the importance of economic diversity and education yet insults our taxpayers and insults our small businesses being a part of the largest tax increase, the commerce tax, in history. I am working to repeal the Commerce tax by collecting signatures in my District, as well as remove Common Core standards/curriculum and replace them with standards/curriculum that have previously proven successful. Read the details here. Voter Fraud and Integrity: Having shown up to vote on second day of early voting and being told I had allegedly already voted, being told I could have a provisional ballot, but, which would not count unless the outcome of any race would be affected by one vote. This is an issue I will strongly support. Voters should produce a government issued photo ID, and the integrity and security audit of all electronic voter machines must also be ensured to prevent the current voter fraud being committed. Sharia Law: Some have asked what can I do as a legislator in Nevada to protect women. My proposal to have Nevada join 9 other States which have passed American Law for American Courts anti-Sharia law legislation.	”
—Stan Vaughan

Campaign finance summary

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Stan Vaughan campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Nevada State Assembly District 20	Lost general	$84,220	$0
2022	Nevada State Assembly District 20	Lost general	$22,611	$0
2020	Nevada State Assembly District 15	Lost general	$10,614	N/A**
Grand total			$117,446	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Endorsements

2016

In 2016, Vaughan's endorsements included the following:

• Don Gustavson - Nevada State Senator
• John Moore - Nevada State Assemblyman
• Tom Jones - Candidate for United States Senator
• Patrick Boylan - Democrat Candidate for United States Congress
• Ron Knecht - Economist & Nevada Controller
• James Smack - Retired Republican National Committeeman for Nevada
• Jerry Sakura - President of Democrats for Stan Vaughan

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Nevada State Assembly

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Steve Yeager

Majority Leader:Sandra Jauregui

Minority Leader:Gregory Hafen

Representatives

District 1

Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D)

District 2

Heidi Kasama (R)

District 3

Selena Torres (D)

District 4

Lisa Cole (R)

District 5

Brittney Miller (D)

District 6

Jovan Jackson (D)

District 7

Tanya Flanagan (D)

District 8

Duy Nguyen (D)

District 9

Steve Yeager (D)

District 10

Venise Karris (D)

District 11

Cinthia Moore (D)

District 12

Max Carter (D)

District 13

Brian Hibbetts (R)

District 14

Erica Mosca (D)

District 15

Howard Watts (D)

District 16

Cecelia González (D)

District 17

Linda Hunt (D)

District 18

Venicia Considine (D)

District 19

Thaddeus Yurek (R)

District 20

David Orentlicher (D)

District 21

Elaine Marzola (D)

District 22

Melissa Hardy (R)

District 23

Danielle Gallant (R)

District 24

Erica Roth (D)

District 25

Selena La Rue Hatch (D)

District 26

Rich DeLong (R)

District 27

Heather Goulding (D)

District 28

Reuben D'Silva (D)

District 29

Joe Dalia (D)

District 30

Natha Anderson (D)

District 31

Jill Dickman (R)

District 32

Alexis Hansen (R)

District 33

Bert Gurr (R)

District 34

Hanadi Nadeem (D)

District 35

Rebecca Edgeworth (R)

District 36

Gregory Hafen (R)

District 37

Shea Backus (D)

District 38

Gregory Koenig (R)

District 39

Ken Gray (R)

District 40

Philip O'Neill (R)

District 41

Sandra Jauregui (D)

District 42

Tracy Brown-May (D)

Democratic Party (27)

Republican Party (15)