Stephen Silberkraus

Stephen Silberkraus

Republican Party

Prior offices

Nevada State Assembly District 29

Successor: Lesley E. Cohen

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Elections and appointments

Last election

June 9, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate

Pepperdine University

Personal

Profession

Multimedia Professional / Author

Contact

Personal website

Stephen Silberkraus (Republican Party) was a member of the Nevada State Assembly, representing District 29. Silberkraus assumed office on February 2, 2015. Silberkraus left office on November 9, 2016.

Silberkraus ran for election to the Nevada Board of Regents to represent District 3. Silberkraus lost in the primary on June 9, 2020.

Silberkraus is a former Republican member of the Nevada State Assembly, representing District 29 from 2014 to 2016.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Silberkraus served on the following committees:

Nevada committee assignments, 2015
• Commerce and Labor
• Government Affairs
• Transportation

Elections

2020

See also: Nevada State Board of Regents election, 2020

General election

General election for Nevada Board of Regents District 3

Byron Brooks defeated Swadeep Nigam in the general election for Nevada Board of Regents District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Byron Brooks (Nonpartisan)	55.0	40,568
		Swadeep Nigam (Nonpartisan)	45.0	33,235

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,803
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 3

Byron Brooks and Swadeep Nigam defeated Lachelle Fisher and Stephen Silberkraus in the primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 3 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Byron Brooks (Nonpartisan)	31.4	8,887
✔		Swadeep Nigam (Nonpartisan)	23.8	6,724
	Submit photo	Lachelle Fisher (Nonpartisan)	23.4	6,618
		Stephen Silberkraus (Nonpartisan)	21.4	6,035

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,264
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2018

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2018

General election

General election for Nevada State Assembly District 29

Incumbent Lesley E. Cohen defeated Stephen Silberkraus and Bruce James-Newman in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 29 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lesley E. Cohen (D)	51.4	13,507
		Stephen Silberkraus (R)	46.3	12,171
		Bruce James-Newman (L)	2.2	582

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,260
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 29

Incumbent Lesley E. Cohen defeated Terry Watson in the Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 29 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lesley E. Cohen	86.5	3,119
	Submit photo	Terry Watson	13.5	485

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 3,604
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 29

Stephen Silberkraus advanced from the Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 29 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Stephen Silberkraus

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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.

Lesley Cohen defeated incumbent Stephen Silberkraus in the Nevada State Assembly District 29 general election.

Nevada State Assembly, District 29 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lesley Cohen	50.37%	14,475
	Republican	Stephen Silberkraus Incumbent	49.63%	14,263
Total Votes				28,738
Source: Nevada Secretary of State

Lesley Cohen ran unopposed in the Nevada State Assembly District 29 Democratic primary.

Nevada State Assembly District 29, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Lesley Cohen  (unopposed)

Incumbent Stephen Silberkraus defeated Amy L. Groves in the Nevada State Assembly District 29 Republican primary.

Nevada State Assembly District 29, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Stephen Silberkraus Incumbent	54.99%	1,395
	Republican	Amy L. Groves	45.01%	1,142
Total Votes				2,537

2014

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for the Nevada State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014. Incumbent Lesley Cohen was set to face Daniel Mathis in the Democratic primary, but Mathis withdrew before the primary, leaving Cohen unopposed. Stephen Silberkraus defeated Amy Groves in the Republican primary. Cohen was defeated by Silberkraus in the general election.

Nevada State Assembly District 29, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Stephen Silberkraus	54.8%	7,474
	Democratic	Lesley Cohen Incumbent	45.2%	6,171
Total Votes				13,645

Nevada State Assembly, District 29 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Stephen Silberkraus	60.4%	1,413
Amy Groves	39.6%	928
Total Votes		2,341

2012

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2012

Stephen Silberkraus ran in the 2012 election for Nevada State Assembly, District 42. He was defeated by Robert Mcentee in the June 12 primary election.

Nevada State Assembly, District 42 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Robert Mcentee	50.9%	457
Stephen H. Silberkraus	49.1%	441
Total Votes		898

Campaign themes

2020

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2014

Silberkraus' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

A Focus to Improve Education ​

• Excerpt: "We need to push for more accountability and local control, support STEM learning, trade, magnet and charter programs along with vouchers and much more."

Getting Nevada Working Again

• Excerpt: "In order to turn things around we must both grow and diversify our economy. By supporting growth in the convention, tourism and gaming industries, we can create good jobs while working to expand and strengthen our economy."

Strengthen Our Economy ​

• Excerpt: "Along with job creation we must provide incentives for new industries to come to Nevada and fight against bad economic policies such as the Margins Tax. Nevada must have an environment for businesses both large and small to thrive."

• Excerpt: "Branching out in to technology, manufacturing, biomedical and other fields we can create a stronger Nevada economy and better job market for tomorrow."

2012

Silberkraus' website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Getting Nevada Working Again

• Excerpt: "In order to turn things around we must diversify our economy. This requires relieving the burdensome regulations on struggling small businesses to help them grow and provide incentives for new industries to come to Nevada."

A Vision to Improve Education

• Excerpt: "While I am proud to support the Governor’s push for more accountability and local control in our educational system, the work is not yet done. We need to implement a larger vision that includes reform, as well as a greater involvement from our community [sic]."

Reforming Our State Government

• Excerpt: "As your Assemblyman, I will seek to reform our state government by ending the vicious boom and bust cycles we have come to expect in the budget and bring financial stability to Carson City."

Sponsored legislation

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Campaign finance summary

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Stephen Silberkraus campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2014	Nevada State Assembly, District 29	Won	$102,054	N/A**
Grand total			$102,054	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 on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2016

In 2016, the Nevada State Legislature did not hold a regular session.

2015

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In 2015, the Nevada State Legislature was in session from February 2 through June 1. Nevada Conservation League: Senate and Assembly Legislators are scored on environment and conservation issues. Nevada Family Alliance: 2015 Legislative Scorecard Legislators are scored on their votes for or against Nevada Family Alliance's position. Nevada Policy Research Institute: The 2015 Nevada Legislative Session Review & Report Card Legislators are scored on their voting record concerning economic and education issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Lesley Cohen (D)	Nevada State Assembly District 29 2015-2016	Succeeded by Lesley Cohen (D)