Tina Alexander
Tina Alexander ran for election for Mayor of Las Vegas in Nevada. She lost in the primary on April 2, 2019.
Alexander completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Alexander moved to Las Vegas in 1999. Her professional experience includes working in the medical field, working at High Desert State Prison, starting a nonprofit focused on youth mentoring, getting published as an author, working as a certified life coach, and working as a motivational speaker for women and youth. Alexander studied criminal justice through the Univerity of Phoenix. As of the 2019 mayoral election, Alexander was taking classes on pastoral care and counseling.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: Mayoral election in Las Vegas, Nevada (2019)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Las Vegas
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Las Vegas on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carolyn Goodman (Nonpartisan) | 83.5 | 22,316 |
 | Phil Collins (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 1,417 | |
 | Amy Luciano (Nonpartisan)  | 3.1 | 824 | |
 | Tina Alexander (Nonpartisan) | 2.9 | 786 | |
 | Mack Miller (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 616 | |
| Vance Sanders (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 529 | ||
 | Zachary Krueger (Nonpartisan) | 0.9 | 235 | |
| Total votes: 26,723 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Moore (Nonpartisan)
Note: The general election was canceled after incumbent Carolyn Goodman won the position outright by receiving more than 50% of the votes cast in the primary election.
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tina Alexander completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Alexander's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
Safer Schools/Safer Streets Better Education Rebuilding our community
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
Social Education Criminal justice
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
Michelle Obama Michelle is a woman with great pose. She always kept her head held high no matter the attacks that she and her family had to endure. She is a woman with stature, elegance.
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
Integrity Honesty Being a person of their word
What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?
I am caring, giving and dependable I am a woman of my word I have integrity
What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?
To ensure the city fulfills duty work on making and creating laws serve the community being able to make sound decision, structure
What legacy would you like to leave?
That I was the one who came in and changed laws that provided more safety and security and brought the sense of community back into the community for everyone who lives in Las Vegas. Also to show girls young and ole that no matter what their dreams and aspirations are you can reach them.
What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?
9/11 - Sept 11, 2001 I was age 30
What was your very first job? How long did you have it?
Babysitting up until I was 15 to get a job at Mc'donald's
What happened on your most awkward date?
went to see him and I found my one of my friends there to see him as well. He was to embarrassed to face us. So my friend and I sat and had drinks laughing and talking about him.
What is your favorite holiday? Why?
Christmas I love to cook and bake and spend time with my family but most importantly I get to look at their faces when they were young. Now that I have grand children. I love to put a smile on their faces.
What is your favorite book? Why?
The bible Because the bible is the road map to life
If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?
Wonder Woman
What is your favorite thing in your home or apartment? Why?
a clock because it is a memorial clock of my deceased grandson.
What was the last song that got stuck in your head?
won't he do it
What is something that has been a struggle in your life?
when I was younger learning how to deal with being a single mother
A mayor is a leader in his or her city. What does that mean to you?
As mayor I must set an good example to the city. I must be professional at all times. Open and approachable.
Mayors have many responsibilities, which vary from city to city. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your city?
making sure that the city in which we live in is safe for everyone.
If the mayor in your city is a member of the city council and there's a city manager appointed to handle the day-to-day administration of the city government, what do you believe should be the mayor's top priority in office?
The mayor will officially speak for the city government and the community as a whole.
If the mayor in your city is not a member of the city council and oversees the day-to-day administration of the city government, what do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor and city council?
Their ideal relationship should be working together hand in hand running the city. Making sure it is ran properly.
What do you love most about your city?
The diversity
What do you perceive to be your city's greatest challenges over the next decade?
bringing community back to the community
What do you believe is the ideal relationship between your city and the state government?
They should work together in reviewing and creating new laws for the city for common interest. To ensure the city receives all the funds that are available for the city.
What do you believe is the ideal relationship between your city and the federal government?
to work together to ensure that the city and the state receives funding to run the city and the state
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Elections Team, “Email communication with Tina Alexander," February 22, 2019
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