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David Schoen
David Schoen (Republican Party) ran for election to the Nevada State Assembly to represent District 35. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Schoen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Schoen was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 9 of the Nevada State Senate.
Elections
2018
- See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2018
General election
General election for Nevada State Assembly District 35
Michelle Gorelow defeated David Schoen and Daniel Hofstein in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 35 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michelle Gorelow (D) | 49.9 | 14,332 |
 | David Schoen (R)  | 40.0 | 11,485 | |
 | Daniel Hofstein (Independent) | 10.1 | 2,905 | |
| Total votes: 28,722 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 35
Michelle Gorelow defeated Paul Nimsuwan in the Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 35 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Gorelow | 53.4 | 1,794 |
| Paul Nimsuwan | 46.6 | 1,567 | ||
| Total votes: 3,361 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 35
David Schoen defeated Aimee Jones in the Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 35 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Schoen | 58.5 | 1,421 |
| Aimee Jones | 41.5 | 1,008 | ||
| Total votes: 2,429 | |||
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2014
- See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Nevada State Senate 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 Justin Jones ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Becky Harris defeated Ron Quilang, Vick Gill and David Schoen in the Republican primary. Harris defeated Jones in the general election.[1][2][3][4]
The Nevada State Senate was a battleground chamber that Ballotpedia identified as having the opportunity to switch partisan control in 2014. The Nevada Senate had a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of one seat, which amounted to 9 percent of the seats up for election in 2014. District 9 in the Senate was identified by Ballotpedia and the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a battleground district that could have determined control of the Nevada State Senate. Incumbent Justin Jones lost his seat to attorney Becky Harris in the general election. Jones won election in 2012 by only 301 votes. In 2013, Jones angered many gun-rights conservatives during his first year in office, when he pushed for gun control legislation.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Becky Harris |
55.2% | 12,475 | |
| Democratic | Justin Jones Incumbent | 44.8% | 10,116 | |
| Total Votes | 22,591 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Becky Harris |
50.3% | 1,830 |
| Vick Gill | 39.9% | 1,452 |
| David Schoen | 5.7% | 206 |
| Ron Quilang | 4.2% | 153 |
| Total Votes | 3,641 | |
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
David Schoen participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 15, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and David Schoen's responses follow below.[6]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1. Ensuring a stable economy. Nearly a decade past the recession, Nevada’s economy is once again booming. Now more than ever, we need to focus on a smart and sustainable comeback. I would push to cut the red tape and intervene in any attempt to legislatively micromanage small business (such as through industry specific tax increases, arbitrary minimum wage increases, and costly mandates). 2. Addressing our education shortcomings. We need a balanced approach to education, including giving parents a broader choice in their child’s needs while pushing the school districts to look at funding from the classroom up, rather than from the administration down. Improving teacher salaries, focusing on achievement and data-based programs, and working to address the school psychologist shortage are a few of my public education priorities. 3. (In AD 35) Promoting sound development practices and infrastructure improvements. My district of over 90,000 residents has only two grocery stores and a newly-built Walmart, most gas stations are miles away, and major roadways (Durango, Rainbow, Decatur, etc.) in to the master planned communities of Southern Highlands and Mountains Edge bottleneck to a single lane at multiple points. Further, there is a push for new high-density residential development without consideration of essential commercial services in the area. These infrastructure and development issues hurt the value and appeal of our communities and, frankly, irritate residents. I plan on introducing legislation that would force the expansion of major roadways to at least two lanes in each direction and to improve outdated flood channels. I would also work closely with the County Commission to ensure smart zoning for new development—striking a balance between residential, commercial, and recreation planning.[7][8] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | My drive for public service stem from and my policy positions are focused on my community. This is where my wife and I chose to raise our three daughters—this is where they go to school, the parks the play in, the neighborhood in which they will need to stay safe. Providing a prosperous future for them and the rest of my neighbors led me to advocate for them in the Nevada legislature.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[8]
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2014
Schoen's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[9]
Family
- Excerpt: "This is my #1 priority. We continually hear on the news about the push for more police officers, but at the sacrifice of increasing sales taxes. The safety of our families should not be contingent on threats and scare tactics of police departments asking for a larger piece of the pie at our expense. The State is sufficiently funded enough to support keeping our streets safe without the need to dip further in to anyone's pocket. I support more cops in our community, but think the money can be found through a thorough audit and consolidation of departments."
Economy
- Excerpt: "Small businesses -- the "mom and pop shops" owned and operated by your neighbors -- are the backbone of our economy and our community. We need to ensure that we refrain from placing a heavier burden on these staples of our society, because even the slightest hardship can financially effect many of our families, and this is something I will not support happening."
Jobs
- Excerpt: "Keeping the burden low for all businesses is key in ensuring that our job market stays ripe and continues to grow. If we blindly raise taxes on these companies, the domino effect becomes job cuts and revenue reduction. This is why I stand for keeping taxes low for all businesses, and promoting tax credits and breaks for companies that bring new innovative ideas to our community and hire certain classes of unemployed workers. Further, I support helping existing companies expand and take and mentor young employees new to the workforce."
Education
- Excerpt: "We need to start from the beginning and build a better foundation. This includes expanding kindergarten to full days. How can we, as a State, expect to raise test scores when we won't commit 100% to instilling that critical foundation of learning at an age where students can develop the tools necessary to excel in later years? We also need to expand charter schools around the state, continue building our community college system to reach out to more young adults, and find a way to tighten down spending at universities to make college more affordable."
Military & Veterans
- Excerpt: "When our heroes return home, they are going to bringing with them years of specialized training, leadership experience, discipline, and a dedication found nowhere else. Our State and local businesses are literally being handed the opportunity to bring on these young Americans and thrive with the skills they will bring to the workforce. One of my first pieces of legislation I will introduce will implement a veterans hiring preference, which will: (1) Require State agencies to give preference to qualified veterans with an Honorable Discharge, and further preference to disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients; and (2) Tax credits for private employers who hire those same veterans."
See also
- Nevada State Senate
- Nevada State Legislature
- Nevada State Senate elections, 2014
- Nevada State Senate District 9
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Nevada State Assembly elections, 2018
- Nevada State Assembly
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2014 filed candidates," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ Clark County, "Candidate filing," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Nevada Primary Election 2014," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2014 Official Statewide General Election Results," accessed April 30, 2015
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Nevada Senate leader says GOP has chance to regain control of upper house," April 9, 2014
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "David Schoen's responses," May 15, 2018
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ David Schoen for State Senate, "Issues," accessed May 19, 2014
