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Derek Armstrong
Derek Armstrong is a former Republican member of the Nevada State Assembly, representing District 21 from 2014 to 2016.
Biography
Armstrong served in the United States Marine Corps from 2000 to 2005. While serving, he earned the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal,the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Korean Defense Service Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Presidential Unit Citation-Navy, the Navy Unit Commendation, Certificate of Commendation and the Meritorious Good Conduct Medal.[1]
He graduated from Chaparral High School in 1998 then earned his associate degree in management from Barstow College in 2004. Armstrong went on to earn his B.A. in economics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2007 and his J.D. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2010.[1]
Professionally, Armstrong worked as a risk analyst for Credit One Bank while attending law school. Since graduation, he has worked as an attorney.[1]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Armstrong served on the following committees:
| Nevada committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Education |
| • Taxation, Chair |
| • Ways and Means |
Campaign themes
2014
Armstrong's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[2]
Education
- Excerpt: "Education is the key to long term success in Nevada. We need to ensure our kids are able to succeed in school and in life. Any education reform should look to funding early childhood education. In Nevada, we do not fund full-day kindergarten for all children, which ensures that many start their education behind their peers. These children are the future of this great state and we owe it to them to ensure that they are able to start their education off on the right track. This is a long term approach to fixing a system that has been broken for far too long."
Business
- Excerpt: "Small business owners are subject to many taxes and other expenses. Every level of government imposes some sort of tax or fee on businesses. Self-Employment Tax, Income Tax, Personal Property Tax, Sales Tax, Unemployment tax, State Business License, County or City Business License, Professional Licenses and Insurance(s) to name a few. All that is before a business pays for their overhead or payroll expenses. Government often times does not foster an environment for small businesses to grow and thrive. Instead of just raising tax rates, let’s help promote an economic recovery, put people to work and strengthen the tax base. This formula creates revenue for the state in multiple ways. Growing businesses have higher revenues (pay more taxes), and more people will be employed and spending money (increase in sales tax)."
Freedom
- Excerpt: "It is my absolute goal to fight for personal freedom and liberty."
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
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.
Ozzie Fumo defeated incumbent Derek Armstrong in the Nevada State Assembly District 21 general election.[3][4]
| Nevada State Assembly, District 21 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Ozzie Fumo |
52.38% | 13,373 | |
| Republican | Derek Armstrong Incumbent | 47.62% | 12,158 | |
| Total Votes | 25,531 | |||
| Source: Nevada Secretary of State | ||||
Ozzie Fumo defeated Vinny Spotleson and Ben Nakhaima in the Nevada State Assembly District 21 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| Nevada State Assembly District 21, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ozzie Fumo |
57.63% | 1,423 | |
| Democratic | Vinny Spotleson | 34.59% | 854 | |
| Democratic | Ben Nakhaima | 7.78% | 192 | |
| Total Votes | 2,469 | |||
Incumbent Derek Armstrong defeated Blain K. Jones in the Nevada State Assembly District 21 Republican primary.[5][6]
| Nevada State Assembly District 21, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Derek Armstrong Incumbent |
55.25% | 1,179 | |
| Republican | Blain K. Jones | 44.75% | 955 | |
| Total Votes | 2,134 | |||
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 Andy Eisen ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Derek Armstrong defeated Andrew Coates in the Republican primary. Adam-John Sanacore ran as a Libertarian candidate. Armstrong defeated Eisen and Sanacore in the general election.[7][8][9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Derek Armstrong |
50.2% | 6,033 | |
| Democratic | Andy Eisen Incumbent | 46.5% | 5,582 | |
| Libertarian | Adam-John Sanacore | 3.3% | 398 | |
| Total Votes | 12,013 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Derek Armstrong |
58.1% | 983 |
| Andrew Coates | 41.9% | 709 |
| Total Votes | 1,692 | |
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2016
In 2016, the Nevada State Legislature did not hold a regular session.
2015
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2015, click [show]. |
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In 2015, the Nevada State Legislature was in session from February 2 through June 1.
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Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Derek + Armstrong + Nevada + Assembly"
See also
External links
- Profile from Open States
- Official campaign website
- Derek Armstrong on Facebook
- Campaign contributions via OpenSecrets
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on April 15, 2014
- ↑ Derek Armstrong for Nevada Assembly District 21, "Campaign Platform," accessed May 19, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Master Statewide Certified List of Candidates," accessed August 19, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 25, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Election Certified List of Candidates," accessed May 16, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Nevada Secretary of State, "Official Primary election results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 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
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Andy Eisen (R) |
Nevada State Assembly District 21 2015-2016 |
Succeeded by Ozzie Fumo (D) |
