Nakia Woodson

Nakia Woodson

Democratic Party

Education

Bachelor's

University of Southern California

Law

Whittier Law School

Nakia Woodson was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 3 of the Nevada State Assembly.

Biography

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Woodson earned two bachelor's degrees from the University of Southern California and her J.D. from Whittier Law School.

Campaign themes

2014

Woodson's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Domestic Violence

• Excerpt: "We need to come together & end abuse. Report it. There should be harsher penalties for abusers. I will advocate to end domestic violence."

Working Poor

• Excerpt: "Nevada's working poor should have improved conditions. Resources should be available to assist this segment of the population. Nevada needs to take better care of the everyday worker. These workers sometimes have to work two or even three jobs. Some of these people lack things like affordable child care. They cannot access some benefits such as utility assistance because their income is too high. However, because their income is low they still live in poverty."

Health Care

• Excerpt: "Affordable health care for all. Health care specific to women."

• Excerpt: "The new health care system does not help everyone. Employees that are in the private sector or even government employees are not included. Some senior citizens still struggle with paying for their medications. Many government employees have a hard time paying their premiums and co-pays. In addition, some self employed people are not included. There needs to be affordable health care for everyone. Women should also have access to health care benefits that includes their specific needs, for example birth control and mammograms."

Housing

• Excerpt: "Keep Nevadans in their homes. Keep our neighborhoods clean, vibrant and safe."

• Excerpt: "Nevada needs a plan to decrease foreclosures and keep people in their homes. Keeping people in their homes keeps the neighborhood beautiful, maintains homeownership, and does not put people in a financial bind having to deal with a foreclosure. Everyone who experiences a foreclosure, will experience credit challenges. These credit challenges result in difficulty in obtaining new housing. Credit challenges also effect finances. Let’s keep Nevadans in their homes."

Economy

• Excerpt: "Nevada's economy suffers due to lack of business and the high unemployment rate. Increase business, decrease unemployment."

• Excerpt: "Nevada’s economy desperately needs improving. Our unemployment rates need to decrease. We need to attract more businesses to move to NV. We have made some improvements, however we need to make more substantial improvements. Nevada needs to support our business owners. Specifically, small business owners who in many instances need additional guidance and support as compared to a large corporation."

Elections

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. Nelson Araujo defeated Danny Alires, Chris Barry, Felipe Rodriguez, Matthew Tramp and Nakia Woodson in the Democratic primary. Jesus Marquez was unopposed in the Republican primary. Araujo defeated Marquez in the general election.

Nevada State Assembly District 3, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Nelson Araujo	55.9%	4,381
	Republican	Jesus Marquez	44.1%	3,456
Total Votes				7,837

Nevada State Assembly, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Nelson Araujo	42.7%	687
Matthew Tramp	20.8%	334
Felipe Rodriguez	11.8%	189
Nakia Woodson	11.5%	185
Chris Barry	10.4%	167
Danny Alires	2.9%	46
Total Votes		1,608

Recent news

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Nakia Woodson News Feed

See also

• Nevada State Assembly
• Nevada State Legislature
• Nevada State Assembly elections, 2014
• Nevada State Assembly District 3

External links

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• Nakia Woodson on Facebook
• Nakia Woodson on LinkedIn
• Nevada Secretary of State, "2014 Filed Candidates"
• Clark County, 2014 candidate list
• Washoe County, 2014 candidate list

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)