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Ray Spencer
Ray Spencer ran for election to the Las Vegas City Council to represent Ward 6 in Nevada. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Spencer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Las Vegas, Nevada (2022)
General election
General election for Las Vegas City Council Ward 6
Nancy Brune defeated Ray Spencer in the general election for Las Vegas City Council Ward 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nancy Brune (Nonpartisan) | 50.6 | 17,905 | |
 | Ray Spencer (Nonpartisan)  | 49.4 | 17,511 | |
| Total votes: 35,416 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Las Vegas City Council Ward 6
The following candidates ran in the primary for Las Vegas City Council Ward 6 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nancy Brune (Nonpartisan) | 32.5 | 5,372 | |
| ✔ | | Ray Spencer (Nonpartisan) | 28.1 | 4,654 |
| Lou DeSalvio (Nonpartisan) | 22.6 | 3,735 | ||
| Matt Passalacqua (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 892 | ||
| Paul Casey (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 717 | ||
| Luke R. Anderson (Nonpartisan) | 3.6 | 597 | ||
| David Dillie (Nonpartisan) | 3.5 | 573 | ||
| Total votes: 16,540 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ray Spencer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Spencer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Ray became a police officer in 1998. Ray moved up rapidly at the LVMPD and worked in Sexual Assault, Child Sex Crimes, Internet Crimes Against Children and Homicide.
In 2012, the United States Department of State selected him to assist in developing a teaching program to reduce violence against women and children, globally. Ray also began a community education program called the “Dark Side of Social Media.”
On October 1st, 2017, Ray was supervising 50 officers working overtime at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. By the end of the night, he would hold the unfortunate title as the Incident Commander of the largest mass shooting in US history. Ray was directing operations onsite when the shooting began, causing him to run out of the command post toward the gunfire in an effort to save lives. As a result of Ray’s actions that night he was awarded the “Medal of Valor” by the LVMPD.
Ray has been with his wife Gena for over 21 years, and they have two boys who are avid hockey players and attend Cadwallader Middle School.
- Ensuring the safety of our city will be my number one priority. Crime has increased at an alarming rate over the last couple of years. As a career first responder, I've spent two decades working on the front lines and will use my vast experience to improve our community's safety. As a city council member, I will work to ensure our police are well funded and supported.
- A strong and healthy community empowers residents to achieve a higher quality of life. Las Vegas has seen it shares of struggles and together we have overcome to become a resilient community. We need to continue to develop a strong community by seeking greater community participation in government affairs.
- Transparency in government is more important now than ever. Transparency ensures government agencies are accountable to the community they serve. Recently, the City of Las Vegas was criticized for their lack of transparency when dealing with public records requests. Throughout my career I have been responsible for providing accurate, complete, and timely information to residents and visitors. As a city councilman, I will demand that the city is transparent in all areas of city government.
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As a Ward 6 representative, my job is to represent the wants, needs and ideas of my neighbors. Las Vegas has many issues that effect its urban core, however my
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See also
2022 Elections
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