ASSEMBLYMAN GLEN LEAVITT

• Freshman Republican who succeeds Republican Assemblywoman Melissa Woodbury, who did not seek re-election.
• Represents District 23, which encompasses the southern tip of Clark County and portions of Henderson and Boulder City.
• District 23 leans Republican (44 percent Republican, 29 percent Democratic and 26 percent nonpartisan or other in the 2018 election).
• Leavitt defeated Matt Gardner in the Republican primary by 10.2 percentage points, a margin of about 640 votes.
• He defeated Independent American Party candidate Ralph Preta by 42.84 points, or about 14,450 votes, in the general election.
• He will sit on the committees for Government Affairs, Growth and Infrastructure and Legislative Operations and Elections.

FAMILY AND EDUCATION:

Glen Leavitt was born in 1973 in St. George, Utah. A fifth-generation Nevadan, Leavitt received his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Brigham Young University before returning to Nevada, receiving his Masters in Public Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and settling back in Boulder City. He is married to Rebecca Woodbury-Leavitt. His hobbies include traveling, DIY-home improvement and spending time with his family.

CAREER:

Leavitt has worked for the Regional Transportation Commission as a public affairs analyst for nine years, in addition to owning his own financial services company, Leavitt Fiduciary Services. He also sat as a member of the Boulder City Planning Commission from 2014 to 2018, serving as the body’s chair from 2017 to 2018.

ON NEVADA AND THE ISSUES:

What are you top three priorities for the 2019 legislative session?

Enhancing Nevada's education system by seeking to implement and improve Career and Technical Education (CTE) in Nevada's primary education system.

Assist small business growth and prosperity by reducing regulation, tax burden and other government-created hardships.  

Work to maintain low property taxes and [reduce] the effect [of] increased property taxes burden those retired and on fixed incomes.

What programs/parts of the state government could be cut? What programs/areas need more funding in 2019?

I will have to spend more time evaluating this issue in order to effectively respond.

What specifically should Nevada do to improve health care this session? How about education?

Tort reform on malpractice claims. Increase the Medicare reimbursement rates.

Should Nevada raise its Renewable Portfolio Standard to 100 percent by 2050? If not, what should the state's RPS compliance standard be?

Possibly, I personally support an increased renewable standard; however, I believe the standard should be driven by the market.

Do you support modifying or eliminating current property tax caps in state law?

I do not support modifying or eliminating the property tax caps at this time.

Are there any particular issues on which you see yourself working across party lines? If so, which ones? If not, why not?

I would like to see a greater emphasis on innovation and technology. I believe this is an area where all legislators can see value and find common ground.