clark county commission
Why it matters
The Clark County Commission is the overarching bureaucratic body that supervises county operations in the greater Las Vegas Valley. County services include overseeing airports, child protective services, marriage licensing, rental assistance, the coroner, courts, parks and more. The commission also oversees unincorporated areas such as the Las Vegas Strip, Spring Valley, Enterprise and parts of Summerlin. The board also administers the county’s roughly $10 billion budget, roughly 10,000 county employees and a population of more than 2 million people countywide.
Why you should care
The board has seven partisan members elected every four years and is largely Democratic — there is only one Republican county commissioner currently serving.
That Republican presence could expand depending on who wins the District F seat, which is open after Democrat Justin Jones, facing a controversy over deleted text messages surrounding a real estate development near Red Rock, announced he wouldn’t seek re-election.
Assm. Heidi Kasama (R-Las Vegas), the progressive Democrat Minja Yan and the independent Becky Harris, a former Republican state senator, will face off in the general election in November.
If that seat flips to Kasama, the board would have two Republican county commissioners, more than it’s had in more than 10 years. The last Republican commissioner the county had before April Becker was elected in 2024 was the long-serving Bruce Woodbury, who retired in 2009.
However, if elected, both Harris and Yan could change the political makeup of the board — Yan for being a young progressive, and Harris for being an independent candidate.
Clark County is tackling new issues after tourism declined in 2025 — and the region aims to diversify through sports, entertainment and new development. The board determines how the county’s budget is allocated and what sort of projects are being approved.
County Commissioner, District E

Manny Kess
Kess is the founder and CEO of a Las Vegas-based concierge and hospitality company, The Kess Group, with investments in other businesses. Prior to moving to Nevada, he owned several New York restaurants and drive-ins.

Richard "Tick" Segerblom
Richard “Tick” Segerblom is an attorney who was first elected to the Nevada Assembly in 2006. He served in the Nevada Senate from 2012 to 2018 before being elected to the Clark County Commission.
Endorsements
- AFL-CIO
- Culinary
- Las Vegas Police Protective Association
- Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
Clayton Simmons
Candidate website could not be found.
County Commissioner, District F

Becky Harris
Harris is a former Republican state senator as well as a former chair for the Nevada Gaming Control Board — the first woman to hold the position. She currently teaches at the UNLV Boyd School of Law.
Recommended Reading
Channel 3 interview with Harris
Heidi Kasama
A real estate agent and former president of Nevada Realtors, Kasama has served in the Assembly since 2020. She is seeking re-election and is endorsed by the Assembly Republican Caucus.
Endorsements
- Gov. Joe Lombardo
Recommended Reading
Indy District F race previewBrian Baron
A small business owner of an audio visual company since 2008, Baron lives in the Rural Estates area of Enterprise.
Minja Yan
Yan is a former adjunct professor at UNLV working in commercial real estate development. Recently, she led the Chinatown Redevelopment Plan in Las Vegas.
Endorsements
- AFL-CIO
- Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
Recommended Reading
Channel 8 interview with YanCounty Commissioner, District G

Jim Gibson
IncumbentIncumbent Gibson is an attorney and the former three-term mayor of Henderson. He has served on the County Commission since 2017 and is the president of Western Elite, a waste services provider.
Endorsements
- AFL-CIO
- Culinary
- Laborers
- Las Vegas Police Protective Association
- Nevada Conservation League
Recommended Reading
Channel 8 interview with GibsonJon Maxham
Maxham is a veteran and an internal medicine physician focused on blending western medicine and pharmacokinetics with a more holistic approach, according to his website.









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