Washoe County

Benitez-Thompson was most recently chief of staff to Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and previously served as the Assembly Democratic majority leader in 2017 and 2019. She represented Assembly District 27 beginning in 2010, is a licensed clinical social worker who has worked in hospice and adoption and won the Miss Nevada pageant in 2002.

Flippo, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, is a financial adviser in Las Vegas. Previously, he worked for oil and gas company BP in Alaska.

Chapman is treasurer of the Nevada Independent American Party. She ran for this seat in 2024.

Daly is a retired construction worker and a former business manager for Laborers’ Local 169. He served in the state Assembly from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2016 to 2020. He was elected to the Senate in 2022 and is seeking re-election with the endorsement of the Senate Democratic Caucus.

Buehler is a U.S. Air Force veteran who previously challenged Daly for this seat in 2022. He also ran for State Board of Education in 2024 and Washoe County treasurer in 2018, losing both races. He serves on the wastewater and sewage board for Northern Nevada Public Health.

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A plumbing contractor and business co-owner, Hansen was elected to the Senate in 2018 and previously served four terms in the Assembly. He is seeking re-election and is endorsed by the Senate Republican Caucus.

An instructor about the U.S. Constitution at Truckee Meadows Community College and former faculty member at the University of Phoenix, Krasner is vying for her second term in the Senate after a three-term stint in the Assembly.

Roll is a social worker who has lived in Northern Nevada for more than 20 years. She is also vice chair of the LGBTQIA+ Caucus for the Nevada Democratic Party.

Roth was elected to the Assembly in 2024. She is an attorney who works for the Washoe County Public Defender’s Office.

A teacher in the Washoe County School District, La Rue Hatch has served in the Assembly since 2022.

Ginsburg is a manager with NV Energy who formerly ran for state Senate in 2024 and who has Gov. Joe Lombardo’s endorsement. He has never held public office before but formerly served as the chair of the Reno Parks and Recreation Commission.

A geologist and natural resource manager, DeLong was the chairman of the Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources for 16 years and also the chairman of the UNLV College of Science Advisory Board. He has held his Assembly seat since 2022.

Baugh is a high school government teacher. He has a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University.

Goulding was first elected in 2024 and is a senior project manager at ADM Associates, an energy research and evaluation firm. The Reno Democrat helped pass legislation as a volunteer prior to running for office and has been involved in several community organizations.

Cortes was born and raised in Sun Valley, Nevada, and formerly worked in nutrition services in a Washoe County elementary school. She is the founder of the outdoors-focused group Valley Amigos Horseback Riding & Farming Club.

An educator, Anderson has served as president of the Washoe County teachers’ union and has held office since 2020. She is seeking re-election and is endorsed by the Assembly Democratic Caucus.

Trista Gomez is a graduate from Truckee Meadows Community College and UNR. She is a real estate agent and has managed her family’s small business.

Owner of a custom manufacturing business and long active in local and state Republican Party politics, Dickman has held an Assembly seat on and off since 2014. She is seeking re-election to the seat, and is endorsed by the Assembly Republican Caucus.

Schwartz is a retired businessman who has been a real estate agent for nearly 30 years.

Co-owner of Hansen and Sons Plumbing, Hansen has held her Assembly seat since 2018 and is seeking re-election. She is married to Sen. Ira Hansen, and is endorsed by the Assembly Republican Caucus.

Butler worked for the State of Nevada for 30 years, including as director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, before retiring in 2024. She’s endorsed by Gov. Joe Lombardo.

Fuentes is a lifelong Carson City resident who describes himself as a Latino leader and public servant. He is currently a safety manager for the Nevada Department of Transportation and is an AFSCME member.

Arrascada was elected to the board in 2020. He has previously served as the board’s vice chair and led or served on several committees include the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Committee and the Academic, Research and Student Affairs Committee

Reed is the director of the Sanford Center for Aging in the UNR School of Medicine and as professor of community health sciences. He’s a former faculty senate chair, and former chair of the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Council of Senate Chairs.

Dreiling is currently a Washoe County senior justice of the peace. He had been elected as a justice of the peace after serving 22 years as a deputy district attorney.

Gorman is currently probate commission in Washoe County and became interested in the judiciary when he served as tribal judge for the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe

Morey, a longtime Reno family law attorney, was appointed to the seat in April by Gov. Joe Lombardo when it became vacant. The incumbent did not seek re-election.

White died on Aug. 21. His name will still appear on the November ballot

Killoran is a former broadcast journalist who has served as CEO of the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition.

Rodriguez is a community services officer for the Reno Police Department. She has also worked in the airline industry and as a truck driver.

Originally from Elko, Garcia works as the executive director of UNR’s Dean’s Future Scholars program and holds a Ph.D. in education. She was first elected in 2022.

A business owner and self-described Hells Angel who has spoken publicly about a past federal incarceration, Regas is running for Washoe County Commission, citing frustration with county spending, including the Moon Rocks public art project. The Washoe County Republican Party’s chair has said the party won’t support him.

Pierce is a Navy veteran who held various positions at AT&T and has served on several county boards, including the regional planning commission.

Wadsworth is the chief operating officer for Native Public Media and has served on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Council.

A Nevada resident since 1993, McDowell earned a law degree in 2021 and has since worked with Reno civil rights attorney Mark Mausert, representing employees facing workplace discrimination based on sex, race or disability. He’s endorsed by the Washoe County Democratic Party.

Meyer is a retired captain with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and a U.S. Navy veteran. He also worked as a security manager for the federal government, and is running on a platform of transparency and efficient service for county residents.

Duncan is the Sparks city attorney and former Nevada assemblymember. He is also an Air Force veteran.

Klitzke is the incumbent Washoe County public administrator, elected in 2022 as the office’s first female officeholder. She has more than 20 years of experience in the Public Administrator’s Office, managing complex estate cases, and is running for re-election on a platform of continued institutional knowledge.

Jorgensen, chief operating officer of the estate planning business TrustMasters, holds a state certificate of registration for document preparation services and was raised in Washoe County. He’s running on a platform centered on transparency.

Harvey is an adjunct professor at UNR and the director of the university’s fitness and recreational sports department. She also sits on the City of Sparks’ Parks and Recreation Commission. She’s also been a board member for Immunize Nevada and the Northern Nevada Black Cultural Awareness Society.

Westlake works as the donor development director for Ronald McDonald House Charities Northern Nevada. She serves on three state boards and committees, and is also the founder of the Women in Cannabis Expo. Her two sons are enrolled in the district.

Marshall is the former state treasurer and lieutenant governor. She most recently served under President Joe Biden as a White House senior adviser, where she was a liaison to governors.

Taylor is the Reno vice mayor who has served on the Reno City Council since 2022. She is also the owner of a management consulting company.

Johnson owned a Reno brewery and served as director of the Nevada Conservation Corps. He ran for mayor in 2022.

Pellett is co-owner of her family construction company, Pellett Construction. She was previously a city planner for the City of Sparks. She is endorsed by the Washoe County GOP.

Ebert has served on the city council since 2022. She also works as a business systems analyst.

Gomez is from Reno and opened a restaurant with his father when he was 17.

Bogale, a Reno native, is an attorney with experience in environmental and energy law. He was a senior attorney with NV Energy and currently works as an environmental policy attorney for Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

Gianoli is currently a Reno Deputy City Attorney in the criminal division.

Hubach, a longtime licensed attorney, served as a Pro Tem Judge in Reno Municipal Court for more than two decades.

Lawson has served as Sparks mayor since 2020. He previously spent a decade on the city council and worked for an outdoor sign company.

Rawson owns a winery in Sparks with her husband and has served on several local government bodies, including the Sparks Citizens Advisory Committee.

VanderWell was appointed to the city council in 2020. She is also a mortgage and real estate agent.

O’Connell is from Sparks and works at a medical billing company.