Northern NV

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.

Reese is an attorney specializing in employment law who has served on the Reno City Council since 2020.

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.

Lorton is the owner of a carpet cleaning business who has run for mayor in the last three elections.

Nuttle is from Indiana and has worked as the director of graduate student services at UNR.

Ross was a sergeant with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and was president of the executive board of the Washoe County Sheriff Deputies Association.

Yancey is a small business owner and a former law enforcement officer.

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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.

Vaupel is a pharmacist who was chief of pharmacy at the Department of Veterans Affairs. She now works in data analytics support at the California-based University of the Pacific and in federal engagement strategy.

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.

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

Bybee has served on the Sparks City Council since 2012. She was also a flight attendant for more than 40 years.

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

Mackey had a 40-year career in human resources management, working for an electric power company and several startups.

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.

Rand does software development at a local estate planning firm. He is also a former teacher and has experience in film and television production.

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Harrell is a Marine Corps veteran who says he is running for city council with a “conservative, common-sense vision.”

Mayberry, a single father of two twin daughters, is a spokesman for the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District, but is expecting to retire in August. He also serves as a trustee for the Washoe County School Board.

McCaffrey started a travel agency and eco-friendly waste management business with his wife. He previously worked in leadership at a slot machine manufacturing company.

Thomas has worked in a variety of industries, including government technology, mortgages and local hospitality. She previously ran for Washoe County Commission.

Balaam, elected sheriff for the first time in 2019, has worked for the Washoe County Sheriff's Office for more than two decades.. He holds bachelor's and master’s degrees related to criminal justice from the University of Nevada, Reno and from the University of Louisville.

Westlake was elected to the school board in 2022. She’s a fifth-generation Nevadan, graduate of Wooster High School in Reno and UNR.

Phoenix was appointed to the seat in 2025. He’s a former Pyramid Lake Paiute tribal chairman, veteran and retired Reno police officer.

Benton is the former head cheer and dance coach at Reed High School. He’s also an Army veteran who has served on the Washoe County School District’s Safe and Healthy Schools Commission and currently chairs the Council on Family Resource Centers.

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.

Giomi was first elected to the Carson City Board of Supervisors in November 2019, after a career with the Carson City Fire Department where he retired as fire chief. He serves as the board’s representative to the Carson City Cultural and Tourism Authority and the Carson Water Sub-Conservancy District.

Horton spent more than 35 years with Carson City’s Public Works Department, retiring as deputy public works director in 2020. He currently serves as Ward 3 supervisor.

Sanchez is a small-business owner and founder of Frontier Solutions LLC, a consulting firm that helps nonprofits and local governments secure grant funding. She serves on the board of Opportunity Alliance Nevada, a nonprofit focused on building financial stability for low- to moderate-income Nevadans.

Adams joined the Carson City Assessor’s Office in 2000 as a property appraiser technician, rising to chief deputy assessor in 2014, before being elected assessor in 2023.

Hoen is the Carson City clerk-recorder after being elected in 2022. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and spent more than 30 years in the title insurance industry before taking office.

Rasor was appointed Carson City treasurer in 2021 and was then elected in 2022. He previously spent 21 years with the Nevada Department of Public Safety, retiring as a lieutenant. At the time of his retirement, he served as director of the Nevada Threat Analysis Center.

Bailey is chief deputy at the Carson City Public Defender’s Office, of which he is a founding member. He previously served as a deputy attorney general for Nevada.

Brandon has worked in the Carson City District Attorney’s Office for more than seven years, currently serving as chief deputy district attorney overseeing prosecutions and victim services.

Munnings ran for Carson City assessor in 2002. A Record-Courier report that year said he had a 1980 Maryland arson conviction that would make him ineligible to hold office.

Pruyt served 10 years as a prosecutor in the Carson City District Attorney's Office, rising to supervising deputy and then criminal chief, before being appointed district attorney in 2024.

Furlong has served as Carson City sheriff since 2003, becoming the city’s longest-serving sheriff in 2024. He previously served in the U.S. Air Force and worked in Nevada's Department of Public Safety.

Gibson is a retired Carson City sheriff’s deputy. He co-founded the department’s Special Enforcement Team and its Behavioral Health Peace Officer Program and spent 12 years as Deputies’ Association president.

Ramirez has served as a Carson City School District trustee for more than seven years, including as board president in 2025, after a 32-year career in higher education.

Heinz was born and raised in Carson City, graduated from Carson High School and UNR and has worked in healthcare for more than 25 years. He holds an MBA.

Varner spent 41 years in law enforcement, including 27 years with the Nevada Department of Public Safety, after two tours in Vietnam as a helicopter crew chief, according to an article on the news website CarsonNow.org. He is in his second school board term.

Walt currently represents District 6 and serves as school board president. She taught in Carson City schools from 1999 to 2014 and was a Carson City supervisor from 2009 to 2012.