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. The two Republicans running for the seat are Assm. Heidi Kasama (R-Las Vegas) and Albert Mack, grandson of casino magnate Jerome Mack.
If that seat flips, 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.
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
Democrats

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.
Marco Hernandez
Hernandez is the vice president of Laborers International Union Local 872. He unsuccessfully ran against County Commissioner Tick Segerblom in 2022 and 2018.
Republicans

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.
Edward T. Hamilton
A digital creator and DJ, Hamilton has unsuccessfully run for office at least six times since 2012.
Randolph Rose
Rose has been continuously running for Clark County Commissioner since 2015. Before that, he was a futures broker from 2000 to 2008.
Other
Clayton Simmons
Candidate website could not be found.
County Commissioner, District F
Democrats

Serena Kumar
Kumar is a luxury goods management professional and a first-generation Indian-American. She is dedicated to addressing Clark County’s needs in food security, housing, and healthcare access through community-focused leadership and operations.

Minddie Lloyd
A former Republican, Lloyd is the founder of Bamboo Bridges, a nonprofit organization focused on combating human trafficking and domestic violence. She is endorsed by County Commissioners Justin Jones and Tick Segerblom.
Sebastian Crawford
Educated as a mechanical engineer, Crawford said he wants to increase minimum wage and lower cost of living.
Lenna Hovanessian
Hovanessian, who fled war as a child, is an attorney for the Armenian National Committee of America. She is an advocate for Armenian issues and co-drafted Nevada’s Holocaust and Armenian Genocide Education Bill in 2021.
Justin Lieberknecht
Lieberknecht, a real estate marketing consultant, has experience working for Zillow and Caesars Entertainment. He holds a masters degree in psychology from New York University.
Michael Robert Wall
Candidate website could not be found.
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.
Republicans

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.
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Albert Mack
Mack has a background as a real estate agent though he now works in casino management and food and beverage management for the Wynn. Mack’s grandfather was Jerome Mack, a banker and investor who helped shape the Las Vegas Strip.
Other

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.
Brian Baron
A small business owner of an audio visual company since 2008, Baron lives in the Rural Estates area of Enterprise.
County Commissioner, District G
Democrats

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.

Christian Solomon
Solomon is the Nevada director of Rise Free, a non-profit that focuses on expanding political opportunities for young people. Solomon created the website “jimsnodem.com” against Jim Gibson.
Republicans
Leo Henderson
Henderson, who ran for Nevada State Senate in 2020 and 2024, is a former correctional officer and a current bus operator for the Southern Nevada Regional Transportation Commission.
Jon 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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