Assemblywoman Cinthia Moore

• The freshman Las Vegas Democrat succeeds Democratic Assemblywoman Bea Duran. 
• Moore represents Assembly District 11, which cuts across North Las Vegas. Forty-three percent of residents are registered as Democrats, 37 percent as nonpartisans, and 11 percent as Republicans.
• Moore defeated Republican Jeffrey Lustick in the general election, carrying 68 percent of the vote.
• She will sit on the growth and infrastructure, judiciary and legislative operation committees. 

Profile: 

Cinthia Moore and her family moved to Las Vegas for “a better life.” 

When she was a young child, Moore’s family moved from Jalisco, Mexico, to California in search of the American dream. But with the high cost of living, the family quickly realized they wouldn’t be able to achieve their goals in California, eventually settling in Las Vegas where her uncles worked in construction. 

Still, they struggled the first couple of years in Vegas. 

“We were renters. We moved around every time our lease was up. I went to four different elementary schools,” Moore, 42, reflected. 

The family’s life transformed when they were able to save up enough money to purchase a house. Her family’s good luck seemed especially notable because only a couple years later the 2008 housing crisis hit and Moore remembers her ZIP code being one of the hardest-hit areas in the country. 

Many of her neighbors lost their homes to foreclosures. Now, she said, the majority of people in her area are renters. 

“That’s part of what motivated me to run,” Moore said. “A lot of the times when we write policy [it] is directed toward homeowners and not so much about renters. I want to be that person in the room that says ‘Well, what about renters?’”

Moore, who previously led an environmental advocacy group, also works as a real estate agent. 

She owns a home next to her parents’ house — the one they purchased years ago and where they still live — where she is raising her 7-year-old son as a single mother. Having lived in the same neighborhood for more than 30 years, Moore said she felt that she was the right candidate for her community, made up of first-generation immigrants like her who came to the country in pursuit of the American dream. 

“I grew up here. I have deep roots, and I am the best voice that can go up to Carson City and really be able to share what the issues are.”

ON THE ISSUES

Education: 

Moore said that she doesn’t believe in “public dollars going to fund private schools” when asked about her stance on Opportunity Scholarships — the school choice program that provides needs-based scholarships to private schools. 

She also has concerns about how transportation works for students receiving those scholarships and attending schools that are not close to home.

Moore is also in favor of reinstating universal free lunches in K-12 schools. It’s an idea that Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed last year. 

“Growing up, I was one of those kids … I want to make sure that kids are fed and they're able to learn,” she said. 

Health care

Moore said that opening more educational pathways and residency spots could be key to improving Nevada’s health care system, which ranks near the bottom in the U.S. 

“If folks do their residency here in Nevada, they're more likely to stay here,” Moore said. 

She also said that she is in favor of reviving Sen. Fabian Doñate’s (D-Las Vegas) 2023 HOPE Act, which would have expanded Medicaid coverage to all Nevadans regardless of citizenship status, but was ultimately vetoed by Lombardo. 

Housing

Moore says that one of the key housing issues in Nevada is that people's income has remained level as rents have continued to rise. To that point, Moore is in favor of bringing back a 2023 bill that would’ve implemented rent caps for seniors or those living on Social Security income, but was vetoed by Lombardo. 

Moore said that she is still “looking” into the state’s summary eviction process that requires tenants to make the first legal filing in an eviction case, rather than the landlord. 

Gun reform

Moore said she supports a ban on certain sales of semiautomatic rifles and shotguns to people younger than 21. As a mother, she said she is constantly in fear that her son could be harmed in a school shooting. 

Environment

Moore, as the former head of the Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition, has done lots of policy work around the environment, leading the charge last session for SB427, a heat protection bill that failed to pass. She also worked on AB312, which would have created an Environmental Justice Advisory Council but failed to become law. 

She said she hopes to work on similar environmental justice bills this session.