And they're off ... Filing Period for Local Races Begins in a Social Media Frenzy
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Candidates for different seats and levels of government are off and running, posting photos of themselves at their clerkâs office after filing for their chosen races, trying to get social media attention, while seeking funds and votes to gain sought after seats in 2024.
Meanwhile, some are already looking beyond 2024, and who might be our next mayor in Reno come 2026, or hypothetically even before that, if Mayor Hillary Schieve were to not finish her own final term.
This supposition isnât that far fetched as it has been an unfortunate recent tradition of late for council members to leave midway, giving other council members the opportunity to select new members, while reinforcing a vibe of a non representative pro-developer say yes to many corporate driven proposals type of body.
Naomi Duerr is now running for State Senate District 15, while simultaneously serving her third term on Renoâs City Council, which means that in case of her victory, there would be yet another awkward council selection process.
More questions are multiplying and several races are seeing new unexpected candidates in and out.
For example, will the This is Reno generous reimbursement travel gate with its biting editorial memes put a dent into the three council members who were all initially appointed now running again in three different wards? It would be a major upset if Devon Reese were defeated, but the other two, Kathleen Taylor and Miguel Martinez, neither of whom were elected by constituents, may be facing serious downtown and Wells Ave. type of headwinds.
A new southern Ward 6 has unpredictability written all over it, with new and previous candidates for different seats jumping into the fray. So far, these include Michaelangelo Aranda, Michael Paul Grimm, Brandi Anderson, William Mantle and Tom Heck.
For other bodies, Erica Roth has an even clearer path to victory for Assembly District Seat 24 than after her strong start, with a previously announced opponent Kurt Thigpen now backing her. Another progressive having a go for the Nevada Assembly in this case for the Valleys District 27 is Heather Goulding, who recently reached out to us to be on our podcast.
If any other local office seekers are interested to be interviewed, let us know. Here at Our Town Reno we love covering local races and feel thereâs a staggering dearth of hyperlocal political coverage, with candidates vastly different from each other, and our present and near future very much at stake.
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