Segerblom maintains narrow lead over Hernandez
Black, Jones ahead in District F primaries
State Sen. Tick Segerblom held a narrow lead over Marco Hernandez in the Democratic primary for the Clark County Commission District E seat.
As of 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, the 69-year-old Segerblom led Hernandez, 37, by about 3 percentage points.
That’s about half the lead Segerblom had earlier in the evening.
Both men hope to replace Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani, a term-limited Democrat running for governor.
District E covers portions of the Strip, the city of Las Vegas and the eastern Las Vegas Valley, including the community of Sunrise Manor.
District F
Two attorneys who have received significant financial backing in their races for the commission’s District F seat put forward strong showings in the Democratic and Republican primaries.
Republican real estate attorney Tisha Black, 46, led her primary against auto insurance claims adjuster Mitchell T. Tracy by about 11 percentage points.
Tracy, 54, won the seat’s Republican primary in 2014 but lost in the general election.
Democratic litigator and former state Sen. Justin Jones, 43, was besting Jason Hunt by about 34 percentage points.
“We’ve been knocking on doors and making phone calls for months now,” Jones said.
“People know me. They know I fight for them, and they want to see a fighter on the County Commission.”
Hunt, 43, owns a real estate brokerage and is a political newcomer.
District F lies in the southwest valley and covers land south of Charleston Boulevard and west of Interstate 15.
It also includes the communities of Blue Diamond, Primm, Jean, Goodsprings, Mountain Springs and Sandy Valley.
District G
Former Clark County Republican Party Chair Cindy Lake, 54, maintained her strong lead against her Republican primary opponent for District G.
Lake, a real estate agent, remained up by 44 percentage points against Fred Van Dover.
Lake attributed the lead to her campaign’s ground game and well-educated voters.
“They know who I am and what I stand for: transparency, less taxes, less government and more freedom,” she said.
The winner will face Libertarian candidate Doug Marsh and seated Commissioner Jim Gibson, a Democrat who had no primary opponent.
Gibson, a former Henderson mayor whom Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed to the commission in June, said he was eager to begin campaigning. He’s raised more than $720,000.
“I’m kind of relieved that the wait is over,” he said. “In the next couple weeks we’ll be full-blown.”
District G covers portions of the eastern Las Vegas Valley, Henderson and Boulder City.
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