By Vernon Robison
Moapa Valley Progress
The Clark County Board of Commissioners certified the County Election Department’s official Statement of Votes in a meeting held Wednesday, November 10. This document breaks down the county-wide voting results by precinct and allows specific analysis of how residents in Moapa Valley voted in the 2010 General Election.
Voter turnout for the election was relatively high in southern Nevada. About 63.3 percent of registered voters in Clark County cast ballots in the general election, the highest turnout for a nonpresidential election in 20 years, according to the official statement presented to the commissioners by Larry Lomax, county registrar of voters.
In Moapa Valley, 2,876 voters participated in the election which represented a turnout of about 70 percent of registered voters in the community.
In most of the races, Moapa Valley voters fell directly in line with the rest of state and with Clark County in election results. But in several cases local results were significantly different than the election outcome.
In the bitterly contested race for U.S. Senate, Republican candidate Sharon Angle won in Moapa Valley precincts by a landslide with 72 percent of the vote. But incumbent Harry Reid kept the seat with over 54 percent of the vote in Clark County and 50 percent of the vote state-wide.
In the race for Nevada Attorney General, incumbent Catherine Cortez-Masto easily won re-election with 53 percent of the vote state-wide. But Moapa Valley voters preferred Republican candidate Travis Barrick who took 50 percent of the local votes.
Three of the judicial races had local results that differed from the final outcome. In District Court Dept. 28, Ron Israel won against Jack Howard with 54 percent of the vote. But in Moapa Valley Howard was a clear favorite with 53 percent. In District Court Dept. 31, sixty percent local voters overwhelming preferred Phil Dabney. But Joanna Kishner narrowly won the election by about 1,000 votes. In Family Court F, John Eccles was a clear local favorite taking 59 percent of the local vote. But Bill Gonzalez won the seat with 55 percent of the county-wide vote.
Local voters also disagreed with county voters in the results of county administrative elections. In the county assessor’s race, Michele Shafe (D) who won with 53 percent of the county vote, would have lost in Moapa Valley precincts to Gerrit Hale ( R) who garnered 61% of local votes. County Clerk Diana Alba (D) was re-elected with 56 percent of county votes. But local voters preferred challenger Scott Austin (R) who took 58 percent of local votes. Debbie Conway (D) was reelected as county recorder with 53 percent of the vote. But in Moapa Valley it was Jim Edwards who took 63 percent of local votes. In the race for county treasurer, Moapa Valley residents preferred Mike Javornicky (R) who took 53 percent of the local vote. But incumbent Laura Fitzpatrick (D) was the clear favorite with 62 percent of the county vote.
The following are the official votes cast in the Primary Election in all Moapa and Moapa Valley precincts. An asterisk (*) indicates an election winner that differs from the local results.
U.S. Senate
Sharon Angle (R) 2066
Harry Reid (D) 678*
Congressional District 3
Joe Heck (R) 2136
Dina Titus (D) 591
Governor
Rory Reid (D) 553
Brian Sandoval (R) 2165
Ltn. Governor
Brian Krolicki (R) 2069
Jessica Sferazza (D) 552
Attorney General
Travis Barrick (R) 1368
Catherine Cortez-Masto (D) 795*
State Senate
Aaron Ford (D) 465
Joe Hardy (R) 2024
Richard Wayne O’Dell (I) 124
Assembly District 20
Cresent Hardy (R) 2111
Lynn Goya (D) 676
District Court 26
Bruce Gale 957
Gloria Sturman 1519
District Court 27
Nancy Alff 1606
Blane Beckstead 861
District Court 28
Howard Jack 1352
Ron Israel 1186*
District Court 29
Kenneth Pollock 889
Susan Scann 1595
District Court 30
Michael Davidson 946
Jerry Wiese 1523
District Court 31
Phil Dabney 1486
Joanna Kishner 976*
Family Court C
Steve Jones 1707
Maria Maskall 756
Family Court F
John Eccles 1472
Bill Gonzalez 1006*
Family Court S
Vincent Ochoa 1527
Rebecca Wallace 962
Family Court T
Gayle Nathan 1327
Carl Piazza 1127
University Regent, District 12
Andrea Anderson 1270
Mark Newburn 1063
Sheriff
Laurie Bisch 834
Douglas Gillespie 1846
District Attorney
Don Chairez 789
David Roger 2019
County Assessor
Gerrit Hale (R) 1599
Michele Shafe 873*
County Clerk
Diana Alba (D) 950*
Austin Scott (R) 1679
County Recorder
Debbie Conway 764*
Jim Edwards 1820
County Treasurer
Laura Fitzpatrick 1210*
Mike Javornicky 1533
State Question 1
Yes 717
No 2034
State Question 2
Yes 882
No 1842
State Question 3
Yes 506
No 2213
State Question 4
Yes 614
No 2093
County Advisory Question 5
Yes 1478
No 1168
