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CANDIDATE FILING LIST

May 8, 2008 - 9:00 pm

Candidates who filed for office Wednesday are listed below. Only those candidates whose district includes Clark County are listed. Filing began Monday and ends May 16.

D-Democrat

R-Republican

* Denotes incumbent

1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Kenneth Wegner (R)

STATE SENATE DISTRICT 1

Ron McGinnis (R)

STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 4

Francis Allen* (R)

DISTRICT 14

Dennis A. Cox (R)

DISTRICT 19

Nicholas Thomas "Nick" Daka (R)

DISTRICT 20

Dan Briggs (D)

CLARK COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT C

Valerie Weber (R)

BOARD OF REGENTS (NONPARTISAN) DISTRICT 2

Robert Blakely

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