2012 PRIMARY ELECTION: ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 10

A homeowner's advocate is out to test whether redistricting and recent legal troubles are enough to unseat four-term incumbent Assemblyman Joseph Hogan in the race to represent District 10.

Jonathan Friedrich is an unpaid lobbyist who for years has fought against laws in the Legislature that would strengthen homeowners associations. He said his fight has been in support of the "little guy."

"What I see happening in this state and across the country is an erosion of the citizen's rights," he said.

A former adjunct professor in construction management at the College of Southern Nevada, Friedrich also wants to improve education and attract manufacturing jobs to Southern Nevada. He is also against NV Energy's smart meters because he believes they will result in higher meter fees.

Hogan, who has represented the district since 2004, was arrested April 18 on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. A Las Vegas police officer pulled him over and conducted a field sobriety test, noting that Hogan appeared "wobbly," according to police.

A blood test was performed at the city jail. The results have yet to be released .

Hogan declined to comment on the arrest, but said he hopes it doesn't hurt his chances in the election. The district used to cover much of the Strip, but has now been redrawn to envelop a large swath of the valley west of Interstate 15 and south of U.S. Highway 95.

"I have the feeling after four sessions that there's a lot left to be done," he said.

He wants to return to fight against what he suspects will be proposals to cut deep into lower and higher education. As vice chairman of the natural resources committee, he will have some oversight over the proposed pipeline project to take groundwater from rural Nevada.

He said the proposal could be a "disaster" for rural Nevadans and costly for Southern Nevadans.

"If we can provide the water we need without providing the great harm on our neighbors, then fine," he said.

A former administrator for the Pentagon, NASA and the U.S. Department of Labor, Hogan has also served on the Assembly's ways and means and transportation committees.

"I have had many decades of public service, and this is not a time that I would want to walk away," he said.

The winner will face Republican Tim Farrell in the November general election.

Contact reporter Lawrence Mower at lmower@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0440.