Elections · North Las Vegas
Monroe-Moreno leads Black for North Las Vegas mayor as Villeda pulls ahead in Ward 1 council race
Unofficial results posted early Wednesday show Assemblymember Daniele Monroe-Moreno ahead of Councilman Scott Black in the race to succeed Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown, while Esmeralda Villeda leads in Ward 1.
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What happened
North Las Vegas voters chose a new mayor in Tuesday's election, and the early numbers favor Daniele Monroe-Moreno. According to unofficial results reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Monroe-Moreno led Scott Black 57.9 percent to 42.1 percent. Elections officials posted those figures shortly after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The winner will succeed Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown. Voters were also picking a new City Council member in Ward 1, where Esmeralda Villeda held the lead in preliminary results, the Review-Journal reported.
The race for mayor
Daniele Monroe-Moreno
Monroe-Moreno serves in the Nevada Assembly and chairs the Nevada Democratic Party. She is also a former correctional officer, according to the Review-Journal. Her campaign focused on neighborhood investment and economic opportunity.
Scott Black
Black is the city's mayor pro tem and has represented Ward 3 on the North Las Vegas City Council since 2017. The Review-Journal reported that he campaigned on continuing the city's growth and its public safety efforts. The results released so far are unofficial.
City Council contests
Ward 1
In Ward 1, Villeda led Sherry Strothers 62.3 percent to 37.9 percent in the preliminary count, according to the Review-Journal. The two candidates are competing to replace Councilman Isaac Barron, who is leaving the council.
Ward 3
The Ward 3 seat was settled before Tuesday. Ida Zeiler won it in the primary by taking more than 50 percent of the vote, the Review-Journal reported.
Other races around the valley
North Las Vegas was one of several local governments with seats on the ballot. In the city of Las Vegas, the two candidates for the Ward 2 council seat were within 0.01 percent of each other in unofficial results, according to the Review-Journal. More details are in our coverage of the tight Las Vegas Ward 2 race.
Clark County Commissioners Tick Segerblom and James Gibson sought to keep their seats, while District F was an open race. Readers can follow early results in the Clark County Commission races. The Review-Journal also reported that early results showed Democrats leading most Assembly and Senate races, positioning the party to keep control of the Legislature.
Statewide, Nevada voters approved constitutional amendments protecting abortion rights and requiring voter ID, with both ballot questions winning strong support, the Review-Journal reported. Voters also decided three Clark County School Board races where incumbents faced challengers, along with four seats on the NSHE Board of Regents. Results from Henderson's mayor and council races are covered separately.
What the results mean for North Las Vegas
The mayoral contest decides who takes over from Goynes-Brown, and the Ward 1 race decides who fills the seat Barron is leaving. Along with the Ward 3 seat decided in the primary, these contests shape the makeup of the North Las Vegas City Council. All of the Tuesday figures reported so far are preliminary.
What to watch next
- Updated counts in the mayor's race, where Monroe-Moreno's 57.9 percent to 42.1 percent lead over Black is based on unofficial results.
- Whether Villeda's lead over Strothers in Ward 1 holds as preliminary results are updated.
- Who formally succeeds Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown once results are final.
