LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Assemblywoman Heidi Kasama introduced on Tuesday she’s going to tackle Justin Jones for the District F seat on the Clark County Fee.
Kasama, whose time period ends in 2026, steps into the void left when Victoria Seaman dropped out of the race. Seaman left the Las Vegas Metropolis Council to take a job in Denver with the federal authorities.
District F consists of the Mountain’s Edge and Southern Highlands areas within the southwest valley, areas west of Durango Drive and alongside the 215 Beltway as much as Charleston Boulevard, in addition to neighborhoods north of Flamingo Street extending to I-15.
Jones was elected to a second time period serving District F in 2022. Since then, he has been the goal of heavy criticism for his position in a lawsuit that value the county $80 million. Clark County settled a lawsuit involving developer Jim Rhodes, and Jones was accused of deleting textual content messages in 2019 associated to a subsequent to Purple Rock Canyon Nationwide Conservation Space. A Might 24 ruling in Clark County District Court docket discovered that Jones “willfully destroyed evidence and did so because he viewed that evidence as being favorable to Gypsum.”
In a publish on the X, Kasama mentioned, “I’m running for Clark County Commission to bring public safety, economic opportunity, and total transparency to our community. As a business owner and former accountant, I’ll fight for the good-paying jobs and accountable government our families deserve.”
She dropped out of a 2024 race to problem Democratic Nevada Rep. Susie Lee, saying Republicans wanted her to remain within the Meeting to keep away from Democrats profitable a supermajority.
