LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — 4 members of the Henderson Metropolis Council are turning away from their fellow councilwoman, who’s up for re-election, and as a substitute endorsing her opponent.
Annette Dawson Owens, a Nevada State Board of Training board member, introduced her run for Henderson Ward 3 with practically full endorsement from the present metropolis council, excluding her opponent, Councilwoman Carrie Cox.
“I am excited to listen to our neighbors and work with them to continue building on the quality of life our Henderson residents and businesses currently enjoy,” Dawson Owens wrote in a press launch obtained by 8 Information Now. “My priorities include community safety, effective communication and transparency, sustainable economic diversification, education and healthy livable communities.”
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Final 12 months, Dawson Owens ran because the Republican candidate for Nevada’s Meeting District 29 however was defeated. Throughout an Oct. 2024 8 Information Now interview, she mentioned the challenges confronted as a trainer for constitution colleges and the Clark County Faculty District, citing a necessity for extra accountability and enchancment.
Annette Dawson Owens appeared on KLAS-TV’s Politics Now present in October 2024. (KLAS)
“It’s kind of like a well-run business. Well-run businesses do certain things,” Dawson Owens mentioned. “We’ve got to continue to monitor them and know where they’re at and know what they need to learn.”
Dawson Owens beforehand answered whether or not she could be in assist of splitting up CCSD into smaller faculty districts, a frequent coverage pressed by the Henderson Metropolis Council.
“I believe that the size is a barrier to us,” she mentioned in a 2024 interview. “If we want to break it up, there are ways that we could do it to be more equitable.”
Dawson Owens, a lifelong Henderson resident and Fundamental Excessive Faculty graduate, attended the College of Nevada, Las Vegas, and gained a level in zoology and a grasp’s in schooling. She later accomplished one other grasp’s in administration from Sierra Nevada College, in keeping with a press launch.
Deep Henderson ties
Dawson Owens didn’t conceal her deep connection to Henderson’s enterprise and political management, in keeping with the press launch despatched to eight Information Now.
The checklist of 35 supporters included former Mayor Debra March, former Clark County Commissioner Mary Beth Scow, 3 Youngsters Mine developer Bob Unger, Emerald Island On line casino and Rainbow Membership proprietor Tim Brooks, and School of Southern Nevada’s Henderson Campus provost Patty Charlton.
The announcement from Dawson Owens and subsequent political endorsements additional reaffirmed public hypothesis of deep disunity amid the present Henderson Metropolis Council.
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Henderson Mayor Michelle Romero informed 8 Information Now throughout a Could interview that she didn’t agree with the characterization that town council members had been at odds with each other.
“I think generally speaking, we have really strong relationships with each other,” Romero mentioned. “At the council level, we try to focus on the work. Whenever there are issues at a council meeting, sometimes passions get high. People feel very strongly one way or the other.”
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The Ward 3 marketing campaign announcement from Dawson Owens follows the mayoral marketing campaign announcement from Henderson ex-police chief Hollie Chadwick. The 2 Henderson municipal races share some similarities as each are separated into town council’s current dividing traces.
