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2015 Las Vegas mayoral election

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2015 Las Vegas mayoral election
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  Carolyn Goodman (41810757042).jpg Stavros Anthony (8871828881).jpg
Candidate Carolyn Goodman Stavros Anthony
Popular vote20,44315,761
Percentage54.54%42.05%
Mayor before election

Carolyn Goodman

Elected Mayor

Carolyn Goodman

The 2015 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on April 7, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, [1] and was officially nonpartisan.

Contents

Incumbent Mayor Carolyn Goodman, an independent in office since 2011, sought and won a second term in office against Stavros Anthony, a Las Vegas City Councilman.

Candidates and campaign

The major candidates were incumbent mayor Carolyn Goodman, an independent elected in the 2011 race, and Stavros Anthony, a Las Vegas City Councilman and Republican. Anthony was also the city's mayor pro tem, serving as the second-in-command on the city council. He announced his candidacy for mayor on January 20, 2015, going up against Goodman in her re-election bid. Goodman was surprised by his decision to run against her: "He told me just a few months ago what a great job I was doing. And that while he'd love to run for mayor, he wasn't going to." [2]

A major item of debate was an attempt by Goodman to build a Major League Soccer stadium, [3] partially funded by taxpayer dollars, at Symphony Park in downtown Las Vegas. [2] Anthony had been an outspoken critic of the stadium project, and had opposed it in the 4–3 city council vote in favor of it. [4] The project was Anthony's primary reason for running; [2] [5] it was scrapped in February 2015. [6] Goodman spent more than $755,000 in campaign advertising, while Anthony spent $281,000. [7] [3] Other candidates included Phil Cory (an Internet marketer) and Abdul Shabazz (a perennial candidate). [1]

Results

The election was held on April 7, 2015. Goodman easily won re-election with nearly 55 percent of the vote to Anthony's 42 percent. [7] [8] Had no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff election would have been held on June 2. [8] A week after the election, Goodman recommended that Anthony be replaced by councilman Steve Ross as mayor pro tem; the motion passed unanimously. [9]

Las Vegas mayoral general election, 2015 [10]
CandidateVotes%
Carolyn Goodman (incumbent)20,44354.54
Stavros Anthony15,76142.05
Phil "LOL" Cory9552.55
Abdul Shabazz3260.87
Total votes37,485 100

References

  1. 1 2 DeHaven, James; Barnes, Bethany (February 6, 2015). "All LV, NLV council incumbents draw opponents". Las Vegas Review-Journal . Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Shine, Conor (January 20, 2015). "Fueled by opposition to stadium project, Stavros Anthony to run for Las Vegas mayor". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Schoenmann, Joe; Christiansen, Rachel (April 8, 2015). "Mayor Carolyn Goodman Wins Re-Election". Nevada Public Radio. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Stavros Anthony announces candidacy for Las Vegas mayor". Las Vegas Review-Journal. January 21, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ Shine, Conor (February 5, 2015). "Front-runners and underdogs: An early look at 2015 Las Vegas city elections". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  6. ↑ Ley, Ana; Shine, Conor (April 7, 2015). "Primary results: Incumbents avoid general election face-offs with convincing wins". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  7. 1 2 Shine, Conor (April 8, 2015). "Exuberant mayor succeeds in quest to stay at the helm". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  8. 1 2 Hartley, Eric; Barnes, Bethany; DeHaven, James (April 7, 2015). "Goodman easily wins re-election; all other valley incumbents win, too". Las Vegas Review-Journal . Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  9. ↑ Shine, Conor (April 15, 2015). "Anthony replaced as Las Vegas mayor's No. 2 after failed challenge". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  10. ↑ "2015 Municipal Primary - Unofficial Final Report" (PDF). City of Las Vegas. April 7, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
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