2022 North Las Vegas mayoral election

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2022 North Las Vegas mayoral election
  2017 November 8, 20222026 
 
Candidate Pamela Goynes-Brown Pat Spearman
Popular vote40,10520,928
Percentage65.7%32.26%

Mayor before election

John Jay Lee

Elected Mayor

Pamela Goynes-Brown

The 2022 North Las Vegas mayoral election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada. Incumbent mayor John Jay Lee retired to run unsuccessfully for Governor of Nevada. [1]

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Background

In 2017, John Jay Lee was reelected with 80.77% of the vote. [2] He was initially elected as a Democrat, though after more progressive factions took control of the state party in 2021, he switched his affiliation to the Republican Party, [3] and chose to run for Governor of Nevada. [4] With the open seat in a heavily Democratic city, several Democrats saw an opportunity to win the open seat. [5]

Candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Primary election

Results

Results [8] [9]
CandidateVotes %
Pamela Goynes-Brown 9,76236.91
Pat Spearman 4,52617.11
Robert Taylor3,70714.02
Nathan Atkins3,37412.76
Jesse Addison III1,8517.00
Gary Bouchard1,7436.59
Laura Perkins1,4855.61
Total votes26,448 100.00

General election

Results

2022 North Las Vegas mayoral election
CandidateVotes %
Pamela Goynes-Brown 40,10565.71
Pat Spearman 20,92834.29
Total votes61,033 100.00

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