State Senator Fabian Donate, appointed in February 2021, is running against two challengers in the November election.
Fabian Donata was just 24 years old when he was named to the 10th District seat in February 2021, succeeding Ivanna Cancela after Cancela served in the administration of President Joe Biden. (Cancela later served as Gov. Steve Sisolak’s chief of staff.) The Las Vegas State Charitable Foundation said his time in the Nevada State Senate was a wonderful experience that he believes makes him a good candidate. elections.
Donate’s parents are union members. His father worked in a casino for a long time and his mother worked in a grocery store. He said his experience of growing up with his parents in Las Vegas taught him the importance of having good health insurance and an efficient healthcare system. If elected, he wants to make sure the state is prepared for any future health crisis that might arise.
“As a state, we are not fully prepared because we do not have the infrastructure and support to respond to the pandemic that COVID 19 needs, so I want to change that,” he said.
Donate said the healthcare system needs more capital and investment. He also wants to work to improve job opportunities for all Nevada residents.
“I want to make sure that workers who have been laid off due to COVID-19 have the opportunity to return to work and we give them the workforce they need in the future,” Donat said.
Republican nominee Phil Graviet, R-Las Vegas State, grew up in Las Vegas and works in retirement in the casino industry. He believes that Nevada’s current political leaders have failed the voters.
“Everyone who goes into public office has a master’s degree, went to Harvard or Yale, but take gas prices, which used to be the cheapest in the US and are now the second highest,” Gravitt said. “State legislators and Gov. (Steve) Sisolak, they can’t make their degrees work… it takes a normal person with common sense to do the job. I have to make things work with what I get, and they don’t seem to be able to do it.” “.
He said Nevada needs to stop raising taxes in favor of lowering them, which will help support business and job growth.
“People are moving to this state from other states with very high taxes,” Gravitt said. “Then they voted for politicians with the same mindset. Taxes went up, rents went up, things got unbearable, so they packed up and moved somewhere else to do the same thing.”
Liberal candidate Chris Cunningham has worked in the entertainment industry and is now an insurance consultant. He is also an avid professional Mario Kart player and video game conference commentator. He said Nevada’s healthcare system needs more competition.
“I want to give people the freedom not only to have choice in the market, which is a unique libertarian perspective, but also to have choice outside the market,” Cunningham said. “We want to attract competition.” … and new operators to try and cut healthcare costs.”
Occupational licensing reform is needed in Nevada to lower the cost of starting a new business in the state, he said.
“If you’re a new entrepreneur, barriers to entry – Nevada tops the list of most burdensome (state) regulations,” Cunningham said. “People have to overcome a lot of difficulties and obstacles. If you are running a local business, license fees and costs will be high, which will prevent many small business owners from opening their business in Nevada.”
Cunningham also supports school choice and is reviewing the Clark County School District to see if he can spend money more efficiently.
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