John Hambrick

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LAS VEGAS—The race to succeed Garn Mabey in Clark County’s 2nd Assembly District is heating up, with two experienced politicians already building burgeoning campaigns.  Despite rumors of other candidacies, the institutional support Republican John Hambrick and Democrat Carlos Blumberg have received make them the likeliest candidates to face-off against each other in the fall.

Former Clark County Republican chair John Hambrick, who announced his intention to run last October, has garnered the support of much of Nevada’s top Republican establishment including U.S. Sen. John Ensign, former Govs. Kenny Guinn and Robert List and more than half a dozen members of the state legislature. 

A retired Secret Service Agent, Hambrick, 62, has begun assembling a campaign team led by manager Nathan Emens.  Emens had previously worked as press secretary for the county party and has worked campaigns for state Sen. Bob Beers among others. 

Assembly candidate Donna Toussaint speaks to contributors during Tuesday fundraiserLAS VEGAS-Donna Toussaint, the Republican candidate to succeed Valerie Weber in the 5th Assembly District, hosted a fundraising event last night at Captain's Cove Lakeside Bistro in west Las Vegas. About fifty people attended, including several other legislative candidates and a smattering of elected officials.

"It takes a lot of money to run a campaign," said Toussaint to the assembled contributors. "I had no clue. I thought ‘okay, I have $2,000, I can run.' It doesn't work that way."

The Review-Journal’s Molly Ball reports that Republican Sean Fellows, an ex-police officer, will challenge Assemblywoman Susan Gerhardt in District 29, that ex-Assemblyman Bob Seale has dropped plans to challenge Assemblyman Bob Beers in the District 21 GOP primary, and that Jonathan Ozark “who last year lost a bid to unseat Democrat Joe Hogan in District 10” will run.