Who we support
Clark County’s prosecutors support candidates who value our community’s safety, will address rising crime appropriately, commit to ensuring justice is served for all people, including victims and children, and know their integrity matters.
2026 Judicial Candidate Endorsements
DISTRICT COURT – Civil/Criminal Division
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Department 5
• Tracy Hibbets
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Department 8
• Austin Beaumont
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Department 12
• Michelle Leavitt
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Department 13
• Adam Ganz
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Department 17
• Jacob Villani
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Department 21
• Tara Clark-Newberry
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Department 23
• Martina Bauhaus
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Department 26
• Pete Thunell
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Department 28
• Noreen Demonte
District Court, Eighth Judicial District Department 29
• Alexander Quagge
District Court, Eighth Judicial District Department 30
• Jerry Weise II
District Court, Eighth Judicial District Department 31
• Joanna Kishner
DISTRICT COURT – Family Division
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Family Division Dept. D
– Gwynneth Smith
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Family Division Dept. E
• Charles Hoskin
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Family Division Dept. N
• No Endorsement
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Family Division Dept. P
• No Endorsement
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Family Division Dept. R
• Nick Petsas
District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Family Division Dept. Z
• No Endorsement
JUSTICE COURT
Justice of the Peace, Henderson, Dept.3
• Barbara Shifalacqua
Justice of the Peace, Henderson, Dept.4
• Michael Allmon
MUNICIPAL COURT
Municipal Court Judge, Dept. 1, City of NLV
• Chris Cannon
Municipal Court, Dept. 1, City of Henderson
• Alicia Albritton
Municipal Court Judge, Dept. 1, City of Las Vegas
• Matt Walker
Municipal Court Judge, Dept. 2, City of Las Vegas
• Allycia Murphy
If you do not see a race listed on the Voting Guide, the CCPA has not made an endorsement in that particular contest or the contest is not going to the General Election.
