NV-HD29: On the Record: Assembly District 29 candidates Annette Dawson Owens (D) and Joe Dalia (R)

With Democrats seeking to maintain their two-thirds majority in the Assembly, and just one seat shy of a supermajority in the Senate, swingy Assembly District 29 could prove key to whether the party can achieve enough power to neutralize the Republican governor’s veto power and accomplish their legislative agenda next session.

The long-competitive, slightly Democratic-leaning district cuts across large swaths of Henderson, with some 33 percent of voters registered as Democrats, 32.5 percent registered as nonpartisan and 26 percent as Republican. With five-term Democratic Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen's upcoming departure, Democrat Joe Dalia and Republican Annette Dawson Owens are vying for the newly open seat.

Dawson Owens, 57, who has been endorsed by Lombardo, has worked as an educator in Nevada for decades and served as the school readiness policy director for the nonprofit Children’s Advocacy Alliance. Her time in education, she said, was one of the main reasons she decided to run for office for the first time.

Dalia’ is no stranger to politics. The 33-year-old Michigan Law School alum ran for the seat last cycle but lost handily to Cohen in the primary. He also previously interned with Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader, and has worked as a privacy attorney for numerous Silicon Valley companies, including his current employer, Facebook parent company Meta. Dalia is a native Nevadan.


https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/on-the-record-assembly-district-29-candidates-annette-dawson-owens-and-joe-dalia