Five candidates seek open seat in LV Justice Court special election

Former Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Suzan Baucum says she didn’t know in 2022, after losing the seat she held for 12 years, if she’d ever run again.

Just days before the 2022 election, a photo surfaced of Baucum and other candidates in nonpartisan races with then-Republican gubernatorial candidate Joe Lombardo. The photo cost Baucum an endorsement from Culinary Local 226, which supported Lombardo’s opponent, then-Gov. Steve Sisolak.

“When you’re asked to take a photo, you take a photo,” she told the Current during a recent interview. “I had no idea that campaign signs went up in the back. I’m not going to say the loss was because of Culinary or anything else. I worked as hard as I could. I had great endorsements. I was in the community every single day. I did a great job as a judge, and I’d like to have the opportunity to do it again.”

Baucum says after her defeat she was offered a job by District Attorney Steve Wolfson to serve as a prosecutor in the juvenile welfare division, where she is responsible for protecting the interests of abused and neglected children.


https://nevadacurrent.com/2024/10/04/five-candidates-seek-open-seat-in-lv-justice-court-special-election/