Carolyn Goodman

Nonpartisan

Mayor of Las Vegas

Tenure

2011 - Present

Term ends

2024

Years in position

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

April 2, 2019

Education

Graduate

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Personal

Profession

Counseling

Carolyn Goodman is the Mayor of Las Vegas in Nevada. Goodman assumed office on July 6, 2011. Goodman's current term ends in 2024.

Goodman won re-election for Mayor of Las Vegas in Nevada outright in the primary on April 2, 2019, after the general election was canceled.

Goodman succeeded her husband, Oscar B. Goodman, who had served the maximum of three terms in office.

Goodman switched her partisan affiliation from Democratic to nonpartisan in 2009.[1][2][3]

Goodman is a former vocational counselor and the founder of The Meadows School.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2019
* 2.2 2015
* 2.3 2011
* 3 Personal
* 4 Campaign themes
* 4.1 2019
* 5 Noteworthy events
* 5.1 Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
* 6 See also
* 7 External links
* 8 Footnotes

## Biography[edit]

Goodman holds an M.S. in counseling from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her professional experience includes working as a vocational counselor in West Las Vegas for the U.S. Department of Labor. In 1984, she founded The Meadows School, a nonprofit college preparatory school in Las Vegas for pre-kindergarten through 12th grades.[4]

## Elections[edit]

### 2019[edit]

See also: Mayoral election in Las Vegas, Nevada (2019)

Nonpartisan primary election

##### Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Las Vegas

The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Las Vegas on April 2, 2019.

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Carolyn Goodman (Nonpartisan)  |

83.5

| 22,316

| Phil Collins (Nonpartisan)  |

5.3

| 1,417

| Amy Luciano (Nonpartisan) |

3.1

| 824

| Tina Alexander (Nonpartisan) |

2.9

| 786

| Mack Miller (Nonpartisan)  |

2.3

| 616

| Vance Sanders (Nonpartisan)  |

2.0

| 529

| Zachary Krueger (Nonpartisan) |

0.9

| 235

* * *

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 26,723

|
|

= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

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#### Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

* Michael Moore (Nonpartisan)

Note: The general election was canceled after incumbent Carolyn Goodman won the position outright by receiving more than 50% of the votes cast in the primary election.

### 2015[edit]

See also: Las Vegas, Nevada municipal elections, 2015

The city of Las Vegas, Nevada, was initially scheduled to hold elections for mayor and city council on June 2, 2015. A primary election took place on April 7, 2015.[5] Because one candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary election, the general election was called off. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was February 6, 2015.[6] Three of the six city council seats were up for election.

In the primary election for mayor, incumbent Carolyn Goodman defeated Stavros S. Anthony, Margaret Ann Coleman, Phil "LOL" Cory, Bruce Feher and Abdul H. Shabazz.[7][8]

Mayor of Las Vegas, Primary Election, 2015

Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Carolyn Goodman Incumbent | 54.5% | 20,443
Stavros S. Anthony | 42% | 15,761
Phil "LOL" Cory | 2.5% | 955
Abdul H. Shabazz | 0.9% | 326
Total Votes | 37,485
Source: Clark County, Nevada, "Official primary election results," accessed May 10, 2015

Note: Although Margaret Ann Coleman and Bruce Feher appeared on the official candidate list, they were not included on the official election results.

### 2011[edit]

In the 2011 general election for mayor of Las Vegas, Goodman defeated Chris Giunchigliani.

Mayor of Las Vegas, 2011

Candidate | Vote % | Votes
Carolyn Goodman | 60.5% | 33,104
Chris Giunchigliani  | 39.5% | 21,601
Total Votes | 54,705
Source: Clark County Elections - 2011 Official Results

## Personal[edit]

Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Goodman is married to Oscar Goodman, who served as the mayor of Las Vegas from 1999-2011. He was unable to run for a fourth term due to term limits.[4]

## Campaign themes[edit]

### 2019[edit]

#### Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Carolyn Goodman did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

## Noteworthy events[edit]

### Events and activity following the death of George Floyd[edit]

See also: Events following the death of George Floyd and responses in select cities from May 29-31, 2020

Goodman was mayor of Las Vegas during the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, when events and activity took place in cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Events in Las Vegas, Nevada, began on Thursday, May 28, 2020, at the MGM Grand on the Strip.[9] No curfews were issued. The national guard was not deployed.

To read more about the death of George Floyd and subsequent events, click [show] to the right.|

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On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officers arrested Floyd, a Black man, after receiving a call that he had made a purchase with a counterfeit $20 bill.[10] Floyd died after Derek Chauvin, a white officer, arrived at the scene and pressed his knee onto Floyd's neck as Floyd laid face-down on the street in handcuffs.[11] Both the Hennepin County Medical Examiner and an independent autopsy conducted by Floyd's family ruled Floyd's death as a homicide stemming from the incident.[12] The medical examiner's report, prepared by Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson, said that it was "not a legal determination of culpability or intent, and should not be used to usurp the judicial process."[12] On April 20, 2021, Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in relation to Floyd's death.[13]

Floyd's death was filmed and shared widely, leading to activity regarding racism, civil rights, and police use of force. The first events took place in Minneapolis-St. Paul on May 26.[14] An event in Chicago organized by Chance the Rapper and Rev. Michael Pfleger took place the same day, making it the first major city outside of Minneapolis to host an event in response to Floyd's death.[15]

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Goodmans to register nonpartisan," December 15, 2009
2. ↑ Nevada Appeal, "Las Vegas mayor, Oscar Goodman, changing parties, mulling governor bid," December 15, 2009
3. ↑ Nevada Independent, "‘The forefront of America’s reopening:’ Goodman, in attempt to soothe worried constituents, downplays coronavirus threat in public and in emails," April 26, 2020
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `bio`
5. ↑ Clark County Nevada, "Election: Important Dates," accessed November 17, 2014
6. ↑ Correspondence with City Clerk Beverly Bridges on November 17, 2014.
7. ↑ City of Las Vegas, "Official 2015 Candidate List," accessed February 9, 2015
8. ↑ Clark County Nevada, "Unofficial election results," accessed April 8, 2015
9. ↑ KSNV, "Las Vegas residents gather on the Strip to protest death of George Floyd," May 28, 2020
10. ↑ Washington Post, "The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes," May 30, 2020
11. ↑ The New York Times, "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody," May 31, 2020
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 USA Today, "Medical examiner and family-commissioned autopsy agree: George Floyd's death was a homicide," June 1, 2020
13. ↑ Associated Press, "Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death," April 20, 2021
14. ↑ CNN, "Protests across America after George Floyd's death," accessed June 2, 2020
15. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `chi1`

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