Berkley (D) views Las Vegas mayor's race as her final chapter in public service
Longtime friends of Shelley Berkley were surprised when the former congresswoman — more than a decade removed from holding elected office after losing a close race for the U.S. Senate — decided to run for Las Vegas mayor.
Mayor Carolyn Goodman was term-limited and the Goodman family’s quarter-century hold on the mayor’s office — which began in 1999 with the election of mob lawyer Oscar Goodman — is ending. Two current Las Vegas City Council members tossed their names into the race and there were 15 candidates by the close of filing.
Initially, former Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones Blackhurst thought her longtime friend “had honestly lost her mind.”
But Blackhurst said that notion was fleeting when she considered the knowledge and experience Berkley, 73, would bring to the office.
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