“Ms. Kirkpatrick served nine years in the Nevada Assembly, rising to the speakership, before being appointed to the commission in 2015. If re-elected, she says her main goal will be “getting the economy back on track” and she has recently become more vocal in urging Gov. Steve Sisolak to lift certain coronavirus restrictions. “I think that we’ve made huge progress,” she said, adding that Clark County can “start moving forward.” Ms. Kilpatrick says she would be reluctant to impose tax increases to cover pandemic budget holes at this point because “I’m not sure who could pay all the taxes right now.”

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