Benjamin Donlon
Benjamin Donlon (Republican Party) ran for election to the Nevada State Assembly to represent District 16. He lost in the Republican primary on June 11, 2024.
Donlon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Benjamin Donlon was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. He served in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971. His career experience includes working as a real estate broker and paralegal. Donlon has been affiliated with the National Association of Realtors.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for Nevada State Assembly District 16
Incumbent Cecelia González, James Neville, and Jose Pena are running in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 16 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
 | Cecelia González (D) | |
 | James Neville (R) | |
| Jose Pena (L) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 16
Incumbent Cecelia González defeated Eva Chase in the Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 16 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cecelia González | 72.2 | 1,545 |
 | Eva Chase | 27.8 | 594 | |
| Total votes: 2,139 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 16
James Neville defeated Socorro Keenan and Benjamin Donlon in the Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 16 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | James Neville | 37.8 | 683 |
 | Socorro Keenan | 32.4 | 585 | |
 | Benjamin Donlon | 29.8 | 538 | |
| Total votes: 1,806 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for Nevada State Assembly District 16
Incumbent Cecelia González defeated Jesse "Jake" Holder in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 16 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cecelia González (D) | 53.9 | 9,569 |
 | Jesse "Jake" Holder (R) | 46.1 | 8,198 | |
| Total votes: 17,767 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 16
Incumbent Cecelia González defeated Chuck Short in the Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 16 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cecelia González | 67.8 | 2,085 |
| Chuck Short | 32.2 | 992 | |
| Total votes: 3,077 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 16
Jesse "Jake" Holder defeated Greg Van Houten and Benjamin Donlon in the Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 16 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jesse "Jake" Holder | 49.5 | 1,233 |
| Greg Van Houten | 27.0 | 673 | |
| Benjamin Donlon | 23.5 | 586 | |
| Total votes: 2,492 | |||
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2016
- See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2016
Elections for the Nevada State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 18, 2016.
Justin Watkins defeated incumbent Brent Jones in the Nevada State Assembly District 35 general election.[2][3]
| Nevada State Assembly, District 35 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Justin Watkins |
54.40% | 16,700 | |
| Republican | Brent Jones Incumbent | 45.60% | 13,996 | |
| Total Votes | 30,696 | |||
| Source: Nevada Secretary of State | ||||
Justin Watkins ran unopposed in the Nevada State Assembly District 35 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Nevada State Assembly District 35, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Justin Watkins (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Brent Jones defeated Tiffany Jones, Tom Blanchard, Raymond Joseph Giordano and Benjamin Donlon defeated in the Nevada State Assembly District 35 Republican primary.[4][5]
| Nevada State Assembly District 35, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Brent Jones Incumbent |
40.66% | 712 | |
| Republican | Tiffany Jones | 37.18% | 651 | |
| Republican | Tom Blanchard | 18.50% | 324 | |
| Republican | Raymond Joseph Giordano | 2.63% | 46 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Donlon | 1.03% | 18 | |
| Total Votes | 1,751 | |||
2014
- See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2014
Elections for the Nevada State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014. Incumbent Elliot Anderson ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Benjamin Donlon was unopposed in the Republican primary. Roberto Juarez ran as a Libertarian candidate. Anderson defeated Donlon and Juarez in the general election.[6][7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Elliot Anderson Incumbent |
60.4% | 4,691 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Donlon | 33.8% | 2,620 | |
| Libertarian | Roberto Juarez | 5.8% | 450 | |
| Total Votes | 7,761 | |||
2012
- See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2012
Donlon ran in the 2012 election for Nevada State Assembly, District 15. Donlon was defeated by Megan Heryet in the June 12 primary election.[10][11][12][13]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Megan Heryet |
44.9% | 422 |
| Benjamin M. Donlon | 28.1% | 264 |
| M. Marco Miller | 27% | 254 |
| Total Votes | 940 | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Benjamin Donlon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Donlon's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I and a veteran on disablity; a real estate broker and a paralegal.
- Move Nevadas educational ranking from 48-49 to the top 10 ratings in the county
- Make Nevada energy by developing geotheraml resources we have 22 plants on line providing clean energy.
- empower the state of nevada to arest and depart undockmenteed person if the federal goverment does not do so. Be reimbustedal from the federal goverment expenditures on undockumented persons
hard work and listening to all sides of an issure
to represent the persons that have elected them
making Nevada the top rated state for education
The death of Robert Kennidy
newspaper boy-2 years
Atlas shrugs
You are my sunshine
fair and balanced all sides heard
All sides should be heard
the current president
no--the governor
one that would make probates easy and cheap for the heirs
judicial--natural resources
Balance the budget
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2022
Benjamin Donlon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 10, 2024
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Master Statewide Certified List of Candidates," accessed August 19, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 25, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Election Certified List of Candidates," accessed May 16, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nevada Secretary of State, "Official Primary election results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2014 filed candidates," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ Clark County, "Candidate filing," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Nevada Primary Election 2014," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2014 Official Statewide General Election Results," accessed April 30, 2015
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Candidates," accessed May 6, 2014
- ↑ Clark County, "2012 Primary Candidates," accessed May 6, 2014
- ↑ Washoe County, "2012 General Election candidates," accessed May 5, 2014(Archived)
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Official Results of the 2012 Primary Election," accessed April 23, 2014
