Richard Carrillo

Richard Carrillo

Democratic Party

Prior offices

Nevada State Assembly District 18

Successor: Venicia Considine

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Elections and appointments

Last election

June 11, 2024

Education

Other

Universal Technical Institute, 1987

Personal

Profession

HVAC technician

Contact

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Richard Carrillo (Democratic Party) was a member of the Nevada State Assembly, representing District 18. He assumed office on February 7, 2011. He left office on November 4, 2020.

Carrillo ran for election to the Nevada Board of Regents to represent District 4. He lost in the primary on June 11, 2024.

Biography

Richard Carrillo graduated from the Universal Technical Institute of Arizona in 1987. His career experience includes working as a HVAC technician.^[1]

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Carrillo was assigned to the following committees:

• Growth and Infrastructure Committee
• Government Affairs Committee
• Health and Human Services Committee, Vice chair

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Carrillo served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Carrillo served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Carrillo served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Nevada State Board of Regents election, 2024

General election

General election for Nevada Board of Regents District 4

Aaron Bautista and Tonia Holmes-Sutton are running in the general election for Nevada Board of Regents District 4 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Aaron Bautista (Nonpartisan)
		Tonia Holmes-Sutton (Nonpartisan)

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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 4

Tonia Holmes-Sutton and Aaron Bautista defeated Richard Carrillo, incumbent Donald Sylvantee McMichael Sr., and Shawn Stamper in the primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 4 on June 11, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tonia Holmes-Sutton (Nonpartisan)	29.4	3,286
✔		Aaron Bautista (Nonpartisan)	28.5	3,187
		Richard Carrillo (Nonpartisan)	18.0	2,013
		Donald Sylvantee McMichael Sr. (Nonpartisan)	13.5	1,505
		Shawn Stamper (Nonpartisan)	10.5	1,172

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 11,163
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

2020

Nevada State Assembly

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2020

Richard Carrillo did not file to run for re-election.

Nevada State Senate

See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Nevada State Senate District 7

Roberta Lange won election in the general election for Nevada State Senate District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roberta Lange (D)	100.0	39,036

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,036
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Nevada State Senate District 7

Roberta Lange defeated Ellen Spiegel and Richard Carrillo in the Democratic primary for Nevada State Senate District 7 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roberta Lange	38.3	3,672
		Ellen Spiegel	36.9	3,540
		Richard Carrillo	24.8	2,384

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,596
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2018

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2018

General election

General election for Nevada State Assembly District 18

Incumbent Richard Carrillo defeated Matt Sadler in the general election for Nevada State Assembly District 18 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Carrillo (D)	65.3	11,373
		Matt Sadler (R)	34.7	6,037

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,410
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 18

Incumbent Richard Carrillo advanced from the Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly District 18 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Richard Carrillo

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 18

Matt Sadler defeated Richard Hawkins in the Republican primary for Nevada State Assembly District 18 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Sadler	54.5	649
		Richard Hawkins	45.5	541

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,190
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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.

Incumbent Richard Carrillo defeated Christine DeCorte in the Nevada State Assembly District 18 general election.^[2][3]

Nevada State Assembly, District 18 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Richard Carrillo Incumbent	64.00%	13,401
	Republican	Christine DeCorte	36.00%	7,539
Total Votes				20,940
Source: Nevada Secretary of State

Incumbent Richard Carrillo defeated Erica Mosca in the Nevada State Assembly District 18 Democratic primary.^[4][5]

Nevada State Assembly District 18, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Richard Carrillo Incumbent	64.06%	1,194
	Democratic	Erica Mosca	35.94%	670
Total Votes				1,864

Christine DeCorte defeated Matt Sadler in the Nevada State Assembly District 18 Republican primary.^[4][5]

Nevada State Assembly District 18, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Christine DeCorte	56.83%	595
	Republican	Matt Sadler	43.17%	452
Total Votes				1,047

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 Richard Carrillo and Amy Beaulieu were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Carrillo defeated Beaulieu in the general election.^[6][7]

Note: In the Nevada primary system, the top two vote-getters from the same party will advance to the general election if the winner has less than 50% of the vote and if there are no other major party or Independent American Party candidates registered.^[8]

Nevada State Assembly District 18, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Richard Carrillo Incumbent	54.9%	3,951
	Democratic	Amy Beaulieu	45.1%	3,244
Total Votes				7,195

2012

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2012

Carrillo ran in the 2012 election for Nevada State Assembly, District 18. Carrillo ran unopposed in the June 12 primary election and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^{[9][10][11][12]}

2010

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2010

On November 2, 2010, Carrillo won election to the Nevada State Assembly. Carrillo defeated Considine Considine and Lon Enwright in the June 8 primary election. He defeated Ken Walther (R) in the general election.

Nevada State Assembly, District 18 General election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Richard Carrillo (D)		9,291
Ken Walther (R)		5,843

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Richard Carrillo did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Richard Carrillo did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Carrillo's website highlighted the following campaign themes:^[13]

Economy

• Excerpt: "Our budget continues to be one of our state's biggest concerns, although some progress has been made, more work is ahead of us. We need rebuild our "rainy day" fund to offset any future unexpected downturns. This is important to ensure that even if there is an economic downturn again, necessary services are not cut."

Education

• Excerpt: "As Nevada attracts more and more diverse industries, we must be committed to providing our children with an education that will adequately prepare them for the jobs of the future. We must also focus on developing job training to ensure our current workforce has the opportunity to explore new career paths."

Job Creation

• Excerpt: "It is essential that we not stop looking for new and stable industries to do business here that will employ Nevadans. As we continue to diversify, this will bolster tourism, spur small business creation, as well as creating construction jobs, putting more Nevadans back to work."

Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Nevada

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2020

In 2020, the Nevada State Legislature was not in session. It was in special session from July 8 to July 19 and from July 31 to August 5.

• National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

Nevada Policy Research Institute

See also: Nevada Policy Research Institute's Legislative Report Card (2011)

The Nevada Policy Research Institute, a Nevada-based conservative-libertarian think tank, releases a "Legislative Report Card" evaluating members of the Nevada State Legislature on "each lawmaker's voting record on legislation impacting the degree of economic freedom and education reform." Bills determined by the Institute to be of greater significance are weighted accordingly. According to the Institute, "a legislator with a score above 50 is considered to be an ally of economic liberty."^[15]

2011

Carrillo received a score of 28.80 percent in the 2011 report card, ranking 56th out of all 63 Nevada State Legislature members.^[15]

Noteworthy events

DUI charge

In July 2015, Carrillo was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and possession of a firearm while intoxicated. He was arrested on February 27, 2015, when police found him asleep in the driver's seat of his car with the engine running. Carrillo appealed the ruling, arguing that the court did not prove he had driven the car to where it was parked. The appeal was scheduled for January 26, 2016.^[16]

During the appeal hearing, District Judge Jim Wilson ruled that the blood alcohol test administered to Carrillo was not admissible due to a Washoe County crime lab technician testifying that she had not been involved in all stages of testing, leading to a reversal of the firearm conviction but not that of the DUI. Wilson then overturned the DUI conviction after attorney Larry Dunn asked how he could uphold it when the blood test had been thrown out; Carrillo's conviction was solely based on the test.^[17]

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