By Las Vegas Sun Staff (contact)
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 | 10:30 a.m.
Las Vegas Ward 4 Councilwoman Francis Allen-Palenske and Ward 6 Councilwoman Nancy Brune volition beryllium sworn successful for 2nd presumption Wednesday astatine the commencement of the City Council meeting.
The gathering begins astatine 9 a.m. successful Council Chambers connected the 2nd level of Las Vegas City Hall, 495 S. Main St.
Under Nevada law, a campaigner for a nonpartisan metropolis bureau who wins a bulk of the ballot successful a superior metropolis predetermination is declared elected outright and does not look connected the November wide predetermination ballot. Allen-Palenske ran unopposed and was declared the victor without a ballot being cast; Brune cleared the 50% threshold successful her June 9 primary.
In Ward 2, seasoned firefighter Luke McCarthy and lawyer Shannon Nordstrom volition look disconnected successful the November wide predetermination aft neither campaigner won a bulk successful the caller primary.
The Ward 2 spot is presently held by Kara Kelley, the erstwhile president and CEO of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, whom the assembly appointed arsenic a caretaker subordinate successful September to service retired the remainder of Victoria Seaman’s term. Seaman gave up the station aft resigning to instrumentality a determination manager presumption with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; she had antecedently tally unsuccessfully for politician against Shelley Berkley successful 2024.
Kelley pledged not to question the spot this year.
The council’s six ward seats are elected connected staggered four-year terms, with 3 seats up astatine a clip connected alternating two-year cycles. Wards 1, 3 and 5 were past elected successful 2024 and won’t look connected the ballot again until 2028. Wards 2, 4 and 6 were past elected successful 2022 and volition adjacent spell earlier voters successful 2030.
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