Democrat Joe Dalia (left) and Republican Annette Dawson Owens (right) are running to represent Assembly District 29.
Nevada State Assembly District 29 is seen as one of the best opportunities for Republicans to flip a seat red and break the Democrat’s existing supermajority in the lower house of the state Legislature.
The district, which covers Whitney Ranch and north Henderson, is highly competitive, with a voter registration breakdown of 33.4% Democrats, 26.3% Republicans, and 32.5% nonpartisans. It is also one of just three competitive districts with no incumbent running. ( Assembly District 4 and Assembly District 35 are the other two.)
Democratic Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen has represented AD29 for five of the past six legislative terms. She did not file for reelection this year, announcing she had decided to “take a step back from politics and focus on my private life moving forward.”
Seeking to succeed her are Democrat Joe Dalia, a tech privacy attorney who grew up in the district and is now raising his family there, and Republican Annette Dawson Owens, a longtime educator and advocate who says she wants to ‘help Nevada get back on track.”