Aaron Sims
Aaron Sims (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Nevada State Senate to represent District 16. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Sims also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Nevada's 2nd Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 14, 2022.
Sims completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Aaron Sims was born in Manteca, California. He took classes at Western Nevada College. His professional experience includes working as an accountant manager and an HR manager. He has been affiliated with the Carson City Democratic Central Committee, the Washoe County Democratic Central Committee, the Nevada Democratic Party, Forward Nevada, the Sierra Club, OUR Center, Northern Nevada Pride, Justice Dems, the John Muir Club, ACTION, and the Northern Nevada Democratic Socialists of America.[1][2]
Elections
2022
Nevada State Senate campaign
See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Nevada State Senate District 16
Lisa Krasner defeated Aaron Sims in the general election for Nevada State Senate District 16 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Krasner (R) | 60.3 | 42,871 |
 | Aaron Sims (D)  | 39.7 | 28,172 | |
| Total votes: 71,043 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Aaron Sims advanced from the Democratic primary for Nevada State Senate District 16.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Nevada State Senate District 16
Lisa Krasner defeated incumbent Donald Tatro, Monica Stabbert, and Timothy Duvall in the Republican primary for Nevada State Senate District 16 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Krasner | 33.5 | 7,193 |
 | Donald Tatro | 27.5 | 5,903 | |
 | Monica Stabbert | 21.5 | 4,618 | |
 | Timothy Duvall | 17.5 | 3,769 | |
| Total votes: 21,483 | |||
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U.S. House campaign
See also: Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Nevada District 2
Incumbent Mark Amodei defeated Elizabeth Mercedes Krause, Russell Best, and Darryl Baber in the general election for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Amodei (R) | 59.7 | 185,467 |
 | Elizabeth Mercedes Krause (D) | 37.8 | 117,371 | |
 | Russell Best (Independent American Party) | 1.4 | 4,194 | |
 | Darryl Baber (L) | 1.1 | 3,466 | |
| Total votes: 310,498 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elizabeth Mercedes Krause | 49.0 | 22,072 |
 | Timothy Hanifan | 14.3 | 6,440 | |
 | Michael Doucette | 12.2 | 5,478 | |
| Rahul Joshi | 8.0 | 3,613 | |
| Brian Hansen | 7.3 | 3,276 | |
| Joseph Afzal | 6.9 | 3,117 | |
| Gerold Lee Gorman | 2.3 | 1,034 | |
| Total votes: 45,030 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Aaron Sims (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2
Incumbent Mark Amodei defeated Danny Tarkanian, Joel Beck, Catherine Sampson, and Brian Nadell in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Amodei | 54.9 | 49,779 |
 | Danny Tarkanian | 32.6 | 29,563 | |
 | Joel Beck | 7.4 | 6,744 | |
| Catherine Sampson | 3.3 | 3,010 | |
 | Brian Nadell | 1.8 | 1,614 | |
| Total votes: 90,710 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Nevada State Senate campaign
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Aaron Sims completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sims' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I was born and raised in the central valley of California, my father was a firefighter and my mother was a respiratory therapist. My family and I moved to Nevada 20 years ago. I am a graduate of Douglas High School in Minden and I have attended Western Nevada College. I have spent nearly 20 years being active in the political world including working in every election from president down to city supervisor. I have been an intern for a governor, online communications person for a governor, delegate to political conventions, campaign manager for a county commissioner race and a state assembly race, lobbyist at the state legislature, vice chair of a local political party, activist for homeless issues, LGBTQ+ issues and racial justice issues. I am an accountant in my professional life and had the opportunity to be president or chair of several community based organizations in my life.
- The housing crisis plaguing Nevada needs to be fixed, I plan to work on legislation to do just that. We need to work with the rural housing authority in order to find a way to cap rental prices and reduce inflated property prices.
- We are at the bottom of every list for education. Two things we need to do to improve education in Nevada is to decrease class sizes and pay teachers more.
- Healthcare continues to be out of reach for many Nevadans and many who have coverage have inadequate coverage. I believe we can offer a state single payer alternative to ensure all Nevadans get quality healthcare.
Outside of the three I already answered, I am passionate about transparency in government and working to make Nevada's legislature a full-time legislature. I believe in fighting for criminal justice reform and for better alternative energy. I am passionate about LGBTQ+ issues and protecting Nevadans ability to defend themselves.
I look up to my partner. He is one of the most ethical and kind-hearted people I have ever known. He has a very detailed ideological system and he applies it everyday. Other than him, my mother because she is the most loving and graceful person I have ever known.
Integrity, honesty, ability to negotiate and being diplomatic are the most important I think for elected officials.
I believe I am honest, sometimes blunt. I am fairly charismatic and can orotate well. I am a skilled negotiator and can be very diplomatic.
To serve the people of their district by listening to them and working with them.
One that has closed the gap in education and healthcare coverage. Also, to have been someone who helped bring housing costs down.
The first I can remember constantly being on the news was the Monica Lewinski scandal. I suppose that's unfortunate but I cannot remember too much before that in terms of historical events.
My first job was working as a rides operator for a farm down in California that would have a Halloween themed amusement park every year.
That's a tough one. I really like "What is philosophy" by Gary Hayden because it is a very basic guide to thought and logic. I also like "The Next 100 Years" by George Friedman because any book that kind of gives a reasonably projection of the future is something I always found interesting.
"Down" By Jay Sean and Lil Wayne - Probably just because it was recently playing on my playlist.
A working relationship but also one that respects the boundaries set forth by the Nevada Constitution. It's important that no matter who the governor is and who is in control of the state legislature, both entities should be able to work together when needed. However, it's important to maintain a balance and stay in each others lanes.
Water resources. Nevada has only been getting drier in recent years due to an escalation in frequency of droughts caused by climate change. We need to develop new technology that allows our state to get water from other sources that are not just the traditional snow melt.
The benefits of course would be checks and balances. Having two different houses which are responsible for similar things but are also organized differently and often have different priorities is a good thing because it gives the state a much bigger opportunity to hold one person or side or group accountable.
A downside would be both gridlock which halts any progress or the inability to pass more legislation due to too much bureaucracy.
I do believe so but of course it depends on what that experience is. Just having experience is not always a net-gain or benefit for the people.
Absolutely, it's not just beneficial, it's necessary. You can't get a lot of legislation passed unless you have a good relationship with other legislators.
The most fair one that can happen. We really should just base it on population and that's it - not paying attention to who holds what party.
Ways and means or the equivalent. I would also like to work on any that oversee housing and growth in Nevada.
Although I am a progressive, I do admire Bill Raggio because he was a true statesmen who governed rather than politicizing his office.
Possibly, I would rather focus on one election at a time.
Partially. I do believe for things that impact all Nevadans or the majority of Nevadans, the legislature should be able to grant emergency powers. However, it is important not to be out of line with the governor's office in that area.
I believe compromise is necessary in politics, it's really a have-to-do sort of thing if anything is supposed to get done. Personally, I won't compromise on solid values I have but other things are okay.
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U.S. House campaign
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Aaron Sims completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sims' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Born and raised in the Central Valley of California, Aaron grew up in a working-class family. His father was a fire fighter and his mother was a respiratory therapist who then became a stay-at-home mom. Throughout his childhood, Aaron learned about the value of honestly, hard work and determination while facing the challenges life had to offer. His interest in politics began at a very young age starting with the presidential election of 2000. At the age of 11, Aaron and his family moved to Gardnerville where he quickly fell in love with life in Northern Nevada. He went to Pau-Wa-Lu middle school and volunteered for a local political office throughout the 2004 campaign. He spent the next 8 years working for various candidates.
Aaron served as a lobbyist in the 2015 Nevada Legislative session and has worked since 2015 for causes such as eradicating homelessness and LGBTQ issues. Before leaving the Republican Party, Aaron served as Vice Chair of the Carson City Republican Party.
In 2020, Aaron ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Carson City and was the first openly gay candidate and youngest candidate to have run for that office. Currently, Aaron is involved with the Our Center of Northern Nevada, the John Muir Club, the NNDSA and other community based groups working on issues facing Northern Nevada.
- Aaron plans to be a progressive voice for the people of Nevada.
- He is primary focus is on issues such as homelessness, healthcare, education and criminal justice reform
- Aaron plans to help make America a place for all people of all backgrounds.
Aaron is passionate about solving the homeless crisis in this country, solving child hunger, education for all and criminal justice reform.
I very much admire Caesar Chavez. I think he was a principled man who fought for what he believed in under horrible conditions.
There is a really good book I own...I just cannot recall the name. It's like "Living small" or something similar. It is essentially about changing the world we live in by looking more to our local communities for trade and business as an alternative to international global business.
Integrity, transparency and accessibility.
Leadership, honesty and integrity.
Voting is probably the most important, so being present for all votes.
One in which recognizes that housing, healthcare and education are all humans rights in the 21st century.
The 2000 election.
My first job was working for a farm which had a large corn maze for the Halloween season lasting about a month.
The Next 100 Years by George Freidman
lol this will be a bit unexpected, but probably Fiona from the show Shameless. She seemed like the only thinking person on that show and had fierce grit and determination to make something of herself.
"Let The Day Begin" by The Call
Being content with working small jobs
It is the only direct representation of the voice of the people in the federal government.
No. I believe the best candidate would be someone who has a mix of experience and vision.
Energy, climate change and poverty.
Yes, I would love to be on Ways and Means, Judiciary, Defense and Foreign Relations.
No, I think all elected offices should be 4 years.
I am my own person.
I have not yet heard one that I can recall, this is early in our campaign but I am looking forward to all of the stories I will be hearing.
I don't really have one lol
It wouldn't. This is simply an aspect of the job.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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