Public forum for Reno mayoral candidates
- KUNR Public Radio, the League of Women Voters of Nevada and the Reno Gazette Journal scheduled a Reno mayoral forum for May 13. - The event starts at 5:30 p.m. at the Wilbur D. May Museum, with KUNR reporter Bert Johnson moderating and election officials answering voting questions. - The forum lands before Reno’s June 9 primary in an open race to replace term-limited Mayor Hillary Schieve. (reno.gov)
Reno voters will get another chance to question the city’s mayoral field in person on Wednesday, May 13, at the Wilbur D. May Museum. (kunr.org) KUNR Public Radio, the League of Women Voters of Nevada and the Reno Gazette Journal are co-sponsoring the forum, which starts at 5:30 p.m. inside Rancho San Rafael Regional Park. (kunr.org) KUNR reporter Bert Johnson is set to moderate, and the Washoe County Registrar’s Office will also attend to answer questions about voting. (kunr.org) The event lands in a crowded open-seat race. Reno’s mayoral primary is scheduled for June 9, and the general election is set for November 3. (reno.gov) (ballotpedia.org) Mayor Hillary Schieve cannot run again in 2026 because Reno limits mayors to 12 lifetime years in office, ending a run that began in 2014. (ballotpedia.org 1) (ballotpedia.org 2) Nine candidates filed for the nonpartisan primary: Eddie Lorton, Kate Marshall, Greg Nuttle, Jesse Razo, Devon Reese, Tim Ross, Kathleen Taylor, Corinthia Yancey and John Wayne Zink. (ballotpedia.org) (rgj.com) Reno voters have already seen one major forum this month. The Reno+Sparks Chamber of Commerce and Truckee Meadows Community College hosted a pre-primary mayoral forum on April 21. (tmcc.edu) (members.thechambernv.org) That Chamber event listed all nine candidates as participants, though the Reno Gazette Journal reported John Zink was not in attendance at the April 21 forum. (members.thechambernv.org) (rgj.com) The May 13 forum gives voters one more side-by-side look at the field before early voting begins May 23. (reno.gov)
