Judge Reynolds won re-election. A very gracious concession from Alex Quagge, the challenger: “A week later, every vote has finally been counted in the closest race in Clark County. I am honored to have had 274,368 members of our community cast a vote for me, truly. Unfortunately, I came up just 360 votes short. Looking back on the last year I can say that I learned more than I thought possible, and I am better for all the people I have met and had the privilege to spend time with. The list of people I owe thanks to is long, and I’m sorry to have come up short. I will continue working in public service and doing my part to support and better our community.”
I voted for, and supported Judge Reynolds. But I have to say that Quagge ran a great campaign. Unlike most judicial candidates, he had a clear, simple story “JAG to Judge.” I have to wonder if he had picked a different department whether he would have won. He also saw a blue wave coming, and was smart to campaign alongside with winning liberal candidates.
Judge Reynolds survived a very hostile environment. There were certain P.I. attorneys that wanted him ousted. Jon Ralston’s Nevada Independent called him a “misogynist” without citing any specific example or evidence. The blue tsunami amplified the force of the unions that lined up against him, and fought him all the way through an aggressive Culinary-run cure campaign. There were PACs that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars against him. I think I received around a half dozen mailers from them myself. And yet Judge Reynolds survived. Judge Reynolds was smart and also saw the blue wave coming. He relied on genuinely longstanding relationships across many demographics and communities. He ran Spanish language ads where he spoke fluent Spanish.
These were probably the two best run campaigns among contested district court races. It’s kind of like when the two best baseball teams collide in the league championship series instead of the World Series.
Well summarized. The outcome of these elections are impactful to us as lawyers but the absurdity of this process is maddening. We are very lucky to have mostly qualified candidates to quibble over.
Ok, how do we explain Judge Wiese’s defeat by a relative unknown. Wiese was on TV and ran a well financed campaign. His opponent was obscure but ran a campaign on social media at a fraction of the cost. Wiese was a good judge. Not aware if he alienated anyone. I believe he may have had NJA support. I am disappointed Wiese lost. Any insight.
Judge Wiese is a much better judge than politician. At first glance, it’s easy to look at Wiese and Reynolds as equals – both conservative Mormon males. But Reynolds is a much better politician with better instincts. To his credit, I know first hand Judge Wiese did see the blue wave coming. He knew the threat wasn’t his opponent, per se, but all of the union backing. The difference is the Reynolds worked a much broader base than Wiese did. Reynolds is an extrovert, Wiese isn’t. That said, let’s not pretend the marginal difference between the two is much, because it isn’t here. Reynolds won by 360 votes, Wiese lost by about 10k (although Reynolds had a much, much stronger opponent).
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November 12, 2026 10:20 am
“The director has been clear that taking away physical mail will not address demand for drugs, and it will only increase violence and the price of drugs, making compromising staff an even bigger reality than it already is,” Jodi Hocking, the founder of Return Strong, told commissioners.
So, doing nothing is better? How the hell is contraband and drugs getting into jail. You know, JAIL, PRISON, places where there are guards, fences searches and portals for every visitor.
oh, you sweet summer child. I just gotta assume you’ve never had an incarcerated client, read any reporting about corrections officers who have been prosecuted for bringing contraband to prisons, or even watched a single episode of Orange is the New Black.
I think we all agree prison drugs cost way too much, at this point its cruel and unusual punishment. Clearly there is a due process right in the opportunity to obtain drugs.
I think it high time to call you out. The correct spelling is “vajayjay” which I am sure you have never seen one that is not part of a silicon or blowup doll.
You now have the honor, nay the privilege, of speaking to the original poster. Out of respect for the subject matter, and your comments, I will now spell it correctly. I thank you.
The sex offender story has me at a moral crossroads: i totally understand and agree with the need for a SO registry and have it public knowledge. However, i do not necessarily agree that the police department should be blasting the SO identity and address in a mailer and social media post as soon as he moves into the community. Not because i think the SO should have any type of protection, but because there has to be a line drawn somewhere between punishing a person and letting them move on with their lives in private once they have paid their dues.
Sex Offender notice
No notice. Wasn’t there a case in which a PD, county, or state lost on this subject? A SO moved into a neighborhood and then assaulted someone, maybe a child. The government lost the case because there was no notice given.
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November 12, 2026 12:02 pm
I really wish my email worked so that I could work… Stupid microsoft.
Judge Reynolds won re-election. A very gracious concession from Alex Quagge, the challenger: “A week later, every vote has finally been counted in the closest race in Clark County. I am honored to have had 274,368 members of our community cast a vote for me, truly. Unfortunately, I came up just 360 votes short. Looking back on the last year I can say that I learned more than I thought possible, and I am better for all the people I have met and had the privilege to spend time with. The list of people I owe thanks to is long, and I’m sorry to have come up short. I will continue working in public service and doing my part to support and better our community.”
I voted for, and supported Judge Reynolds. But I have to say that Quagge ran a great campaign. Unlike most judicial candidates, he had a clear, simple story “JAG to Judge.” I have to wonder if he had picked a different department whether he would have won. He also saw a blue wave coming, and was smart to campaign alongside with winning liberal candidates.
Judge Reynolds survived a very hostile environment. There were certain P.I. attorneys that wanted him ousted. Jon Ralston’s Nevada Independent called him a “misogynist” without citing any specific example or evidence. The blue tsunami amplified the force of the unions that lined up against him, and fought him all the way through an aggressive Culinary-run cure campaign. There were PACs that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars against him. I think I received around a half dozen mailers from them myself. And yet Judge Reynolds survived. Judge Reynolds was smart and also saw the blue wave coming. He relied on genuinely longstanding relationships across many demographics and communities. He ran Spanish language ads where he spoke fluent Spanish.
These were probably the two best run campaigns among contested district court races. It’s kind of like when the two best baseball teams collide in the league championship series instead of the World Series.
Congrats to both on running great campaigns.
Maybe if Quagge didn’t hold himself out as a prosecutor more people would have voted for him.
Well summarized. The outcome of these elections are impactful to us as lawyers but the absurdity of this process is maddening. We are very lucky to have mostly qualified candidates to quibble over.
Ok, how do we explain Judge Wiese’s defeat by a relative unknown. Wiese was on TV and ran a well financed campaign. His opponent was obscure but ran a campaign on social media at a fraction of the cost. Wiese was a good judge. Not aware if he alienated anyone. I believe he may have had NJA support. I am disappointed Wiese lost. Any insight.
Judge Wiese is a much better judge than politician. At first glance, it’s easy to look at Wiese and Reynolds as equals – both conservative Mormon males. But Reynolds is a much better politician with better instincts. To his credit, I know first hand Judge Wiese did see the blue wave coming. He knew the threat wasn’t his opponent, per se, but all of the union backing. The difference is the Reynolds worked a much broader base than Wiese did. Reynolds is an extrovert, Wiese isn’t. That said, let’s not pretend the marginal difference between the two is much, because it isn’t here. Reynolds won by 360 votes, Wiese lost by about 10k (although Reynolds had a much, much stronger opponent).
“The director has been clear that taking away physical mail will not address demand for drugs, and it will only increase violence and the price of drugs, making compromising staff an even bigger reality than it already is,” Jodi Hocking, the founder of Return Strong, told commissioners.
So, doing nothing is better? How the hell is contraband and drugs getting into jail. You know, JAIL, PRISON, places where there are guards, fences searches and portals for every visitor.
oh, you sweet summer child. I just gotta assume you’ve never had an incarcerated client, read any reporting about corrections officers who have been prosecuted for bringing contraband to prisons, or even watched a single episode of Orange is the New Black.
Oh Yea, let us make our legal standards the same as a TV script writers view.
Or attorneys. Attorneys often bring things in too.
*cough cough* Alexis Plunkett
I think we all agree prison drugs cost way too much, at this point its cruel and unusual punishment. Clearly there is a due process right in the opportunity to obtain drugs.
You’re saying there is an affordability crisis on prison drugs. When is the next election so I can run on that?
Free robert bush!!!!
Free my gf’s vajaja from its bush!
I think it high time to call you out. The correct spelling is “vajayjay” which I am sure you have never seen one that is not part of a silicon or blowup doll.
You now have the honor, nay the privilege, of speaking to the original poster. Out of respect for the subject matter, and your comments, I will now spell it correctly. I thank you.
The late, great Judge Posner. Sure seems to me that he should have been a SCOTUS Justice, but I guess he wasn’t partisan enough.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/us/richard-posner-dead.html
Posner wrote one of my all-time favorite opinions: https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/posner_opinion_includes_ostrich_photo_to_portray_lawyers_who_ignore_precede/
How are people able to work with Microsoft down?
Doomscrolling.
Two words: Desktop Software.
Go fill out my survey with all your free time on hourly billing rates:
https://forms.gle/41tMoSnoHpEsdEye9
The sex offender story has me at a moral crossroads: i totally understand and agree with the need for a SO registry and have it public knowledge. However, i do not necessarily agree that the police department should be blasting the SO identity and address in a mailer and social media post as soon as he moves into the community. Not because i think the SO should have any type of protection, but because there has to be a line drawn somewhere between punishing a person and letting them move on with their lives in private once they have paid their dues.
Gtfo
Sex Offender notice
No notice. Wasn’t there a case in which a PD, county, or state lost on this subject? A SO moved into a neighborhood and then assaulted someone, maybe a child. The government lost the case because there was no notice given.
I really wish my email worked so that I could work… Stupid microsoft.
This is why I maintain email addresses on alternative systems. Hate to break the glass but this is an “In Case of Emergency” situation
Why? No one else using outlook is getting what you’re sending. Just go ahead and enjoy the “snow day”
Because there are Orders that need to be uploaded to courts and settlement briefs that have to be sent and business that has to be done.
looking forward to outlook coming back online at 4pm today.
Has anyone applied for dc 6 yet?
https://nvcourts.gov/aoc/committees_and_commissions/judicial_selection/overview
Just Lalli so far.
But there is still a week left to apply I believe.