Lawmakers graded on eight issues important for small businesses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tray Abney, Nevada State Director, [email protected]
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, [email protected]
CARSON CITY, Nev., Aug. 21, 2024—Just ahead of this year’s election season, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in Nevada today released the voting records of state lawmakers that its political action committee (NFIB NV PAC) will base its endorsements on.
“We are one of the few business groups that goes to such an extent to issue endorsements based on actual votes on specific bills that affect our members,” said Tray Abney, NFIB’s Nevada state director. “Small businesses are not smaller versions of big businesses, and we need not only elected officials who understand that but also act on that when it comes times to vote.”
Both the Nevada Assembly and Nevada Senate were graded on seven issues in common that came from or into their chambers during the last session of the Legislature (2023); Senators were graded on an eighth. A brief description of the issues, NFIB’s positions on them, the outcome, and how each of 21 senators and 42 assembly members voted on them can be read here.
To earn NFIB’s endorsement, lawmakers had to have at least a 70% pro-small-business voting record, which nine senators and 27 assembly members tallied. Two senators (Carrie Buck and Lisa Krasner) and four assembly members (Jill Dickman, Danielle Gallant, Richard McArthur, Phillip O’Neill) had perfect, 100% pro-small-business voting scores.
Non-incumbent candidates seeking NFIB NV PAC’s endorsement will be provided with a questionnaire.
Keep up with the latest Nevada small-business news at www.nfib.com/nevada, where this news release can also be found, or by following NFIB on Twitter @NFIB_NV.
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For 80 years, NFIB has been advocating on behalf of America’s small and independent business owners, both in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 state capitals. NFIB is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, and member-driven association. Since our founding in 1943, NFIB has been exclusively dedicated to small and independent businesses and remains so today. For more information, please visit nfib.com.
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