Watch live: Election 2022 Primary Town Hall Debate

With six weeks to go until Election Day and early voting starting on May 28, candidates are making the rounds.

Today will be a busy one for county commissioner and clerk-treasurer candidates, who are expected to spend lunch with the Douglas County Republican Women before an evening at the 20th Town Hall Debate in Gardnerville.

The Republican Women are hosting County Commissioner Wes Rice and challengers Janet Murphy and Natalie Yanish and Clerk-Treasurer Amy Burgans and challenger Heather MacDonnell at Valley Christian Fellowship.

The five local candidates are due to appear tonight at the Douglas County Community & Senior Center in Gardnerville for the debate hosted by the Business Council of Douglas County, Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce and The Record-Courier. Sponsors include the Tahoe Chamber of Commerce and Brian Kulpa Photography.

It has been four years since the last in-person debate, but the proceedings will be live streamed at www.recordcourier.com

Doors open at 5 p.m. with the trouble starting at 6 p.m.

Moderators are Sen. James Settelmeyer and Airport Manager Bobbi Thompson.

The bill includes five races, topped by a debate between Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., and County Commissioner Danny Tarkanian.

Burgans and MacDonnell are next up followed by Murphy, Rice and Yanish.

Hopefuls seeking to represent Douglas County in the Nevada Legislature will wrap up with Ken Gray and Blayne Osborn competing for Assembly District 39.

State Senate District 17 candidates Dr. Robin Titus and Jim Wheeler will wrap up the candidates’ portion.

All 11 candidates are Republicans. The commissioner and clerk-treasurer races will be settled in the primary.

There are candidates from other parties waiting for the Republican nominees in the congressional and legislative races in the November general election.

Today’s debate won’t even be close to the last one conducted in the county.

Sierra Nevada Republican Women are hosting Wheeler and Titus in a Lyon Douglas Debate 11:45 a.m. May 11 at the COD Casino in Minden.

Reservations are required at 805-377-8044 or SierraNVRepWomen@gmail.com.

Both the Sierra Nevada and Douglas County Republican Women clubs are joining with Incline Village and Crystal Bay to host a May 14 forum for Republican candidates for governor at Valley Christian Fellowship, 1681 Lucerne Ave., Minden. The 3-6 p.m. forum is free of charge, but organizers need to have a good count, so they’re asking people to RSVP at bjr463@charter.net

On Saturday, Douglas County Democrats conducted their precinct meetings and county convention.

Nevada has a closed primary system which means that only Republicans and Democrats get to vote for partisan candidates in their respective parties.

The only local nonpartisan race on the primary ballot is for the Douglas County School Board seat being vacated by Ross Chichester due to term limits. Gardnerville residents Nicholas Brashears, David Burns and Minden resident Roberta Butterfield are vying for a position on the school board. The top-two vote getters will go on to the general election unless one receives 50 percent plus 1.

Sample ballots are supposed to go out around May 11, according to the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office.

Ballots are expected to be mailed to active voters around May 25, three days before the first day of in-person early voting on May 28. In-person early voting continues through June 10, when preparations for the June 14 Election Day which falls on Flag Day.