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2 candidates are tracked for Nevada Assembly District 37 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Jill M. Douglass and Shea M. Backus. Candidate information follows official Clark County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Jill M. Douglass (Republican), Shea M. Backus (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Nevada Assembly District 37; Shea M. Backus is the sitting member, per the Nevada Legislature's current member roster (leg.state.nv.us). Republican and Democratic nominees were chosen at the June 9, 2026 primary (or are unopposed filers, per the Secretary of State's filing list, when no primary contest was recorded); Independent American Party, Libertarian Party of Nevada, and No Political Party filers advance straight to November without a primary. Field per the Secretary of State's Aurora candidate filing list, as read September 11, 2026, applying the official primary results at https://www.nvsos.gov/SOSelectionPages/results/2026StateWidePrimary/ElectionSummary.aspx; the SOS certified general-election list settles any filing-to-ballot discrepancy. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Jill Douglass is a businesswoman who built a career in financial services, rising to agency vice president of a multi-state agency, and serves as chair of the Clark County Republican Party, according to her campaign site. She is the Republican candidate for Nevada Assembly District 37 in the November 2026 general election.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Prioritizes public safety, described as "safer streets," and supports school choice
- Supports lower taxes and increasing attainable housing
- Calls for greater government transparency and responsiveness to constituents
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-07-25.
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Shea M. Backus is the incumbent Democratic Assemblymember for Nevada Assembly District 37, an attorney with extensive pro bono legal aid work, according to the Nevada Legislature's official roster. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 11, 2026; the Secretary of State's filing list is the only verifiable source for Shea M. Backus.
