Las Vegas Councilwoman Victoria Seaman on Thursday evening publicly announced her bid to be the city’s next mayor.
The former Nevada assemblywoman, who’s served on the council since 2019, joins a growing list of candidates to replace Mayor Carolyn Goodman who term ends in 2024. She cannot run for re-election because of term limits.
She pitched her campaign to supporters at the Veterans Memorial Center in Summerlin, which she touted as an “important announcement.”
Fellow council member Cedric Crear, former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley and Kara Jenkins, the head of the Nevada Equal Rights Commission, previously threw their hats in the race.
Seaman was elected in a 2019 special election, replacing Councilman Steve Seroka, who resigned following a recall effort by the Laborers Union Local 872. The union, which later endorsed Seaman, charged that Seroka had taken an anti-development stance on the defunct Badlands golf course.
She won re-election in a five-way primary last year, and her term expires in 2026.
Ongoing litigation with the Badlands developer in the politically charged issue has proven increasingly costly to the city and Seaman has advocated for a resolution outside the courts.
She’s also an animal welfare advocate who’s tussled with the Animal Foundation, the nonprofit shelter contracted by Las Vegas, Clark County and North Las Vegas.
Seaman quarreled with former Councilwoman Michele Fiore and last year filed a lawsuit against Fiore and the city, alleging assault and battery that stemmed from a high-profile altercation at City Hall in 2021.
The lawsuit claims city officials destroyed evidence, including a video of the supposed fight. A report commissioned by the city, and released after the lawsuit was filed alleged that both lawmakers violated code of conduct policy when they attacked each other.
A native of California, and one of three Latinas in the diverse seven-member, nonpartisan council, Seaman has lived in Nevada since 2005.
Seaman holds an associate’s degree in political science from the College of Southern Nevada and is a bachelor of urban studies with a minor in family studies, degrees she completed at UNLV.
The founder of Day Spas, she is a licensed esthetician, real estate agent and business broker.
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