Shea Backus Archives - Nevada Globe

Fundraising Totals Spell Trouble for Democratic Incumbent in Key Assembly Race

January 17, 2024 11:37 amJanuary 17, 2024 6:11 pm

Democratic Assemblywoman Shea Backus has raised only $68,103 for her reelection campaign in Assembly District 37 (AD-37). In comparison, GOP challenger David Brog has more than doubled Backus’s anemic haul, raising an impressive $151,713. Brog told The Globe, “I’m glad we’re off to such a strong start. But we’ve only...

Democratic Lawmakers Appear With Co-Chair of the LV DSA

November 15, 2023 6:39 pmNovember 16, 2023 1:32 pm

The Nevada Globe has extensively covered the continued partnerships and associations that Nevada Democrats have maintained with socialist activists and far-left organizations throughout the Silver State–activists who influence policy and political engagement with the support and encouragement of Democratic lawmakers. Many organizations and politicians use the term “progressive” in order...

Democrats Kill Opportunity Scholarships For Hundreds of Low-Income Students

August 10, 2023 3:15 pmAugust 12, 2023 5:11 pm

In an unanimous vote, the Democratic majority on the Interim Finance Committee (IFC) refused to approve Governor Lombardo’s proposed $3.4 million to protect hundreds of Opportunity Scholarships for low-income students. Republican members of the committee unanimously approved the funding. During the lengthy hearing, numerous parents, students, and organization stressed the...

Brog Announces Candidacy For Assembly District 37

July 12, 2023 5:09 pmSeptember 2, 2023 10:25 am

Today, Republican David Brog announced his candidacy for Assembly District 37, looking to unseat Democratic incumbent Shea Backus in the 2024 election. Brog announced: “Nevadans deserve common sense leaders who refuse to promote extreme ideologies. But Shea Backus and her colleagues in Carson City voted time after time for radical...

Democrats Back National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

April 10, 2023 12:48 pmMay 18, 2023 2:55 pm

Last week, the Nevada Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections held a public hearing on AJR6 the the National Popular Vote interstate compact. The compact would require that Nevada’s electoral college votes would go to the Presidential candidate with the largest share of the popular vote. In March 2023, the National Popular...

AB 231 Changes The Definition of Money, Increases Government Control

March 21, 2023 8:51 amMarch 21, 2023 11:49 am

Assemblywoman Shea Backus has introduced Assembly Bill 231 which updates provisions of The Uniform Commercial Code and changes the definition of money on pages 18 and 19 of the bill. Essentially, the bill paves the way for federal government Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), and, according to critics of the...