Assemblywoman Flores enters Nevada lieutenant governors race
By Laura Myers, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Two-term Democratic Assemblywoman Lucy Flores, a former Las Vegas teenage gang member who turned her life around, graduated from law school and won a seat in the Nevada Legislature, on Saturday announced she’s running for lieutenant governor.
Although the official duties of the lieutenant governor are limited to tourism, transportation, economic development and presiding over the state Senate, Flores said she has greater ambitions if she wins the job. She said she would like to work on issues such as education, job training, consumer protection and domestic violence as she did while a lawmaker.
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