1999 Las Vegas Mayoral Election
The 1999 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on May 4 and June 8, 1999 to elect the List of mayors of Las Vegas, mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan. It saw the election of criminal defense attorney Oscar Goodman. The incumbent mayor Jan Jones Blackhurst, Jan Jones, had decided against running for a third term. Goodman's main rivals in the race were Arnie Adamsen, a Las Vegas City Councilman; and Mark Fine, a local developer. With no candidate winning a majority in the initial round of the election, a Runoff election, runoff was held between the top-two finishers: Goodman and Adamsen. Goodman would go on to win with more than 63 percent of the vote. He took office on June 28, 1999, and was re-elected 2003 Las Vegas mayoral election, in 2003 and 2007 Las Vegas mayoral election, 2007. His wife, Carolyn Goodman, succeeded him as mayor in 2011, and is set to serve until 2024, having won ...
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