Keith Pickard
{{short description|Republican member of the Nevada Senate|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| state_senate1 = Nevada
| district1 = 20th
| term_start1 = November 9, 2018
| term_end1 = November 9, 2022
| predecessor1 = Michael Roberson
| successor1 = Julie Pazina (Redistricting)
| state_assembly2 = Nevada
| district2 = 22nd
| term_start2 = 2016
| term_end2 = 2018
| predecessor2 = Lynn Stewart
| successor2 = Melissa Hardy
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}
| birth_place = Long Beach, California
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| party = Republican
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| spouse = Margaret Pickard
| children = 7
| residence = Henderson, Nevada
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Keith Pickard (born 1962) is a former Republican member of the Nevada Senate. He represented the 20th district, which covers parts of the southern Las Vegas Valley. Pickard formerly represented the 22nd district in the Nevada Assembly.
Biography
Keith Pickard was born in Long Beach, California, in 1962, moving to Portland, Oregon, at the age of five. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1990 and received his Juris Doctor from the William S. Boyd School of Law in 2011.{{cite news |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/169563/keith-pickard|title=Keith Pickard's Biography|publisher=Project VoteSmart|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}
Pickard ran for the Assembly in 2016, defeating Richard Bunce in the Republican primary and Luis Aguirre-Insua in the general election.{{cite news |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/assembly-district-22/|title=Assembly District 22|author=Rogers, Keith|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=May 27, 2016|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}{{cite news |url=https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/freshman-orientation-meet-republican-assemblyman-keith-pickard|title=Freshman Orientation: Meet Republican Assemblyman Keith Pickard|author=Rindels, Michelle|newspaper=The Nevada Independent|date=January 18, 2017|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}
Pickard ran for the Nevada Senate in 2018, for the seat being vacated by state Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson,{{cite news |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/keith-pickard-to-leave-nevada-assembly-for-state-senate-bid/|title=Keith Pickard to leave Nevada Assembly for state Senate bid|author=Whaley, Sean|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=September 28, 2017|accessdate=December 27, 2017}} defeating Byron Brooks in the Republican primary{{cite news |url=https://www.nvsos.gov/silverstate2018pri/NVSenate/|title=Silver State Election Night Results 2018|author=Cegavske, Barbara - Nevada Secretary of State|newspaper=Nevada Secretary of State|date=July 16, 2018|accessdate=August 4, 2019}} and Julie Pazina in the General Election.{{cite news|url=http://www.silverstateelection.com/NVSenate/|title=Silver State Election Night Results 2018|author=Cegavske, Barbara - Nevada Secretary of State|newspaper=Nevada Secretary of State|date=November 27, 2018|accessdate=August 4, 2019|archive-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523034847/http://www.silverstateelection.com/NVSenate/|url-status=dead}}
Electoral history
{{Election box begin no change | title=Nevada Assembly District 22 Republican primary, 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=813632|title=NV State Assembly 22 - R Primary 2016|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Keith Pickard
|votes = 1,970
|percentage = 55.6%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Richard Bunce
|votes = 1,574
|percentage = 44.4%
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 3,544
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=Nevada Assembly District 22 election, 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=813594|title=NV State Assembly 22 2016|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Keith Pickard
|votes = 19,433
|percentage = 58.5%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Luis Aguirre-Insua
|votes = 13,770
|percentage = 41.5%
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 33,203
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=Nevada Senate District 20 Republican primary, 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.nvsos.gov/silverstate2018pri/NVSenate/|title=Silver State Election Night Results|publisher=Nevada Secretary of State|accessdate=August 4, 2019}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Keith Pickard
|votes = 3,696
|percentage = 58.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Byron Brooks
|votes = 2,575
|percentage = 41.1%
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 6,271
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=Nevada Senate District 22 election, 2018{{cite web|url=http://www.silverstateelection.com/NVSenate/|title=Silver State Election Night Results|publisher=Nevada Secretary of State|access-date=2019-08-04|archive-date=2020-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523034847/http://www.silverstateelection.com/NVSenate/|url-status=dead}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Keith Pickard
|votes = 27,162
|percentage = 49.05%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Julie Pazina
|votes = 27,138
|percentage = 49.01%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Richard "Rick" Bronstien
|votes = 1,078
|percentage = 1.95%
}}
{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 55,378
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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External links
- {{Ballotpedia|Keith_Pickard|Keith Pickard}}
- [https://pickard4nevada.com Campaign website]
- [https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Assembly/Current/22 Legislative website]
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