Nevada Sen. Rochelle Nguyen (D-Las Vegas) is being targeted by the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, which announced Wednesday that she doesn’t deserve to hold the seat after she voted against the union’s interests during the 2023 legislative session.
Instead, union leaders said voters should support Geoconda Hughes, a cardiovascular thoracic nurse practitioner and the daughter of former Culinary Secretary-Treasurer Geoconda Arguello-Kline.
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SB441 was sponsored by state Sen. Marilyn Dondero Loop (D-Las Vegas), who is not up for re-election this cycle, but Pappageorge hinted that she would have been targeted by the union as well.
“The Nevada Legislature worked with these big casino companies to get rid of our daily room cleaning law,” Pappageorge said. “Getting rid of that law hurt the guest room attendants who are the backbone of our union.”
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The endorsement came with two days left in Nevada’s candidate filing period. The Culinary also endorsed Democrat Linda Hunt, a food server at a downtown hotel-casino and a Culinary member for 45 years, for Assembly District 17, which covers portions of North Las Vegas.