Schools
CCSD Board of Trustees
The Clark County School District, one of the nation's largest with about 300,000 students, is run by its own separately elected Board of Trustees, not the County Commission.8
District E . Deep Dive . Who Represents You
Who represents you.
In an unincorporated county district, one commissioner is your closest elected voice, and a handful of other elected bodies handle the rest. Here is who does what, and how to be heard by each.
A plain map of who is actually responsible for what, so you call the right office the first time. Every office and law below is attributed to the correct government and sourced. Know who holds the seat, know what it controls, and know how to reach it.
1 of 7
Your seat on the commission1
4 yrs
The term, staggered1
1
Town Advisory Board per township3
Jun 9
2026 primary day6
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I . Your Seat
One commissioner, one of seven.
District E is a single seat on the Clark County Commission, the board that governs the unincorporated valley.
The Clark County Commission has seven members, each elected from a single geographic district, A through G, to staggered four-year terms.1 District E is one of those seven seats. Because the townships District E draws from are unincorporated, with no mayor or city council, that commissioner is the closest thing most residents here have to a hometown representative.1
It is worth being precise about the word "represents." At the county level, the District E commissioner is your representative. But you are also represented by other elected officials at the city, school, state, and federal levels, each with their own lane. Knowing the difference is the whole point of this page: it saves you from calling the wrong office, and it tells you exactly who to hold accountable for what.
The seat
District E, one of seven single-member seats on the Clark County Commission.1
The term
Four years, staggered so not every seat is on the ballot in the same cycle.1
Why it is local
The townships are unincorporated, so the county, not a city, is the local government.1
II . The Incumbent
Who holds the seat today.
The facts, stated plainly. Who currently represents District E, and when the seat is decided.
The District E seat is currently held by Commissioner Richard "Tick" Segerblom, who has represented the district since taking office in January 2019. Before the commission, he served in the Nevada Assembly and the Nevada Senate.2 That is the factual record of the office, offered here as civics, not commentary.
The seat is decided by the voters of District E. In 2026, the path runs through a Republican primary on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, with early voting through June 5. Whether you are deciding among candidates or just confirming you can vote, the official county and state election resources below are the authority on your registration and your ballot.67
The honest framing
This page tells you who represents you. You decide who should.
Manny Kess is a candidate for this seat, and this is his campaign's site. The civics on this page, who holds the office, what it controls, and how to engage, are nonpartisan and sourced to public records. For the campaign's own positions, the issue pages and the main site are the place to look. Knowing your district is the first step; the vote is yours.
III . The Lane
What the commissioner actually controls.
A county commissioner is one vote of seven on a long list of things that shape daily life in the unincorporated valley.
In the unincorporated townships, the county is the local government, so the commission sets land use and zoning, adopts the county budget, funds and runs county parks and social services, licenses local businesses, and oversees public works.1 Commissioners also sit on regional boards: the county helps fund police through the Metropolitan Police fiscal arrangement, and the commission's members serve on bodies like the Southern Nevada Water Authority and oversee University Medical Center.1
Land & zoning
What gets built where in the unincorporated towns, from housing density to commercial use.1
The county budget
Adopting and overseeing the county's annual budget across its funds.1
Parks & services
County parks, recreation, and social services for the unincorporated valley.1
Business licensing
Licensing businesses that operate in unincorporated areas.1
Regional boards
Roles in water, the public hospital, and police funding through regional bodies.1
IV . Not the County's Job
Who handles the rest.
A lot of what people call the county is actually run by a different elected body. Here is who to call instead.
One of the most common mistakes is bringing a problem to the wrong government. Schools, for example, are not run by the County Commission. Knowing the map below means your concern lands where someone can actually act on it.
Libraries
Library District board
The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District is an independent taxing district with its own board, separate from both the city and the county.9
Colleges
NSHE Board of Regents
UNLV and CSN are governed by the Nevada System of Higher Education under an elected Board of Regents, a state body, not the county.10
Police
The elected Sheriff
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is led by an elected Sheriff. The county helps fund it but does not run it day to day.11
City limits
City councils
If your address is inside the City of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, or Henderson, a city council represents you there, not the county commission.12
State & federal
Legislators & Congress
State law and the state budget run through the Nevada Legislature; federal matters through Congress. Different ballots, different offices.6
The point is not to pass the buck. It is the opposite: knowing exactly which elected body is responsible means you can hold the right one accountable. The District E commissioner owns the county's lane; these offices own theirs.
V . Your Town Board
The board closest to home.
Below the commission, each township has a Town Advisory Board, a local panel that puts neighborhood issues on the record.
Every one of the townships District E draws from has a Town Advisory Board, a panel of local residents that reviews neighborhood matters, hears from the public, and makes recommendations to the County Commission.3 The recommendations are advisory, not binding, but they are made in public and entered into the record, which makes a TAB meeting one of the most direct ways for a resident to be heard close to home.
What it is
A local resident panel that advises the county on a township's issues.3
What it can do
Hear the public and make recommendations, on the record, to the commission.3
Where to find yours
The county lists each board's schedule and members on its town and liaison services page.3
VI . Be Heard
How to reach the seat.
Three concrete ways to get your voice in front of the people who decide.
Show up
Commission meetings
The commission posts its agendas, minutes, and video online, with public comment at its meetings. This is where the votes happen.4
Closer to home
Your Town Advisory Board
Bring a neighborhood concern to your township's board to get it on the record before it reaches the commission.3
Direct
The District E office
The county maintains a District E commissioner page with contact information for the office that represents you.2
A practical note: for an emergency call 911, and for non-emergency police or county service questions the county and Metro publish the right non-emergency lines. The commission and your Town Advisory Board are for policy, budget, zoning, and the decisions that shape the district over time.4
VII . Your Vote
Confirm your district and ballot.
Before anything else, make sure you know your district and that your registration is current.
Township lines and commission-district lines are not the same, so the only reliable way to know your District E status is the county's official map, and the only authority on your registration is the state.56 Both take a minute and settle the question.
Your district
Official district maps
The county's 2021 Political District Maps show which commission district your address is in.5
Your registration
Nevada voter search
The Nevada Secretary of State lets you confirm your registration and see your districts.6
Your ballot
Clark County Elections
The county Election Department has dates, early-voting sites, and how to vote in the June 9, 2026 primary.7
VI-B . The Process
How a county decision actually happens.
Knowing the steps tells you where your voice fits, and when.
Most county decisions follow a path you can step into. An item is placed on a public agenda, the commission takes public comment at its meeting, and then the seven members vote.4 For neighborhood matters, a Town Advisory Board often reviews the issue first and forwards a recommendation, which gives residents an earlier, more local point of entry.3
It goes on the agenda
Items are posted in advance on the commission's public agenda, with minutes and video archived.4
The public comments
Residents can speak at the meeting; your Town Advisory Board is an earlier, local venue.34
Seven members vote
The commission decides by majority; your District E member is one of those seven votes.1
The practical lesson: showing up earlier, at the agenda and comment stage, beats reacting after a vote. The calendar is public, and so is the record.
VI-C . Right Office
Where to bring a common problem.
A quick map from everyday issues to the body that can actually act on them.
Zoning or a new development
The County Commission and your Town Advisory Board, for land in the unincorporated towns.13
A county park or service
Clark County departments, overseen by the commission.1
A school
The CCSD Board of Trustees, a separately elected body, not the county.8
Policing
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, led by the elected Sheriff.11
A state law
Your state legislators, through the Nevada Legislature, not the county.6
Your registration
The Nevada Secretary of State and the Clark County Election Department.67
VI-C2 . Beyond the District
The seats within the seat.
A county commissioner's reach extends through regional boards that touch water, health, and public safety.
Part of what makes the county seat consequential is that commissioners do not only vote on county business. They also serve on or oversee regional bodies that run some of Southern Nevada's most essential systems.1 That is real power and real responsibility, well beyond the boundaries of any one district.
Water
Commissioners sit on the body that governs the region's water supply, the Southern Nevada Water Authority.1
The public hospital
The commission oversees University Medical Center, the county's public hospital.1
Police funding
The county helps fund the Metropolitan Police Department through a regional fiscal arrangement, though the elected Sheriff runs it.111
So when people say a county commission seat is "just local," they are underselling it. The District E vote reaches into water, health, and the funding of regional policing, the kind of systems most residents never think about until they fail.
VI-D . Honest Limits
What one seat cannot do.
Being straight about the limits of the office is part of representing you well.
A District E commissioner is powerful within the county's lane and limited outside it. One member is a single vote of seven, so nothing passes on one person's say-so.1 The seat does not run the schools, command the police, set state law, or control the federal land that rings the valley. Pretending otherwise is how residents end up disappointed.
The honest version is more useful. Within the county, the seat shapes land use, the budget, services, and licensing, and it carries a real voice on the regional boards. Outside the county, its power is to advocate, coordinate, and tell the truth about who actually holds the lever. A representative who is clear about that is easier to hold accountable, because you know exactly what to expect.
One of seven
No single commissioner decides alone; it takes a majority of the board.1
Not the schools or police
Those are the school board and the elected Sheriff, not the county seat.811
Not state or federal
State law and federal land are other governments' jobs; the seat can advocate, not decide.6
VI-E . Why It Matters
The most local office most people here have.
In an unincorporated valley, the county seat is unusually close to daily life.
In a city, residents have a mayor and a council for local matters. Here, because the townships are unincorporated, that role falls to the county, and the District E commissioner is the single elected official closest to your street, your zoning, and your park.1 That makes this one of the most consequential offices most east-valley residents will ever vote on, and one of the least understood.
So knowing who represents you is not a civics-class nicety. It is the difference between a complaint that lands somewhere it can be acted on and one that disappears. Learn the seat, learn its lane, learn how to be heard, and the government closest to you stops being a mystery and starts being answerable.
VI-F . The Standard
What to expect of whoever holds it.
Representation is not just a title. It is a set of habits a resident has every right to demand.
You do not need to take a candidate's word for what good representation looks like. You can set the bar yourself, and then measure anyone in the seat against it. The list below is not partisan; it is the basic service a county district is owed by the person who holds its one vote.
Be reachable
A real office, real contact information, and answers when constituents call.2
Stay in the lane, honestly
Own what the county controls, and say plainly when an issue belongs to another body.1
Show the work
Use the public agenda, the record, and the open-data tools so votes can be checked.4
Bring it home first
Treat the Town Advisory Boards as a real channel, not a formality.3
Advocate beyond the lane
Push on schools, police funding, and federal land where the county can influence but not decide.1
Hold the seat to that standard regardless of who sits in it. A district that knows what to expect, and asks for it out loud, gets better representation than one that does not.
VI-G . New Here?
Just moved in? Start here.
If you are new to the east valley, five quick facts orient you to who governs your new home.
You are likely unincorporated
Most of the east valley is unincorporated, so the county, not a city, is your local government.1
Your county rep
If you are in District E, one of seven commissioners is your closest elected voice at the county.1
Confirm your district
Check the county's official map; your township is not the same as your commission district.5
Register or update
Confirm your registration and address with the Nevada Secretary of State.6
Know the other offices
Schools, libraries, colleges, and police each have their own elected bodies, listed above.891011
That is enough to get oriented. The rest of this page, and the District E field guide, fill in the detail when you are ready. Welcome to the east valley.
The Short Version
If you remember five things.
The whole page, distilled. Each line is backed by the sources below.
One of seven
Your District E commissioner is one of seven seats and your closest elected voice at the county.1
The county's lane
Land use, the budget, parks, licensing, and regional boards. That is what the seat controls.1
Not everything
Schools, libraries, colleges, police, and cities each have their own elected bodies.891011
Your town board
A Town Advisory Board meeting is the most direct way to be heard close to home.3
Check your line
Confirm your district on the county map and your registration with the state.56
VIII . Questions
Fair questions.
The things people actually ask about who represents them.
At the county level, your District E commissioner, one of seven on the Clark County Commission, is your closest elected representative, because the unincorporated townships have no city council of their own. You are also represented at the state and federal levels by separate offices.1
Commissioner Richard "Tick" Segerblom has represented District E since January 2019, after service in the Nevada Assembly and Senate. The seat is decided by District E voters, with a Republican primary on June 9, 2026.26
No. The Clark County School District is run by its own separately elected Board of Trustees, not the County Commission. For school matters, the school board is the body to contact.8
Not directly. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is led by an elected Sheriff. The county helps fund the department through a regional fiscal arrangement, but it does not run day-to-day policing.11
Two routes. Bring a neighborhood issue to your Town Advisory Board to get it on the record, and use the commission's public-comment process at its meetings, where agendas, minutes, and video are posted online. Both are public and on the record.34
Township membership does not tell you your district. Use the county's official 2021 district maps to see your commission district, and the Nevada Secretary of State to confirm your registration and the districts tied to your address.56
Not by themselves. Each commissioner is one vote of seven, so county action takes a majority of the board. What one member can do is put an item forward, advocate for it, and be a reliable point of contact, which is a real and meaningful role within the county's lane.1
No. The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District is an independent taxing district with its own board, separate from both the city and the county. It is a good example of why knowing the right body matters.9
The Nevada System of Higher Education, under an elected Board of Regents. They are state institutions, not county ones, even though they sit on county-governed land in Paradise.10
The 2026 cycle runs through a Republican primary on June 9, 2026, with early voting through June 5. Confirm your registration and your ballot with the Nevada Secretary of State and the Clark County Election Department.67
It is a panel of local residents for an unincorporated township that reviews neighborhood issues and makes recommendations to the County Commission. The recommendations are advisory, not binding, but they are public and on the record, which makes a TAB meeting one of the most direct ways to be heard close to home.3
It depends on your exact address. District E includes a portion of the City of Las Vegas as well as unincorporated townships, and city residents also have a city council. The county's official district map is the authority on whether your address is in District E.512
The county posts agendas, minutes, and video for commission meetings on its public agenda portal, in advance of each meeting. That is where items, public-comment opportunities, and the record of votes all live.4
A basic standard, regardless of party: be reachable, own the county's lane and be honest about what is outside it, show the work through the public record, treat the Town Advisory Boards as a real channel, and advocate beyond the lane where the county has influence. Hold anyone in the seat to it.14
Yes, indirectly. County commissioners serve on the body that governs the region's water supply, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, and oversee other regional systems like the public hospital. It is one of the ways the seat reaches beyond the district's own lines.1
No. The civics here, who holds the office, what it controls, and how to engage, are nonpartisan and sourced. This is the Manny Kess campaign's site, and his positions live on the issue pages; this page is about understanding the seat so you can decide for yourself.2
Because a concern raised to the wrong body goes nowhere. A school issue belongs to the school board, a policing matter to the Sheriff's department, a zoning question to the county. Knowing the map is the difference between being heard and being ignored.811
Confirm your district and registration. Use the county's official map to see whether you are in District E, and the Nevada Secretary of State to check your registration. Everything else, from your Town Advisory Board to the commission, follows from knowing your lines.56
County commission seats in Clark County are elected on a partisan basis, which is why there is a party primary. The civics on this page, though, are nonpartisan: who holds the office and what it does are facts, whoever wins.16
The District E field guide walks through the county's work section by section, and the hub pages cover the townships, landmarks, numbers, and history. This page links to all of them, and every figure is sourced on its own page.1
Keep Exploring
More on District E.
Who represents you is one part of the story. Here is the rest of the District E hub.
Start here
The field guide
The full overview of District E: the office, where it is, how it got here, who lives here, and what the county does.
The story
How It Grew
From a 1905 railroad townsite to the unincorporated east valley of today, the history behind the district.
Figures
By the Numbers
The district in verified figures, and an honest account of the numbers that do not exist at the district level.
A note from Manny
Know who to call.
One seat. One lane. Be reachable.
Half the frustration people feel with government is bringing the right problem to the wrong office. The county seat has a clear lane, and I think whoever holds it owes you a straight answer about what is in that lane and what is not. Know who represents you, know what they actually control, and hold that person to it. That is the deal.
IX . Sources & Method
Every office, attributed.
Civics should be checkable, and every office here is tied to the government that actually runs it.
- Clark County Board of County Commissioners (seven single-member districts, staggered four-year terms, the county's authority over the unincorporated valley and regional boards): clarkcountynv.gov commissioners
- Clark County, Commission District E (the office, the incumbent's biography and term start in January 2019, and contact information): clarkcountynv.gov District E
- Clark County, Town Advisory Boards & Citizens Advisory Councils (each township's local board, schedule, and members): clarkcountynv.gov town & liaison services
- Clark County meeting agendas, minutes, and video (the commission's public agenda portal and public-comment process): clarkcountynv.gov agendas
- Clark County official Political District Maps (2021 redistricting): clarkcountynv.gov district maps
- Nevada Secretary of State voter search (registration and the districts tied to your address; election dates): nvsos.gov/votersearch
- Clark County Election Department (early voting, the June 9, 2026 primary, and how to vote): clarkcountynv.gov elections
- Clark County School District (a separately elected Board of Trustees governs the district of about 300,000 students): ccsd.net
- Las Vegas-Clark County Library District (an independent taxing district with its own board): thelibrarydistrict.org
- Nevada System of Higher Education and the elected Board of Regents (governing UNLV and CSN): nshe.nevada.edu
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, led by an elected Sheriff (the county helps fund it through a regional fiscal arrangement): lvmpd.com
- City of Las Vegas (a separate municipal government with its own elected council, for addresses inside the city limits): lasvegasnevada.gov
How we handled the offices. Every elected body on this page is attributed to the government that actually runs it: the County Commission for county matters, the CCSD Board of Trustees for schools, the Library District board for libraries, the NSHE Board of Regents for colleges, the elected Sheriff for Metro, and city councils for incorporated cities. The point is to send you to the office that can act.
One source of truth. Your commission district and your registration are settled only by the county's official map and the Nevada Secretary of State. The links above go straight to them.
Found something to fix? If an office, a contact, or a date here is out of date, the campaign wants to know. Accuracy is the whole point of a guide like this. Reach the team through the main site.