Primary Election Date: 06/08/2010
General Election Date: 11/02/2010

Who Am I?

Before graduating from high school, Elliot Anderson signed up for the U.S. Marine Corps. Serving as a machine gunner for four years on active duty and three years in the inactive reserve (including a combat deployment to Afghanistan), he returned a decorated marine. He received numerous medals awarding his service, including the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, three Sea Service Deployment Ribbons, a Combat Action Ribbon, and the Rifle Expert Badge. After his return from duty, Elliot began searching for a place to call home and build his future. Nevada turned out to be the perfect fit.

Once moving to Nevada in 2005, Elliot immediately became recognized by many as an individual with a strong work ethic who was dedicated to improving our community. . While serving as the Interim Chair of the Nevada Democratic Veterans and Military Families Caucus, he helped to raise funds in order to send care packages to America’s men and women overseas.

Currently serving as the Nevada State Captain for VoteVets.org, Elliot works to empower and elect to office America’s veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Elliot has also worked hard with the community to address our service men and women’s needs. Recently, Elliot has successfully fought for the people in Assembly District 15 at the Nevada legislature. While working for our current Assemblywoman, Kathy McClain, Elliot was able to develop and present language for a Bipartisan veterans bill that passed unanimously in both the Senate and the Assembly. Elliot not only continues to work hard at all he does, but has made a commitment to use these experiences in order to advocate for better communication between residents and the elected officials who represent them.

In the military, in school, and in his civilian life, Elliot gained unique qualifications which differentiate him from others. While serving our country, he learned how to negotiate in order to find common ground between disagreeing parties, and also the importance of fighting for those who don’t have a voice of their own. While working for Assembly 15, he quickly grasped the ins and outs of the legislative process, while proving himself as someone who listens and believes in working towards a goal that benefits the people. His involvement with numerous community organizations established him as a leader in grassroots and community outreach. Elliot has become the perfect choice to represent the people of Assembly 15.

Why Am I Running?

As a Nevada Assemblyman, I will work hard to encourage an atmosphere of political involvement within our neighborhoods. I want to see our state Assembly members work harder to reach out to regular voters and build infrastructure in their Assembly districts to reach out to voters. We are not nearly connected enough in Nevada to our state government.

Hold Me Accountable!

Quality Education, Economic Stability, and Job Creation

My DFA values:

I am a strong proponent of keeping government out of people's private lives. Government's role should only be in the public square. Judging people's private lives is just plain wrong. I am socially, for equal rights and am pro-choice.

Fiscal responsibility is an important character trait to have in any office holder. We must ensure fiscal policy is well constructed, particularly in the sense that our fiscal policy must be set to make sure it doesn't disproportionally affect those who can least afford to pay into the system. We must move towards a progressive fiscal house, particularly in Nevada.

My Campaign is People-Powered!

The only way we are going to connect Nevadans to their state government is a heavy use of grassroots organizing. Personal contact is the only way we will truly connect to the voters of the district. Grassroots values will not just be involved in the campaign. Grassroots values will also be prevalent in the way I run my office. I will be working hard to ensure people still have plenty of contact from their legislator, and not just as a candidate. At a minimum, I will walk three hours a week after being elected.