Longtime Lyon County resident Erich Obermayr, a Democrat, has filed to run for Nevada Assembly District 39. Obermayr and his wife, Meg, have been Silver City residents for 34 years, where they built their home, raised their daughter and are active in the community. He has served on the Silver City Citizen Advisory Board for 11 years and currently serves as chair.
“The 2027 Legislature will need to respond to a number of challenges facing the state, and District 39 in particular,” Obermayr said. “These include the funding crisis facing the Douglas County School District and the prohibitively high cost of housing in Douglas and Lyon counties. We must change the Pupil-Centered Funding Plan formula to give more weight to the unique problems facing rural school districts, as well as re-examine state-mandated expenditures and explore additional revenue sources. The legislature must also continue pressing forward to balance housing supply and demand by supporting attainable housing construction and passing legislation limiting private equity firms’ manipulation of the housing market.”
Obermayr also proposes changes to allow nonpartisan voters to participate in closed primary elections. Under his plan, registered nonpartisan voters would receive mail-in primary ballots for each party and could choose which one to complete and submit. Alternatively, they could vote only for nonpartisan offices and issues. The same options would be available for in-person voting.
“This is a classic case of taxation without representation,” he said. “This is not an open primary in which, for example, Republicans could vote in the Democratic primary, or vice versa. It applies only to registered nonpartisans, who, by the way, comprise almost one-third of District 39 voters.”
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