Minjia Yan
Democratic · Candidate for Clark County Commission · District F — NV
Las Vegas–raised · UNLV graduate · Democratic nominee · Clark County Commission District F
Minjia Yan (also known as Minja) is the Democratic nominee for Clark County Commission District F in Nevada. A Las Vegas–raised UNLV graduate and former adjunct professor, she won the June 9, 2026 Democratic primary with 37.8% (7,120 votes) in a seven-candidate field and is on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot. The District F seat is open: Ballotpedia lists no incumbent in this race.
Communities: Southwest Las Vegas · Enterprise · Clark County Commission District F
Office
Clark County Commission
District
District F — NV
Party
Democratic
State
NV
Status
Challenger
Election
Tue, November 3, 2026
One of seven Clark County Commissioners. District F is an open seat in 2026: the board sets county budgets, land use, roads, public health, and also governs University Medical Center (UMC).
- Open seat — Ballotpedia lists no incumbent on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
- General field: Democrat Minjia Yan, Republican Heidi Kasama, independents Brian Baron and Becky Harris.
- Yan and Kasama won June 9, 2026 party primaries; NPP candidates go straight to the general.
- Commissioners vote on zoning, infrastructure, the county budget, and UMC governance.
What this office can do
- Adopt the county budget and tax levy.
- Vote on land use, zoning, and development in unincorporated areas.
- Fund county roads, parks, public health, and social services.
- Sit on the UMC governing board.
What this office cannot do alone
- Pass state or federal laws.
- Set CCSD curriculum.
- Change incorporated-city zoning alone (Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Boulder City, Mesquite).
Term: 4 years · Level: County · WhyIVote civic explanation — not a campaign claim.
Yan says she is running for Clark County Commission District F because the status quo is no longer delivering for working families in Southern Nevada. Her campaign asks what the Las Vegas Valley should look like over the next 20 years, and she frames her vision as a region known not only for tourism but for quality of life — affordability, smart growth, infrastructure, and taking care of the people who live here. She says she refuses corporate and corporate PAC money so the office stays accountable to residents.
Yan describes herself as Las Vegas-raised and a UNLV graduate who previously taught as an adjunct professor. She says she grew up in Southwest Las Vegas and is running because housing and cost-of-living pressures, lagging infrastructure, underfunded education, and long-term water challenges are not being met by the status quo.
She has spoken out against a large-scale selloff of Nevada public lands, NV Energy rate hikes, and NSHE college tuition increases. Her campaign states that she refuses corporate and corporate PAC contributions.
Clark County Commissioners oversee land use, zoning, infrastructure, public services, and the county budget, and also serve as the governing board for University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC).
- UNLV graduate and former adjunct professor
- Las Vegas–raised resident of Southwest Las Vegas / District F
- Democratic nominee, Clark County Commission District F (June 9, 2026 primary winner)
- Candidate in the November 3, 2026 general election (open seat; no incumbent)
Support building a regional light rail system and improving bus and complete-street infrastructure. Yan argues Las Vegas is the only major Mountain West metro without true mass transit, cites Phoenix’s light rail as a comparison, and proposes using tax-increment financing around stations to help pay for rail.
Campaign website / Ballotpedia Candidate ConnectionUpdated 2026-09-02
Transportation
Publicly sourced informationSupport building a regional light rail system and improving bus and complete-street infrastructure. Yan argues Las Vegas is the only major Mountain West metro without true mass transit, cites Phoenix’s light rail as a comparison, and proposes using tax-increment financing around stations to help pay for rail.
Campaign website / Ballotpedia Candidate ConnectionUpdated 2026-09-02
Increase housing supply with a community-focused strategy: modernize zoning for smaller homes and missing-middle housing (duplexes, triplexes, townhomes), reduce parking minimums especially near transit, increase lot coverage, and prioritize transit-oriented and infill development.
Campaign website / Ballotpedia Candidate ConnectionUpdated 2026-09-02
Housing
Publicly sourced informationIncrease housing supply with a community-focused strategy: modernize zoning for smaller homes and missing-middle housing (duplexes, triplexes, townhomes), reduce parking minimums especially near transit, increase lot coverage, and prioritize transit-oriented and infill development.
Campaign website / Ballotpedia Candidate ConnectionUpdated 2026-09-02
Prioritize development on already-urban or underused land instead of sprawl onto desert public land. Protect water resources and public lands as Clark County grows toward a projected 3 million residents by 2045, with Lake Mead cited as only about 30% full.
Campaign website / Ballotpedia Candidate ConnectionUpdated 2026-09-02
Responsible growth & water
Publicly sourced informationPrioritize development on already-urban or underused land instead of sprawl onto desert public land. Protect water resources and public lands as Clark County grows toward a projected 3 million residents by 2045, with Lake Mead cited as only about 30% full.
Campaign website / Ballotpedia Candidate ConnectionUpdated 2026-09-02
Create a county “one-stop shop” to cut red tape for small businesses, prioritize local contractors, expand economic-development capacity, and support a CDFI for microloans. Partner with CCSD and the College of Southern Nevada on workforce training in healthcare, biotech, trades, and cybersecurity, and expand affordable childcare at county facilities.
Campaign website — voteminja.comUpdated 2026-09-02
Jobs & economy
Publicly sourced informationCreate a county “one-stop shop” to cut red tape for small businesses, prioritize local contractors, expand economic-development capacity, and support a CDFI for microloans. Partner with CCSD and the College of Southern Nevada on workforce training in healthcare, biotech, trades, and cybersecurity, and expand affordable childcare at county facilities.
Campaign website — voteminja.comUpdated 2026-09-02
Shift non-violent mental-health, substance-use, and homelessness crisis calls toward service providers, mental-health professionals, and paramedics so LVMPD can focus on serious crime. Support lighting, sightlines, street redesign toward zero traffic fatalities, and youth programs.
Campaign website — voteminja.comUpdated 2026-09-02
Community safety
Publicly sourced informationShift non-violent mental-health, substance-use, and homelessness crisis calls toward service providers, mental-health professionals, and paramedics so LVMPD can focus on serious crime. Support lighting, sightlines, street redesign toward zero traffic fatalities, and youth programs.
Campaign website — voteminja.comUpdated 2026-09-02
Expand neighborhood clinics, including a community-center clinic in the Southwest and a Federally Qualified Health Center in Chinatown that accepts Medicaid and Medicare. Fund community health workers and interpretation, and grow local residency and training slots so medical graduates stay in Las Vegas.
Campaign website — voteminja.comUpdated 2026-09-02
Healthcare
Publicly sourced informationExpand neighborhood clinics, including a community-center clinic in the Southwest and a Federally Qualified Health Center in Chinatown that accepts Medicaid and Medicare. Fund community health workers and interpretation, and grow local residency and training slots so medical graduates stay in Las Vegas.
Campaign website — voteminja.comUpdated 2026-09-02
Treat school quality as a county economic-development issue. Support career pathways with CCSD and employers, affordable preschool, Safe Routes to School, and paid internships and apprenticeships.
Campaign website — voteminja.comUpdated 2026-09-02
Education
Publicly sourced informationTreat school quality as a county economic-development issue. Support career pathways with CCSD and employers, affordable preschool, Safe Routes to School, and paid internships and apprenticeships.
Campaign website — voteminja.comUpdated 2026-09-02
Move public meetings to after-work hours, expand online access, host neighborhood office hours, and hold regular community meetings on housing, traffic, and public safety. Refuse corporate and corporate PAC campaign contributions.
Campaign website / Ballotpedia Candidate ConnectionUpdated 2026-09-02
Responsive government
Publicly sourced informationMove public meetings to after-work hours, expand online access, host neighborhood office hours, and hold regular community meetings on housing, traffic, and public safety. Refuse corporate and corporate PAC campaign contributions.
Campaign website / Ballotpedia Candidate ConnectionUpdated 2026-09-02
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IATSE Local 720
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 720
Southern Nevada Central Labor Council
Nevada State AFL-CIO
Teamsters Nevada
Teamsters Nevada
Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter
Sierra Club
PLAN Action
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada Action
Run for Something
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New American Leaders Action Fund
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Native Voters Alliance Nevada
Native Voters Alliance Nevada
Make The Road Nevada
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Gun Sense Voter
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Las Vegas Sun
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Las Vegas Weekly
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Las Vegas Spectrum
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