1999 Las Vegas mayoral election
The 1999 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on May 4 and June 8, 1999 to elect the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan. It saw the election of criminal defense attorney Oscar Goodman, succeeding mayor Jan Jones, who decided against running for a third term. Goodman's main rivals in the race were Arnie Adamsen, a Las Vegas City Councilman; and Mark Fine, a local developer. With no candidate winning a majority in the initial round of the election, a runoff was held between the top-two finishers: Goodman and Adamsen. Goodman would go on to win with more than 63 percent of the vote. He took office on June 28, 1999, and was re-elected in 2003 and 2007. His wife, Carolyn Goodman, succeeded him as mayor in 2011, and is set to serve until 2024, having won three terms herself. Candidates Background Incumbent Democrat mayor Jan Jones had been elected in the 1991 Las Vegas mayoral election, and was re-elected four years later. She received praise and criticism during her time as mayor, which was sidelined by two failed gubernatorial bids in the 1994 and 1998 elections.