Barbara Smallwood, candidate for Assembly

Party: Republican

Office sought: Assembly 39

Age: 59

Number of years in office: None

Occupation: Retired, licensed real estate in Nevada

Address: 1518 Hussman Ave., Gardnerville

Phone number: 782-7915

Family: 4 children

Education: High school, attended Pierce Junior College, Valley Junior College and WNCC

Previous experience: Chairman Gardnerville Town Board, vice chairman Douglas County Board of Commissioners

Religious or civic organizations you belong to: Carson Water Subconservancy District, Douglas County, Douglas County Regional Transportation Commission chairman, Tahoe Transportation District, Douglas County Parks and Recreation Board, Western Nevada Development District, Law Library Douglas County, Douglas County Master Plan and Development Code, Douglas County Historical Society Board of Trustees Member, Gardnerville Water Company Board of Directors, Gardnerville Town Board chairman, Drug Free School Task Force member, CAT-Community Action team member, Community Oriented Policing Training, Western Community Policing Center, Upper Carson River Management Plan Committee Member. Methodist, Sunday school teacher.

Reason for running: Because I want to be part of the solutions for the challenges that are coming ahead. Comparatively, our state is in pretty decent shape, but there are short- and long-term challenges just beyond the horizon and they need to be addressed now. We need responsiveness that goes beyond party lines and political labels. We need solutions to current issues that don't turn a blind eye on the future, so that our children and their descendants can, decades from now, still experience the Nevada we know and love.