Sheriff's association backs Veil, Auer in Lyon County

The Lyon County Sheriff's Employee's Association threw its support behind Allen Veil in his bid to become Lyon County Sheriff.

After a vote of the membership Thursday night, the LCSEA voted to endorse Veil, Bob Auer for District Attorney, Wayne Pederson for District Court Judge, Mike Fletcher for Walker River Justice of the Peace and Charlie Lawson for County Commission.

The vote followed a meeting of the association during which candidates for the offices were given the opportunity to address the membership and answer questions.