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Mayor’s race set

The popularity of term-limited Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman -- easily the highest-profile occupant of that office, ever -- undoubtedly contributed to the easy first-place showing of his wife, Carolyn, in the city's primary mayoral balloting Tuesday.

That's not to say Ms. Goodman, popular founder of the Meadows School, isn't qualified in her own right. But it is safe to say not much is yet known about how Tuesday's front-runner would confront the city's budget problems, and the public employee contracts that underlie them.

Voters must now insist on a debate focusing more closely on those issues -- rather than on "feel-good" topics over which neither the mayor nor the City Council have much say.

Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani captured a slim, 15-vote victory for the second and last spot on the June 7 general election ballot, beating out fellow County Commissioner Larry Brown.

Ms. Giunchigliani, a former public school teacher and state assemblywoman, has long been sympathetic to liberal causes, including the agenda of public-sector unions.

Voters await a vigorous debate.

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