Carson City leaders have named former legislator Robert Weise as their pick for the state Senate seat recently vacated by longtime Reno Republican Ben Kieckhefer, skipping over a pair of better-known applicants who plan to seek the seat next November.
Because Kieckhefer’s former Senate district spans two counties, both the Carson City Board of Supervisors and the Washoe County Board of County Commissioners have been charged with picking his replacement.
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