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Women of Clark County
Mary Kincaid-Chauncey
1938 -
Mary Kincaid-Chauncey served on the North Las Vegas City Council and the Clark County Commission. Her political career came to an end when she was implicated in “Operation G-Sting.” Kincaid-Chauncey served on the North Las Vegas City Council from 1978 to 1981 and again from 1984 to 1996. In 1979, she and her husband, David Kincaid, opened a flower shop in North Las Vegas.
Kincaid-Chauncey ran for a seat on the Clark County Commission in 1996, which she won. She successfully campaigned for reelection in 2000. During her second term on the County Commission, evidence revealed that Kincaid-Chauncey had accepted bribes from Michael Galardi, a strip club owner, in return for votes that supported his business interests. Despite this, Kincaid-Chauncey did not give up her seat and even sought reelection, which she lost. After being found guilty of conspiracy, wire fraud, and extortion, Kincaid-Chauncey received a sentence of thirty months in prison.
Pictured: Mary Kincaid-Chauncey, 1983. North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada. UNLV University Libraries Special Collections & Archives.
Sources
- “Former Clark County Commissioners Sentenced To Prison For Federal Corruption Convictions,” The United States Attorney’s Office, August 21, 2006, https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/nv/news/2006/08212006.html.
- “Mary Kincaid,” n.d. https://webfiles.clarkcountynv.gov/Parks%20&%20Recreation/Museum/Clark%20County%20Museum/Centennial/commissioners/commissioner-mary-kincaid.pdf.
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