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Duane Meyer
He started at sixteen, volunteering at Sky Tavern. He became a National Ski Patrol
credentialed Alpine Patroller, earned his EMT certification at eighteen, enlisted in the
U.S. Navy in 1987, and served five and a half years of active duty including Desert Storm.
He spent twenty years with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office and retired as Captain of
the Patrol Operations Division, leading more than 100 deputies and civilians and managing a
multimillion-dollar budget.
Captain (Ret.) · Washoe County Sheriff's Office · U.S. Navy Veteran
The 2026 calendar
Most of Washoe County votes before Election Day.
Every active registered voter in Nevada is mailed a ballot automatically —
no request needed. The decision most people make about this race happens at the kitchen
table in October, not at a polling place in November.
SEP 4Mail-ballot opt-out deadlineLast day to tell the county you'd rather not receive a ballot in the mail.
OCT 6Register by mail or in personAfter this date you can still register online or same-day through Election Day.
OCT 13–16Ballots arrive in mailboxesNevada law requires mailing no later than 20 days out.
OCT 17–30Early voting in personTwo weeks of in-person voting at vote centers across Washoe County.
NOV 3Election DayPolls close at 7:00 p.m. Drop boxes accept ballots until the close of polls.
Who he is
Forty years of showing up.
Duane began volunteering with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office Hasty Team as a teenager,
later serving as one of its team leaders. From 1992 to 1995 he served as a Reserve Deputy
Sheriff for Washoe County before joining full time.
Where it started. Duane began volunteering at Sky Tavern at sixteen and
became a National Ski Patrol credentialed Alpine Patroller. He was a certified EMT at
eighteen.
Over a twenty-year career he worked as a K-9 handler in the Patrol Division with his partner
Tysen, assisting the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area team. As a Sergeant he was assigned
to the detention facility and then spent three years in the Office of Professional Integrity,
completing complex investigations into citizen complaints, excessive force, workplace
harassment, and risk management.
Deputy and K-9 handler. Duane and his K-9 partner worked with the High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Area team, removing hundreds of pounds of narcotics from
Washoe County streets.
As Lieutenant he commanded Incline Village — law enforcement operations, the emergency
dispatch center, and coordination with Nevada Highway Patrol, Placer County, North Lake Tahoe
Fire, and Truckee Meadows Fire. Running that dispatch center, he implemented modern emergency
police and fire dispatch protocols and certifications that made it one of the most
technologically advanced centers in the country.
Outside the badge: three years on the Make-A-Wish Regional Area Council for Northern Nevada
and Northeastern California; Civil Air Patrol; the Reno Air Races; the Experimental Aircraft
Association's Young Eagles Program; Angel Flight West as a Mission Assistant; the Reno Rotary
Club; and Our Lady of Wisdom's Corporate Board, Parish Council, and Finance Council. He is
currently the volunteer Security Director of the National Championship Air Races and served
in that role in Reno from 2016.
AGE 16Sky TavernVolunteer, then NSP-credentialed Alpine Patroller
AGE 18Certified EMTJoins the Sheriff's Office Hasty Team; later Team Leader
1987U.S. Navy5½ years active duty, including Desert Storm
1992–95Reserve Deputy SheriffWashoe County
DEPUTYK-9 Handler, PatrolHIDTA narcotics detection with K-9 Tysen
SERGEANTOffice of Professional IntegrityThree years of complex internal investigations
LIEUTENANTIncline Village CommanderPatrol, dispatch center, multi-agency coordination
NOWNational Championship Air RacesVolunteer Security Director
20Years, Washoe County Sheriff's Office
100+Deputies & civilians led as Captain
40+Years serving this community
Still volunteering
Volunteer Security Director, National Championship Air Races.
Duane has held that role since 2016 in Reno and serves in it today. Alongside the
Civil Air Patrol, Angel Flight West, the Young Eagles Program, Make-A-Wish, and the Reno
Rotary Club — the work did not stop when the badge came off.
The office
What the County Clerk does. Here it is.
It is not a policy job. It is the county's record-keeping and
public-service office — the place where a marriage license gets issued, where the minutes of
every County Commission meeting become the official record, and where more than a century
and a half of Washoe County's public documents are kept.
01
Public records custodian
Storing, protecting, and preserving over 170 years of Washoe County's public records, and fulfilling public records requests.
02
Marriage licenses
Issuing marriage licenses — for many residents and visitors, the only time they ever walk into the Clerk's office.
03
Clerk of the Board
Official record keeper of every action taken by the Board of County Commissioners, including preparing and publishing the minutes.
04
Business & notary filings
Fictitious firm name filings, issuance of oaths to notaries public, and the filing of notary bonds.
05
Oaths of office
Administering oaths of office and maintaining the county code and ordinances adopted by the Commission.
06
Clerk to county boards
Serving as Clerk of the Board of Equalization, the Debt Management Commission, and the Community Homelessness Advisory Board.
Good to know
Washoe County elections are run by the Registrar of Voters, a separate appointed office —
not by the County Clerk. If you have a question about your ballot, your polling place, or your
registration, the Registrar of Voters is who you want.
What he'll do for you
Three things this office should get right.
"As your elected County Clerk, I will work tirelessly to ensure the efficiencies
of this office meet the needs of the citizens of Washoe County."
Prompt, efficient, accurate service
Most people interact with the Clerk's office once or twice in their life, usually on a
deadline and usually on a day that matters to them. It should be quick, it should be right,
and it shouldn't require a second trip.
Service standards residents can actually measure
Records that are accessible, durable, and cost-effective to keep
Transparency in the public record
The Clerk holds the official record of what the county decided and when. That record belongs
to residents. Getting to it should not take an insider's knowledge of county government.
Public records requests handled plainly and on time
Commission minutes and county code easy to find and read
Fiscal responsibility, proven
Duane has managed multimillion-dollar budgets and contracts for both the Washoe County
Sheriff's Office and the federal government. He brings that experience to a department budget
funded entirely by county taxpayers.
Two decades of hands-on public budget management
Honesty, integrity, and a firm work ethic
Endorsements
The people who endorse Duane Meyer.
Duane's endorsements come almost entirely from the law enforcement associations
whose members served with him for twenty years.
Public Safety Alliance of NevadaStatewide association
Washoe County Sheriff Deputies AssociationCounty association
Washoe County School Police Officer's AssociationCounty association
Reno Police Protective AssociationMunicipal association
Sparks Police Protective AssociationMunicipal association
Nevada Police UnionStatewide union
Your ballot
This is the line you're looking for.
It sits well down the ballot, under the offices everyone recognizes.
Plenty of people get there, don't recognize either name, and skip it. Take ten seconds and
it's done.
County races are won on yard signs, postage, and a modest digital budget.
There is no national money in a Clerk's race. Every dollar here comes from Washoe County
neighbors, and every dollar goes to making sure voters recognize Duane's name when they
reach that line on the ballot.
