Recovery leader, business owner, nonprofit advocate, and champion of the middle class enters race to restore safety, affordability, and the promise of homeownership in Northwest Las Vegas
“Las Vegas changed my life. Now I’m running to fight for middle-class families who built this city and deserve a fair shot again.”
— David Marlon
(David Marlon) – Today, David Marlon—business owner, nonprofit founder, and longtime community leader—officially announced his candidacy for Las Vegas City Council, Ward 6, pledging to be a strong, practical voice for middle-class families who are being priced out, pushed aside, and ignored by City Hall.
Marlon’s campaign is centered on one clear mission: ensuring safety, restoring affordability, and expanding opportunity, including homeownership, for working families in Northwest Las Vegas.
“For too many families, Las Vegas no longer feels attainable,” Marlon said. “Rising crime, unchecked homelessness, and runaway housing costs are squeezing the middle class out of the valley and into nearby cities. I’m running to change that—to make Ward 6 safe, affordable, and a place where families can own a home.”
Marlon is the co-founder of Solutions Recovery, which grew into Nevada’s leading substance-use treatment provider before being acquired. He has since led multiple organizations focused on reducing homelessness and getting people back to work. In 2021, he founded Vegas Stronger, working directly on the front lines to address homelessness, addiction, and public safety.
“Homelessness and addiction aren’t just health issues—they’re public-safety and quality-of-life issues,” Marlon said. “When we fail to address them seriously, neighborhoods suffer, crime rises, and working families pay the price. Compassion and accountability must go together. Over the last three years, we’ve seen homelessness creep into Ward 6. That is unacceptable.”
Marlon sharply contrasted his approach with the current leadership in Ward 6.
“Ward 6 is growing fast, but leadership hasn’t kept up,” he said. “While families worry about safety, traffic, housing costs, and whether their kids will ever be able to afford a home here, our current representative seems more focused on symbolic issues and blocking development than delivering real solutions.”
If elected, Marlon has pledged to focus on strengthening public safety, expanding mental-health and addiction resources, improving traffic and infrastructure, lowering housing costs for working families, protecting neighborhoods from overdevelopment, supporting small businesses, and delivering transparent, responsible governance.
Ward 6 includes Centennial Hills, Skye Canyon, and surrounding Northwest Las Vegas communities—areas filled with working families who want safe streets, good schools, and a realistic path to stability and homeownership.
“Las Vegas took a chance on me,” Marlon said. “I built a life here, built businesses here, and raised my family here. Now I’m running to make sure the middle class doesn’t disappear from the city we love.”
Learn more about David and his campaign at DaveforVegas.com, or join us tonight at 6:00 PM at The Summit Tavern (7960 N Decatur Blvd.) to hear David speak directly about his campaign.
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