Karmen La'Shaun Miller
Non-Partisan | Nevada
Candidate Profile
Leans Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Karmen La'Shaun Miller
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2026
Election
Primary
Race
Board of Regents, Dist. 8
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Tennessee State University, Nashville , TN, BS, 1985-1989
Illinois State University, Normal/Bloomington, IL, MS, 1996-1999
University of the South, Sewanee, TN, Exten Theology, 2017-2021
Georgetown University, Washington DC, Exten Leadership, 2018-2020
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
The City of Las Vegas CDRB, Chair, 2006-
L'Bella Arts in Motion, Vice President, 2020-
Greater Clark County (NV) Chapter Links, Inc., Member, 2026-
National Interscholastic Athletics Administrators Association, Member, 2025-
Nevada Athletic Directors Assocition, Member, 2025-
Citizens Alumni Academy of FBI, Member, 2015-
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
University Regent NSHE District 8, 2026-
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (1)
Veterans in Politics International
OTHER INFORMATION
Video candidate interview by Veterans in Politics. April 25, 2026.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Choose not to answer
The question is not clear, when Planned Parenthood provides a plethora of healthcare services and screening for men and women in particularly in marginalized communities, including rural areas isolated from affordable healthcare.
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
I should not nor will I comment on decisions made in the privacy of individuals in connection to this question. It is a decision meant to be held with the individual, their physician and conscience.
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Choose not to answer
Again, this is a decision for the patient, their doctor and conscience. The state should have no place in that decision. Does human life include the life of the person giving birth?
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Choose not to answer
Again, the state should not be involved in the personal and medical decisions made by individuals.
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Disagree
It is medical treatment if prescribed and the state should not be involved.
ECONOMY
What is your position on the minimum wage?
The Minimum wage should be a livable wage for all people.
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Agree
A thriving middle class also drives a productive, growth mindset economy that assists all levels an economic system.
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
Authentic Oversight with nonpartisan fiduciary power to keep the state accountable to the constituency. Call for Performance Reviews with equitable scales of measurement. Diversification of use
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
The state can not create an official religion, favor another faith system over another or force any one to participate in religious practices. Faith is a very personal practice and should remain that way.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Neutral
The Hippocratic Oath calls for a foundational ethical code for physicians in order to act in a patient's best interest, maintain confidentiality, and to do no harm. Not provide service to someone in need is morally incorrect.
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Strongly Disagree
This is private information and there are protections on individual's data.
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Agree
They are one of many.
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Israel has a right to exist as a nation, however, it does not have the right to destroy other countries and seek US assistance to do so. The relationship is important due to our Nation's strategic interests in the Middle East, mutual past shared democratic values and historical connection. The relationship is not beyond checking for accountability.
IMMIGRATION
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Choose not to answer
Our Immigration System is overburdened, we need to find a more efficient way to operate the process. I do not support taking people into custody until their due process rights have been completed and a court order has been signed and properly executed. This is peoples' lives and not a PR stunt which can easily develop into something else, like the lose of life.
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Disagree
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Neutral
There must be transparency with the US Department of Education leading the oversight to report gifts provided and the ability to end nondisclosure practices. A collaborative and concerted effort to stop the perception of influence on perceived research agenda, potential national security questions, and the openness of academic freedom.
VALUES
Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.
Neutral
A child in certain circumstances may be a ward of the court due to parent's lack of appropriate behavior which may cause the child harm.
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Choose not to answer
That is not my place to have an opinion, just like decisions made by a woman or man over their bodily autonomy..
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Choose not to answer
Not my place to tell people who they love and desire to be united.
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Neutral
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christ follower, Episcopalian by denomination but saved b Grace. I love all of God's children and I do mean all, not just the ones someone or some group designates, just as the Scriptures say.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Disagree
However, there should be parameters if the voting citizen is not being suppressed because they do not have access to travel to get a photo identification or a name change. You can not request people have something and the process is set up to limit access due to ability, economics, or location to secure the document.
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Choose not to answer
Until this country truly looks at it historical past, acknowledge it, educate the future generations about, so it never returns, and how it has affected generations, this will be an argument that will be weaponized for its continuing practices. Land was stolen, families purposefully destroyed, humiliated, forced migrations, languages/cultures obliterated, and atrocities.
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Choose not to answer
This is not even a full percentage point of the population. It is not my decision.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Agree
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Solar and Wind with limited coal.
ABOUT YOU
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Moderate
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
A structure that maintains order, ensure justice in an equitable way guarantees the rights of each citizen, protects society, punishes offenders and when possible provides intervention and rehabilitation.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Strongly Agree
Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.
Agree
Sharia Law is aligned with religious practice. So it is not constitutional and as a democratic republic it would not be accepted or incorporated in the legal framework of the US; due process of the law. Many will try and label it as something else but it will fail.
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
Age Requirement Required Trainings and Annual Certifications Clearance: No Criminal Record, Mental Health Evaluation, Ban/Limit ownership on assault weapons Enforcement of current law statues and waiting periods.
