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About
Jonathan
Jonathan MacArthur has
been a dedicated criminal trial lawyer since September
of 2000. As evidenced by past experiences, his drive has
long been the goal of assisting the underrepresented in
achieving and accepting justice. From his service as a
public defender, to his appointment as judge pro tem,
he has steadily built a career on his belief that everyone
deserves an impartial trial before an unbiased judicial
system.
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The Politics
of Justice:
The Story Behind Jonathan MacArthur’s Bid for
Judge in North Las Vegas
by: Tiffany Pace
At 1:30 on a Saturday
afternoon in mid-June a motley group of volunteers remains
gathered in the corner of Starbucks at MLK and Cheyenne
trying to hydrate themselves. It’s 106 degrees outside,
and they’ve been going door-to-door in their black
campaign t-shirts handing out literature supporting Jonathan
MacArthur. Joseph is Jonathan’s teenage brother—21
years his junior—and he is running on three hours
of sleep, as teenage boys on summer break are apt to do.
Jeff Black, another volunteer, is Jonathan’s longtime
colleague and friend. He tells the story of coming upon
a group of kids with water balloons and encouraging the
kids to pummel him with them, which they did gleefully.
Jonathan and his volunteers are sticky and baked and tired,
but they are all in surprisingly good spirits. They have
been at it for nine weeks now, and they will do it again
next Saturday morning. And the next. And every Saturday
until the primary election in August.
This has been the grassroots
nature of Jonathan MacArthur’s campaign for justice
of the peace. Despite having an uncanny ability to raise
funds for the campaign, he relies on the belief, passion,
and support of the people who know him well to help him
reach the thousands of people in North Las Vegas who will
need to know what he stands for.
In
2005, Jonathan was encouraged to run for office in North
Las Vegas by Judge Lee Gates, a mentor of his and for
whom he was once a law clerk. At the time, Jonathan was
unconvinced, as he was enjoying his career as an attorney.
But Judge Gates revisited the subject several times over
the next few years, and he continued to open Jonathan’s
eyes to the possibility of being able to make a bigger
difference to the community as a judge than he could as
an attorney. Additionally, Jonathan saw a trend during
his years as a criminal defense attorney that had become
increasingly disturbing—one that he wanted to change.
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