Personalities

Readers’ choices

Illustration By Rick Sealock

Best politician

1. Mayor Bob Cashell

2. Harry Reid

Best interior designer

1. Jamie Laughton

2. Heather Draper

Best local political activist

1. Sam Dehne

2. Bob Fulkerson

Best local blogger

1. Myrna the Minx

2. Ryan Jerz

Best local columnist

1. Cory Farley
Reno Gazette-Journal

2. Bruce Van Dyke
Reno News & Review

Best local TV anchor

1. Tad Dunbar
KOLO Channel 8

2. Wendy Damonte
KTVN Channel 2

Best local TV news

1. KRNV Channel 4

2. KOLO Channel 8

Best local TV news hairstyle

1. Tad Dunbar

2. Kristen Walther

Best local radio DJ or DJ team

1. Mel
KRZQ

2. Dead Air Dave
KTHX

Best real estate agent

1. Cyndi Dawson

2. Jonathan Womardt

Best bartender, male

1. Tony
Tronix

2. Alex Panschar
Reno Jazz Club

Best bartender, female

Mayor Bob Cashell took the honors for Best Politician in our 2006 Best of Northern Nevada readers’ poll

Photo By David Robert

1. Jill Benesch
Green Room

2. Jessica
Satellite

Best attorney

1. Jenny D. Hubach

2. John R. Clarkson

Best local actress/actor

1. Cathy Gabrielli

2. Mary Bennett

Best local musician

1. Todd South

2.Kate Cotter

Best elementary school teacher

1. Ms. york
Jessie Beck School

2. Teri Grey

Best high school teacher

1. Levi Watson

2. Kimberly Gibbons

Best college professor

1. Erik Herzik

2. Howard Rosenberg

Best local filmmaker

1. Asa Gilmore

2. Bruce Lindsay

Best visual artist

1. Ahren Hertel

2. Asa Gilmore

Best sculptor

1. Joan Arrizabalaga

2. Jason Lennon

Best poet

1. Ryan Stark

2. April Hammond

Best novelist

1. Bernie Schopen

Best exotic dancer

1. Ebony Chiles

2. Wendy

Best legal prostitute

1. Isabella Soprano

2. Air Force Amy

Best local journalist

1. Dennis Myers

2. Frank X. Mullen