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
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