About Erich Obermayr

My 75 years have given me a deep understanding and appreciation for the challenges and triumphs of everyday life: putting food on the table, making the rent or house payment, and guiding the children to a bright, successful future. 

In my time, I have been a dishwasher, factory laborer, janitor, and construction worker, to name a few. I found a trade at age 16 as a field archaeologist, which led to a career in cultural resource management, studying and writing about Nevada history and archaeology. I ran a small business producing interpretive signs, books, and pamphlets which shared the results of these studies with the public. 

I know what it is like to work for minimum wage, I know what it's like to earn a comfortable professional living, and everything in between. I’ve also experienced the satisfaction of having my own business and being my own boss. 

That is why I’ll always take the side of those Nevadans—the small business owners, the workers, the public servants—who show up every day and make things work. 

My wife Meg and I are 30-year residents of Silver City, on the Comstock in Lyon County. We built a house here, raised our daughter, and continue to be proud, contributing members of our community.

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