Rochelle "Shelley" Berkley is an American businesswoman,politician and attorney who served as the U.S. Representative for Nevada's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2013. In 2012,she was the unsuccessful Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party,and is currently running in the 2024 Las Vegas mayoral election.
Brian Edward Sandoval is an American politician,academic administrator,and former federal judge who served as the 29th Governor of Nevada from 2011 to 2019.
Dean Arthur Heller is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator representing Nevada from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 15th secretary of state of Nevada from 1995 to 2007 and U.S. representative for Nevada's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2011. He was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Governor Brian Sandoval and elected to a full term in the 2012 election. Heller unsuccessfully ran for a second term in 2018,losing to Democrat Jacky Rosen. He was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Nevada in 2022.
Catherine Marie Cortez Masto is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nevada,a seat she has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Cortez Masto served as the 32nd attorney general of Nevada from 2007 to 2015.
Mark Eugene Amodei is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Nevada's 2nd congressional district since 2011. The only Republican in Nevada's congressional delegation since 2019,Amodei served in the Nevada Assembly from 1997 to 1999 and in the Nevada Senate,representing the Capital District,from 1999 to 2011.
Randolph Townsend is an American Republican Party politician from Nevada. From 1982 to 2010,he served as a member of the Nevada Senate,representing Washoe County District 4. He served from 2010 to 2014 as a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission.
Joyce Woodhouse is an American politician and a former member of the Nevada Senate. She represented the 5th district from 2006 to 2010 and then from 2012 to 2019,when she became unable to run for re-election due to term limits.
Bettye Jean Davis was an American social worker and politician. She was the first African-American to be elected as an Alaska State Senator in 2000.
Sheila Leslie is an American politician. She served as a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly from 1998 to 2010 representing District 27,as well as in the Nevada Senate representing District 13 from 2010 to 2012. Leslie served as Assistant Whip in the Assembly from 2001 to 2007,as Majority Whip in the Assembly from 2007 to 2011,and as Assistant Whip in the Senate from 2011 to 2012.
Julie A. Bartling is a Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate,representing the 26th district since 2004. Previously she was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 2000 through 2004.
Kathleen J. "Kathy" Sheran is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represented District 19,which included portions of Blue Earth,Le Sueur,and Nicollet counties in the south central part of the state.
Charles W. "Chuck" Wiger Sr. is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represents District 43,which includes parts of Ramsey and Washington counties in the northeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Leslee Beyer is an American Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly for a decade,representing Springfield,until being appointed to the Oregon Public Utility Commission in 2001 by then-governor John Kitzhaber.
Robert P. "Rob" Bacon is a Republican politician and former legislator from the state of Iowa. He was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 2012 to represent the 48th district. He was previously elected to the Iowa Senate in 2010 to represent District 5,which serves Wright,Hamilton,and Story Counties. Bacon was born in Chicago and his hometown is Maxwell,Iowa.
Ben Kieckhefer is an American politician who has served as the chief of staff to Nevada governor Joe Lombardo since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Kieckhefer previously served as a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 2021 to 2023 and as a member of the Nevada Senate from the 16th district from 2010 to 2021.
Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nevada since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she was the U.S. representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2017 to 2019.
The 2018 Nevada gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Nevada. Incumbent Republican governor Brian Sandoval was ineligible to run for re-election,due to the absolute two-term limit established by the Nevada Constitution. Nevada is one of eight U.S. states that prohibits its governors or any other state and territorial executive branch officials from serving more than two terms,even if they are nonconsecutive.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Nevada took place November 6,2018,to elect one of two U.S. senators from Nevada. Incumbent Republican senator Dean Heller lost re-election to a second full term,being defeated by Democratic nominee Jacky Rosen.
Julia Ratti is an American politician who served as a member of the Nevada Senate from 2016 to 2021. She represented the 13th district,which covers parts of Washoe County,including much of Sparks and Reno.
Lisa Krasner is a Republican member of the Nevada Senate. She represents the 16th district,which covers Storey County,Carson City,and parts of Washoe County.
