Pete Goicoechea | |
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Member of the Nevada Senate from the 19th district | |
Assumed office November 7, 2012 | |
Preceded by | Dean Rhoads |
Minority Leader of the Nevada Assembly | |
In office February 2,2009 –November 7,2012 | |
Preceded by | Heidi Gansert |
Succeeded by | Pat Hickey |
Member of the Nevada Assembly from the 35th district | |
In office November 6,2002 –November 7,2012 | |
Preceded by | Marcia de Braga |
Succeeded by | James Healey |
Personal details | |
Born | Salt Lake City,Utah,U.S. | September 8,1949
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Glady Tognoni |
Children | J.J. Goicoechea Jolene Goicoechea-Lema |
Residence | Eureka,Nevada |
Alma mater | Utah State University |
Occupation | Rancher |
Peter J. Goicoechea (born September 8,1949) is an American politician serving as the Nevada State Senator from the 19th district since 2012. He previously served in the Nevada Assembly,representing the 35th district from 2002 to 2012. A member of the Republican Party,he was House Minority Leader from 2009 to 2012.
Goicoechea was born in Salt Lake City on September 8,1949. Of Basque descent,his grandfather,also named Pete Goicoechea was a fisherman who lived and worked in a town located on the Bay of Biscay. In the early 20th century,his grandfather immigrated to the United States. [1] Goicoechea studied at Utah State University.
He has owned a ranch since 1970 and also worked for many years for the Eureka County,Nevada road department. He served on the Eureka County Commission from 1987 to 2002 and then was elected to the Nevada State Assembly.
He has also served as a member of the Nevada State Land Use Planning Advisory Council,the Nevada Grazing Board,and he has been the Director of the Nevada Water Resource Association. He is affiliated with the Eureka Volunteer Fire Department,E Clampus Vitus,the Humboldt River Authority,and the Nevada Rural Health Center. [2]
Goicoechea is a Catholic. He and his wife Glady are the parents of two children.
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