However, Herrera's campaign foundered due to ethical problems, most notably when he was paid $50,000 by the Las Vegas Housing Authority for "public relations work. [23], In 2011, web poker company PokerStars treated Horsford to a trip to the Bahamas before the introduction of legislation that would benefit the online gaming industry. Steven Alexzander Horsford (born April 29, 1973) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Nevada's 4th congressional district since 2019, previously holding the position from 2013 to 2015. [29] In January 2019, he ran for a Las Vegas City Council seat, but he was defeated in the primary coming in third. Senator (2011-2019) and former U.S. Representative for Nevada's 2nd congressional district (2007-2011) (ran for governor) Ben Kieckhefer, state senator for the 16th district (2010-2021) Brian Sandoval, president of the University of Nevada, Reno (2020-present) and former Governor of Nevada (2011-2019) A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was a member of the Nevada Senate from 2006 to 2016. Senator from Nevada. After FBI agents interrupted the transaction, as prearranged, Reid lost his temper and attempted to choke Gordon, saying "You son of a bitch, you tried to bribe me!" . [24][25] Horsford said, "It was productive. Reid endorsed Senator Chuck Schumer from New York to succeed him as Minority Leader. Postal Service. Asked in May 2018 about gun confiscation, he said, "I believe we have to be very careful under the Second Amendment not to take away someones right, but to be clear, assault rifles and weapons of war are not the same as other forms of weapons, and we need to be very careful and make a clear distinction. He'd be the first to tell you that. [65], In August 2010, Reid spoke in front of National Council of La Raza: "I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, OK. Do I need to say more? Horsford apologized, saying, "There was no excuse. The district had been created due to a population explosion in the Las Vegas area. I think he's a very very fine human being. Citizens United filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission to investigate the matter. Robertson was the first candidate to enter the 3rd District's Republican primary, and he has raised about $174,000 since January, putting him behind the highest-profile candidate, attorney April. In 2005, Reid earmarked a spending bill to provide for building a bridge between Nevada and Arizona that would make land he owned more valuable. Perhaps the most scathing criticism came from Congresswoman Dina Titus, who said that "many believed Ruben had great potential, but unfortunately his personal behavior has jeopardized his political career" and that "zero tolerance means zero tolerance. The AFLCIO considered Porter to have an anti-union voting record. [27] He was succeeded by former Nevada Attorney General and fellow Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto. In 2002, Kihuen became a deputy field director for the Nevada Democratic Party. In 2013, under Reid's leadership, the Senate Democratic majority controversially invoked the "nuclear option" to eliminate the 60-vote requirement to end a filibuster for presidential nominations, other than nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court. 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[citation needed] Additionally, Porter was seen as a potentially strong challenger to Harry Reid, the Democratic Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate who was up for reelection in 2010, so it was thought that Reid targeted Porter for defeat in order to eliminate him as a possible opponent. [84] Reid supported embryonic stem cell research. He went on to say that the Democrats' emphasis on helping others, as opposed to what he considered Republican dogma to the contrary, is the reason he was a Democrat. [1], Lucy Flores, who served alongside Kihuen in the Nevada Legislature and had been his Democratic primary opponent in 2016, said that she found the allegations unsurprising given his reputation in the legislature, where "even though he maintained a girlfriend, he was known to be very flirtatious and hands on" and that she had "personally witnessed him being grabby with young, attractive women". [24] He defeated Republican challenger Sharron Angle in the November election, 50.3% to 44.6%. He believed that Roe v. Wade should be overturned, and in 1999, voted against an amendment that supported Roe. Reid died Tuesday, "peacefully" and surrounded by friends "following a. In 2019, a jury rejected his claim for lack of evidence. Kihuen was first elected to the State Assembly in 2006, defeating incumbent Bob McCleary by a large margin (and with the support of the AFL-CIO) in a 3-way primary. "[136] On February 25, 2019, he announced that due to early detection and chemotherapy, his cancer was in remission. "[10], Harry Reid (formerly McCarran) International Airport, which serves the Las Vegas Valley, was named after Senator Reid on December 14, 2021, just two weeks prior to his death. [7], Porter was a member of the Ways and Means Committee and the Budget Committee. Two months before voters pick a candidate to face Gov. Is he the best TV talking head? [62][63][64] RNC Chairman Michael Steele and Senators John Cornyn and Jon Kyl called on Reid to resign his leadership position in the Senate, citing Majority Leader Trent Lott resigning because of a statement relating to race. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). The two frequently worked together on Nevada issues until Ensign was forced to resign from his Senate seat in 2011 due to an ethics scandal. This was immediately denied by both Pelosi's office, which said that "Leader Pelosi first learned of these allegations from BuzzFeed last week", and the DCCC, who called Kihuen's statement "not true", adding that the DCCC had been "presented with these disturbing facts for the first time last week, and the chair immediately called for his resignation". [39], On February 9, 2023, Horsford voted against H.J.Res. The list of names should be complete (as of January 3, 2015), but other data may be incomplete. [129] In April 2015, Reid confirmed former U.S. Horsford won reelection in 2022. The primary was scheduled for June 14, 2022. 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Reid ran for reelection in 1992 which he won by a double-digit margin. Should he say goodbye on the phone when he's done talking to you? The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. Jonathan Christopher "Jon" Porter (born May 16, 1955) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, the first representative elected from the 3rd Congressional District of Nevada. That year he also became an agent for Farmers Insurance. Reid was elected to the United States Senate in 1986 and served in the Senate from 1987 to 2017. Through his years of public service to the Silver State, I know his legacy will live on. Probably. [4][5] Kihuen was unopposed in the general election. [1] He refused to resign but did not run for reelection in 2018. [96][97] In March 2007, he voted in favor of "redeploying U.S. troops out of Iraq by March 2008",[97] and later that year, said, "As long as we follow [President Bush's] path in Iraq, the war is lost. Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader and Nevada's longest-serving member of Congress, has died. He owned 160 acres (65ha) of land several miles from the proposed bridge site in Arizona. [63], Horsford had six-way open heart bypass surgery in 2013 to treat a hereditary condition. The bill faced Republican opposition and failed. Senators serve six-year terms with staggered elections. [59][60], Horsford was the national vice chairman of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee and served as the Democratic National Committeeman for the State of Nevada. Reid later stated that "Rosenthal was the only person that I was ever afraid of. In a 2015 interview on the subject, Reid said "Romney didn't win, did he?" [11] Kihuen spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, the only 2016 House recruit to do so. [27], In his last session in the Nevada Senate, he served as chair of the Senate Finance Committee and also served on the Senate Committee on Revenue and the Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. The Democrats won control of the Senate after the 2006 United States Senate elections, and Reid became the Senate Majority Leader in 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Nevada Senate, representing the 4th district, in Clark County, from 2005 to 2013. [20] As of December 13, Kihuen has yet to deny or confirm the allegation to the Independent. [1], On December 13, 2017, a second woman accused Kihuen of sexual misconduct. [15] While Hardy carried six of the district's seven counties, Kihuen easily defeated Hardy in the district's share of Clark County, winning it by over 24,000 votes. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Nevada. [1], Upon resigning from the campaign in April, the woman reported to a mid-level staffer at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that Kihuen had made her feel "uncomfortable", without offering any further details. [2] Kihuen attended Rancho High School and was named the 19971998 Nevada "soccer player of the year. He said that he had made a donation to a nonprofit group in the amount that he would have been fined had he been caught by law enforcement. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Nevada Legislature, to convene the . Reid conceded under heated interrogation from Rosenthal that the two men had met for lunch at his Stardust Resort and Casino and that he had asked Rosenthal to cover up undesirable news stories. ", "House votes to overturn D.C.'s illegal immigrant voting plan", "H.J.Res. Americans in the United States's six territories do not have senators. Former Nevada assemblywoman Lucy Flores on Friday accused former Vice President Joe Biden of making her feel "uneasy, gross, and confused" when he came up behind her at a campaign event in . As a result, he suffered broken ribs and broken facial bones, and was at risk of permanent vision loss in his right eye. Should he smile more? [11], Porter supported limited, partial privatization of Social Security. [8][10], Since Searchlight had no high school, Reid boarded with relatives 40 miles (64km) away, in Henderson, so that he could attend Basic High School,[8] where he played football and was an amateur boxer. He was the ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee in from January to June 2001 (succeeding Max Baucus) before relinquishing the position to allow Jim Jeffords to switch parties and become chair, having given Democrats the majority. Berkley won 52% to 44%. In private conversations, Reid had remarked that Obama could win the presidency because the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obamato whom he referred as being "light-skinned" and "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one". James H. Bilbray, of Las Vegas, Nevada. Along with Alben W. Barkley and Mike Mansfield, Reid was one of only three senators to have served at least eight years as majority leader. [7], When Horsford was 19, his father, Gary Shelton, was killed. One report states that Shelton "was shot and killed at work by a man who had tried to rob the store" in North Las Vegas at which he worked as a cook,[7] while another report says he "was killed in a drug incident". It should have never happened." [47][48][49][50][51], Reid was criticized during his tenure for several potentially self-enriching tactics. Yes. He won re-election in the 2006 midterm election against Tessa Hafen by a 48%47% margin. [7], On December 18, 2019, Horsford voted for both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, including abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. August 15, 2006, The Associated Press State & Local Wire. [31], Horsford was narrowly defeated by Republican state Assemblyman Cresent Hardy, who in 2016 also lost reelection after a single term. This is better than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2008. After being defeated in races for the United States Senate and mayor of Las Vegas, Reid served as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 1977 to 1981. [45] The Democrats' stated motivation for the "nuclear option" was expansion of filibustering by Republicans during the Obama administration, in particular blocking three nominations to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Reid's boyhood home was a shack with no indoor toilet, hot water or telephone. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act. Senator Larry Pressler as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Representatives Map of Congressional Districts Senators Each state in the United States elects two senators, regardless of the state's population. [10], Jon Porter voted against tax incentives for renewable energy, tax incentives for bio fuels, and removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. [4][5] At that time, Searchlight was a small, impoverished town. He said increased border security with Mexico and Canada was needed, but that a southern border wall would not solve the immigration problem. In the 77th legislative session in 2013, he chaired the Senate Standing Committee on Revenue and Economic Development and served as Majority Whip for the Democrats in the Senate.[7]. In December, 2005, he joined with several other congressmen to form the Second Amendments, a bipartisan rock and country band set to play for United States troops stationed overseas over the holiday season. In March 2014, as part of a "constituent outreach effort", he went undercover to help a UPS driver deliver packages, partly "to get a from-the-ground perspective of the working man and woman in Las Vegas" and partly "to argue for raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10. RELATED: Nevada Race Heats Up with Potential First Latina U.S. The woman, who joined Kihuen's campaign in June 2015 and left in April 2016, alleges that Kihuen's behavior began in February, that he repeatedly requested that she go on dates or have sexual intercourse with him, and on two occasions forcibly touched her thighs without consent. [18][19][20], In November 2009, a Las Vegas television station caught Horsford illegally parking his SUV with his personalized license plate "State Senator 17" in a handicapped parking space at a park for six hours. [7], In May 2020, Horsford acknowledged an extramarital affair with Gabriela Linder, a former intern of Senator Harry Reid. Rubn Jess Kihuen Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. "[113] "[111] The Washington Post's Fact Checker gave it "Four Pinnocchios". [62], In April 2015, Horsford resumed working at R&R Partners. "[36], Horsford defeated Republican Sam Peters by a margin of about 5%. The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Nevada were on November 8, 2022. [52] A year later it was reported that Reid had used campaign donations to pay for $3,300 in Christmas gifts to the staff at the condominium where he resided;[53] federal election law prohibits candidates from using political donations for personal use. [85] Over the time, Reid shifted his support towards more progressive views. [23], Lujn was joined just after midnight on December 2 by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who called for Kihuen's resignation and declared that "the young woman's documented account is convincing, and I commend her for the courage it took to come forward".
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