Nevada Senate Steven Horsford

1 nevada senate

1.1 elections
1.2 tenure
1.3 committee assignments

nevada senate
elections

in 2004, incumbent democratic state senator joe neal, of clark county s 4th senate district, decided retire in order run seat on clark county commission. horsford ran , defeated republican mabel florence lucier 72%–28%. fourth african american serve state senator since nevada legislature first convened in 1864. in 2008, won re-election second term 74% of vote.

tenure

he has served in 6 special sessions , 4 regular sessions of nevada legislature. in november 2008, horsford elected nevada senate majority leader.

in august 2011, horsford appointed senator mo denis lead caucus election efforts during 2012 election cycle, garnering criticism in party due denis s sub-par fundraising. of august 2012, senate democratic caucus had out-raised republican counterpart $228,128 $205,250.

in november 2009, horsford criticized illegally parked suv senate license plate visible in handicapped parking space @ park 6 hours. subsequently, horsford pledged work harder on disabled rights issues.

in summer of 2010, horsford again garnered unwanted media attention when fundraising letter pac soliciting donations in exchange private meals or receptions meet various democratic legislative leaders , senate committee chairs. following criticism letter amounted pay play . rescinded letter, discontinued solicitation program , refunded donations made in response letter.

on april 7, 2011 reported web poker giant pokerstars treated horsford on lobbyist-paid trip bahamas prior introducing legislation benefit online gaming industry. horsford said of trip, productive. made presentation. horsford received $37,500 in campaign contributions pokerstars. forty-eight nevada legislators accepted pokerstars campaign contributions. horsford (and others) later returned campaign contributions. reimbursed full cost of trip.

committee assignments

in recent session, served chair of senate finance committee , served on senate committee on revenue , senate committee on legislative operations , elections.