John Ellison (politician)

John Ellison

Speaker pro tempore of the Nevada Assembly
Member of the Nevada Assembly from the 33rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office February 7, 2011
Preceded by	John Carpenter
Personal details
Born	1953 (age 62–63) Elko, Nevada
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Cindy Ellison
Residence	Elko, Nevada
Website	Campaign website

John Ellison^[1] (born in 1953 in Elko, Nevada) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Nevada Assembly since February 7, 2011 representing District 33.^[2]

Education

Ellison graduated from Elko High School.

2012 Ellison was unopposed for both the June 12, 2012 Republican Primary and the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 18,571 votes.^[3]
2010 When (Republican) Assemblyman John Carpenter retired from the Assembly because he was term limited and left the District 33 seat open, Ellison won the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary with 3,162 votes (66.04%),^[4] and won the three-way November 2, 2010 General election with 6,905 votes (51.25%) against Independent American candidate Janine Hansen and Democratic nominee Michael McFarlane.^[5]

Members of the Nevada State Assembly

78th Legislature (2015–2016) Speaker of the Assembly: John Hambrick (R) Speaker pro Tempore: John Ellison (R) Majority Leader: Paul Anderson (R) Minority Leader: Irene Bustamante Adams (D)

Vacant John Hambrick (R) Nelson Araujo (D) Michele Fiore (R) Vacant Harvey Munford (D) Dina Neal (D) John Moore (L) David M. Gardner (R) Shelly M. Shelton (R) Olivia Diaz (D) James Ohrenschall (D) Paul Anderson (R) Maggie Carlton (D) Elliot Anderson (D) Heidi Swank (D) Tyrone Thompson (D) Richard Carrillo (D) Chris Edwards (R) Ellen Spiegel (D) Derek Armstrong (R) Lynn Stewart (R) Melissa Woodbury (R) Amber Joiner (D) Vacant Randy Kirner (R) Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D) Edgar Flores (D) Stephen Silberkraus (R) Michael Sprinkle (D) Jill Dickman (R) Ira Hansen (R) John Ellison (R) Victoria Seaman (R) Brent A. Jones (R) James Oscarson (R) Glenn E. Trowbridge (R) Robin L. Titus (R) Jim Wheeler (R) Philip "P.K." O'Neill (R) Victoria A. Dooling (R) Irene Bustamante Adams (D)

Republican (22) Democratic (16) Libertarian (1) Nevada Legislature Nevada State Assembly Nevada State Senate

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/5/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.