Dean Heller

Dean Heller

Dean A. Heller (born May 10, 1960) is the junior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Republican Party. Heller was appointed by Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval to a vacant seat created by the resignation of John Ensign. He was previously a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Nevada's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2011. Prior to that he served as Secretary of State of Nevada (1995–2007) and a member of the Nevada Assembly (1991–1995). He ran in the 2012 election for the United States Senate seat to which he was appointed, and was declared the winner on November 7, 2012. He will serve his full term, which will end in January 2019.

Read more about Dean Heller:  Early Life, Education, and Business Career, Early Political Career, U.S. House of Representatives, Personal Life, Electoral History

Famous quotes containing the words dean and/or heller:

    Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
    —William Dean Howells (1837–1920)

    He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.
    —Joseph Heller (b. 1923)