List of People From Nevada - Political Figures

Political Figures

• Mark E. Amodei – Member of the Nevada Senate from the Capital District
• Kathy Augustine, (1956–2006), Nevada State Controller from 1999 until her death
• Helen Delich Bentley – former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Alan Bible, (1909–1988) Democratic Senator from Nevada
• James Bilbray, Nevada's first district, U.S. House of Representatives
• Emmet D. Boyle, (1879–1926) 13th Governor of Nevada and first Nevadan born governor
• Berkeley L. Bunker, (1906–1999) U.S. senator from Nevada and member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Jim Gibbons, (1944–) 28th Governor of Nevada
• Morley Griswold, (1890–1951) served in the U.S. Army in World War I later became Lieutenant governor of Nevada, then later Governor of Nevada
• Dean Heller – U.S. Senator and former U.S. Congressman from Nevada's 2nd congressional district
• Velma Bronn Johnston, (1912–1977) animal rights activist
• Paul Laxalt – Republican Governor of Nevada and U.S. Senator from Nevada
• Myron E. Leavitt, (1930–2004) former Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
• Pat McCarran, (1876–1954) former United States Senator from Nevada, McCarran International Airport named after him
• Mike McGinness – Republican member of the Nevada Senate
• Pat Nixon, (1912–1993), First Lady of the United States (1969–1974)
• Harry Reid, (1939–), United States Senate Majority Leader (2005–)
• Willard Hughes Rollings, (1948–2008), Historian of Native Americans
• Jon Wellinghoff, (1949–), attorney, energy expert, and chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission