Steven Horsford

Steven Horsford ( born April 29, 1973 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American politician. Since 2013 he represents the fourth electoral district of the state of Nevada in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Steven Horsford attended Clark High School in Las Vegas. He then studied at the University of Nevada in Reno Political Science and Communication Studies. However, he has still made ​​there is no conclusion. He was CEO of the Culinary Training Academy; He held this position until today. Between 2000 and 2004 he worked for the Southern Nevada Investment Board. This committee is working to increase the employment rate in southern Nevada. Politically closed Horsford at the Democratic Party. Between 2004 and 2012 he was a member of the Senate from Nevada. Since 2009, he led there, the democratic faction. He was also a member of three committees, including the Finance and Tax Committee. In 2008, he supported the successful presidential campaign of Barack Obama.

In the congressional elections of 2012 was Horsford in the newly refurbished fourth district of Nevada in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on January 3, 2013. In the election, he sat down with 50 percent of the vote against Republican Danny Tarkanian (42 percent) by.

Steven Horsford is married to the university professor Sonya Horsford, with whom he has three children.