Nelson Araujo (born October 24, 1987) is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the

Nevada Assembly The Nevada Assembly is the lower house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada, the upper house being the Nevada Senate. The body consists of 42 members, elected to two-year ...

Early life

Araujo was born in

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

in 1987. His parents were refugees from the

Salvadoran Civil War The Salvadoran Civil War ( es, guerra civil de El Salvador) was a twelve year period of civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition or ...

. He was raised by his mother, who worked as a housekeeper in a hotel. Araujo earned a B.A. and M.P.A. from the

University of Nevada, Las Vegas The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes the S ...

(UNLV).

Career

Araujo started working for Senator

Harry Reid Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...

in 2007. He subsequently worked for the United Way of Southern Nevada. Araujo has served as a member of the

since 2015. Araujo announced that he is seeking the office of Nevada Secretary of State in 2018. Araujo said in a statement he's running because he wants to ensure that Nevadans have a voting system "that protects the fundamental right of every eligible voter to have their vote counted, no matter who they are or what they believe." He very narrowly lost to incumbent

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

Barbara Cegavske by a margin of around 5,000 votes, or 0.56%.

References

External links

Campaign website
1987 births Living people 21st-century American politicians American politicians of Salvadoran descent Candidates in the 2018 United States elections Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Nevada Gay politicians LGBT state legislators in Nevada Democratic Party members of the Nevada Assembly Politicians from Carson City, Nevada Politicians from Las Vegas University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumni {{Nevada-politician-stub