Richard L. "Tick" Segerblom (born August 4, 1948) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the

Clark County Commission The Clark County Commission is the governmental organization that governs and runs Clark County, Nevada, providing services to the unincorporated areas. Its offices are located at the Clark County Government Center in Downtown Las Vegas. The commi ...

from District E. First elected to 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 ...

to represent Assembly District 9 in 2006, he was elected to the

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in 2012 to represent Senate District 3.

Early life and education

Segerblom is a fourth-generation Nevada representative. His mother, Gene Segerblom, served in the Nevada Assembly from 1992 through 2000 and was a member of the

Boulder City, Nevada Boulder City is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is approximately southeast of Las Vegas. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population of Boulder City was 14,885. The city took its name from Boulder Canyon ( ...

City Council. His grandmother, Hazel Wines, served in the Nevada Assembly from 1934 to 1936, representing Humboldt County. Segerblom earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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and a

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from the

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at the

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Career

As a Clark County commissioner, Segerblom represents District E which includes a part of the City of Las Vegas in downtown as well as East Las Vegas. As a senator, Segerblom represented Senate District 3 which encompasses a portion of urban Clark County including portions of the City of

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, the historic Alta Drive, Spanish Oaks, Scotch 80s, and the Charleston Heights neighborhoods and portions of

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. Areas of interest include Lorenzi Park, the

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, the

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, the

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, the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital and the

World Market Center Las Vegas World Market Center Las Vegas, located at 495 Grand Central Parkway in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a showcase for the home and hospitality contract furnishings industry in downtown Las Vegas. It is the largest showroom complex in the world for the home ...

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including

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, the

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, the

Clark County Government Center The Clark County Government Center serves as the government center building for Clark County, Nevada. It is located in Downtown Las Vegas. The complex was designed by Fentress Bradburn and opened in 1995. It consists of a six-story county admin ...

, the

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, the

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Headquarters and the Las Vegas Medical District. Segerblom said that if no other Democrat ran for

governor of Nevada A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...

against incumbent Republican

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in the 2014 election, he would. In 2021, Segerblom ran to succeed the retiring William McCurdy II as chair of the

Nevada Democratic Party The Nevada State Democratic Party (NSDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Nevada. It has been chaired by Judith Whitmer since March 2021. It is currently the state's favored party, controlling all but one of Nevada's fo ...

, having previously served as chair from 1990 to 1994. In the March election, which was conducted virtually, he was defeated by Clark County Democratic Party chair

Judith Whitmer Judith K. Whitmer is an American political executive serving as the chair of the Nevada Democratic Party. Whitmer was elected on March 6, 2021 by members of the party's governing members, defeating Tick Segerblom in a 248-216 vote. She lost re-el ...

Personal life

Segerblom was given his nickname "Tick" from a bout of hiccups when he was a child.

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* 1948 births Living people 21st-century American politicians Clark County, Nevada commissioners Democratic Party members of the Nevada Assembly Democratic Party Nevada state senators People from Boulder City, Nevada Politicians from Carson City, Nevada Politicians from Las Vegas Pomona College alumni University of Denver alumni {{Nevada-politician-stub