Michael Craig Roberson is an American attorney and politician who served in the
Nevada Senate
The Nevada Senate is the upper house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature of U.S. state of Nevada, the lower house being the Nevada Assembly. It currently (2012–2021) consists of 21 members from single-member districts. In the pr ...
from 2010 until 2018, representing the
20th district. A
Republican
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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.
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, Roberson was Senate Majority Leader from 2014 until 2016, and Senate Minority Leader from 2013 to 2014 and again from 2016 to 2018. He is responsible for passing the largest tax increase in Nevada's history, the 2015 Commerce Tax.
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On August 21, 2017, Roberson announced that he will be running for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
The lieutenant governor of Nevada is a constitutional officer in the executive branch, executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Nevada. The lieutenant governor maintains an office in Carson City, Nevada at the Nevada State Capitol and i ...
; the incumbent, Mark Hutchison
Mark Alan Hutchison (born May 5, 1963) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 34th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada from 2015 to 2019. He was elected to the Nevada State Senate on November 6, 2012, to represent Senate District 6, ...
, announced that he would not be seeking a second term in the 2018 election. After winning the Republican nomination, Roberson lost in the general election to the Democratic candidate, Kate Marshall.
References
External links
Campaign websiteProject Vote Smart - Senator Michael Roberson(NV)
profile
*''Follow the Money'' - Michael Roberson
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1970 births
Living people
21st-century American politicians
Candidates in the 2018 United States elections
Republican Party Nevada state senators
People from Henderson, Nevada
People from Webb City, Missouri
Politicians from Carson City, Nevada
University of Kansas School of Law alumni
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