Lauren Alex Scott is an American politician, civil rights activist and entrepreneur. In the June 2014 primary election, she won the

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nomination for the

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's 30th District, earning 58% of the vote. Scott received 46% of the vote in the November 2014 general election and lost the election to incumbent Democrat Michael Sprinkle.

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Governor

Brian Sandoval Brian Edward Sandoval (; born August 5, 1963) is an American politician, academic administrator, and former federal judge who served as the 29th Governor of Nevada from 2011 to 2019. A graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, Sandoval began ...

appointed Scott to the Nevada Equal Rights Commission (NERC) in 2012.

Politics

2012 campaign

In the 2012 Republican primary election for Nevada Assembly District 30, Scott received 21 percent of the vote in her bid for the seat vacated by Democrat Debbie Smith. By garnering 65 percent of the vote, Ken Lightfoot won the Republican nomination during that election, defeating Scott and Paul Maineri. In the general election, Ken Lightfoot lost the election with 43 percent to Michael Sprinkle's 57 percent.

2014 campaign

Scott lost the 2014 general election campaign to incumbent Democrat Michael Sprinkle. Scott won the Nevada Assembly District 30 primary election by receiving 58 percent of the vote, allowing her to advance and represent the Republican Party in November to challenge the current Democratic incumbent, State Assemblyman Michael Sprinkle. Adam Khan unsuccessfully ran against Scott in the primary, winning 42 percent of the vote. Nevada Governor

endorsed Scott, while Khan had received the endorsement of the Nevada Republican Assembly (NVRA).

2016 campaign

Scott announced that she would run again for the Nevada Assembly District 30 seat in 2016.

Civil rights activism

Scott founded Equality Nevada, Inc. in 2009 and served as the Executive Director from 2009 through 2015. Equality Nevada was organized to fight for LGBTQ equality in Nevada and it was voted one of the top grassroots organizations in Northern Nevada in 2009. Scott supported the repeal of the military "

Don't ask, don't tell "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service of non-heterosexual people, instituted during the Clinton administration. The policy was issued under Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 on Decemb ...

" policy in 2010. A ban on military service by openly gay and lesbian service members was ruled as a violation of the US Constitution in Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America in 2011. Lauren Scott Don't Ask, Don't Tell protest

Lauren Scott Don't Ask, Don't Tell protest

In the 2011 legislative session, Scott continued to work to advance civil rights in Nevada. By working with members of the

American Civil Liberties Union The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States". T ...

(ACLU), Nevada Women's Lobby and the

Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization. PLAN was founded in 1994 to bring together diverse and potentially competing organizations into one cohesive force for transformational change in Nev ...

(PLAN), she was able to help secure the passage of transgender inclusive civil rights legislation for the first time in Nevada. She has been recognized on the floor of both the Nevada Assembly and the Senate. Lauren_Scott-AB211-25_Mar_2011

During the 2013 Nevada legislative session Scott testified in support of SB139, a bill to add 'gender identity and expression' to the state hate crime statutes. The bill was signed by Governor Brian Sandoval on May 21, 2013.

Post transition life

After resigning her position as Electrical Design Manager at Plasma-Therm in 1998, Scott began her gender transition in 1999 while living in Clearwater, Florida. She co-founded a start-up company that produced high voltage power supplies, which was later acquired and rebranded as Gripping Power, Inc. in 2002. Scott was employed as an electrical systems engineer at Biodiesel Solutions in 2007. She was laid off when Biodiesel Solutions ceased operations in 2008. She has worked as a consultant, on business development and renewable energy issues since then. She founded and became the president and CEO of Alkcon Corporation in 2013.

Education

Scott graduated with honors from

St. Leo University Saint Leo University is a private Roman Catholic liberal arts university in St. Leo, Florida. It was established in 1889. The university is associated with the Holy Name Monastery, a Benedictine convent, and Saint Leo Abbey, a Benedictine monaste ...

with a

Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of business administration and usually including advanced ...

, with specializations in technology management and information systems, in 1994.

Military service

Scott enlisted in the

US Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Sig ...

in 1986 and worked as a firefighter until she received an honorable discharge in 1994."DD Form 214"
''US Department of Defense'', November 18, 2021.

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by Monica Roberts (November 5, 2014), ''TransGriot''
Nevada might get its first transgender legislator — and she’s Republican
by Whip Villarreal (July 5, 2014), ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''
Republicans Elect Their First Ever Transgender Candidate In Party Primary
by Jean Ann Esselink (June 13, 2014) ''The New Civil Rights Movement''

by Samantha Lachman (June 12, 2014) ''The Huffington Post''
US: Trans candidate wins Nevada Republican primary
by Nick Duffy (June 12, 2014) ''Pink News''
Nev.'s Scott Could Be Nation's First Transgender State Legislator
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