Reuben D'Silva (born 1985) is an American politician serving as a member of the

Nevada Assembly The Nevada Assembly is the lower house of the Nevada Legislature, the 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 terms from single-member distri ...

from the 28th district.

Political career

United States House of Representatives

Elections

=2016

= D'Silva ran as an Independent against Democratic incumbent

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and finished 3rd with 7.3% of the vote.

=2018

= He ran against Titus again in 2018, this time as Democrat, however he was comfortably defeated in the primary 79% to 21%.

Nevada State Assembly

Elections

=2022

= With

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opting to run for the

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rather than for re-election, D'Silva was one of four Democrats who ran to succeed him. He easily won the primary before winning the general election with a 2 to 1 margin over Republican Clint Brown.

Electoral history

References

External links

Assemblyman Reuben D'Silva
official State Assembly website
Reuben D'Silva Democrat for Assembly District 28
Living people Naturalized citizens of the United States Democratic Party members of the Nevada Assembly Politicians from Las Vegas College of Southern Nevada alumni University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni 1985 births 21st-century members of the Nevada Legislature Candidates in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections {{Nevada-politician-stub