James Settelmeyer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Settelmeyer
Minority Leader of the Nevada Senate
Assumed office
November 7, 2018
Preceded byMichael Roberson
Member of the Nevada Senate
from the 17th district
Assumed office
November 3, 2010
Preceded byMark Amodei
Member of the Nevada Assembly
from the 39th district
In office
November 8, 2006 – November 3, 2010
Preceded byLynn Hettrick
Succeeded byKite Kelly
Personal details
Born (1971-03-06) March 6, 1971 (age 50)
Carson City, Nevada, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Sherese Settelmeyer
EducationCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (BS)
Concord Law School

James Settelmeyer (born March 6, 1971) is an American politician, currently serving in the Nevada Senate. He represents Churchill, Douglas, Lyon County, and Storey County in Senate District 17.[1]

Early life and education[]

Settelmeyer was born in Carson City, a third generation Nevada rancher. His great-grandfather migrated to Gardnerville, Nevada in 1880 from Westphalia, Germany.[2]

Settelmeyer is an agriculturalist and was educated at the California Polytechnic State University. He also took law courses at Concord Law School, but did not earn a degree.[3]

Career[]

Settelmeyer was first elected in 2006, and his first session was in 2007 where he was placed on the Commerce and Labor, Governmental Affairs, and Election Procedures & Constitutional Amendments committees.[4] In the Interim James has been appointed to serve on the Senior and Veterans study committee.

Before being an elected representative he was the chairman of the Carson Valley Conservation District, as well as chairman of the Nevada State Conservation Commission.[5]

Settelmeyer was appointed Chairman of District Nine of the Office of the National Ombudsman, Small Business Administration in October 2008. District Nine includes California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and Guam.[6]

Personal life[]

Settelmeyer lives and works on his family ranch in Douglas County, Nevada. He is married to Sherese Settelmeyer and they have two daughters. His wife has received 3 DUI convictions. In 2017, Sherese avoided mandatory jail time when a lenient judge gave her alcoholism treatment.

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ "Senator James A. Settelmeyer".
  2. ^ http://www.james4nevada.org/
  3. ^ "Meet Senator James Settelmeyer | James Settelmeyer - Republican Senator - District 17". www.james4nevada.org. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  4. ^ http://leg.state.nv.us/Assembly/74th/2007%20Assembly%20Committees.pdf
  5. ^ http://dcnr.nv.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Supervisors1.pdf[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2012-11-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Nevada Senate
Preceded by Minority Leader of the Nevada Senate
2018–present 		Incumbent
Retrieved from ""