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REGION: North America
TOPIC: Politics
Online NewsHour
Vote 2006
A co-production of the NewsHour and local public TV and radio stations
IN THE NEWS
Race: Nevada Governor
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE KLVX
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
Dina Titus Jim Gibbons
Dina Titus Jim Gibbons
CURRENT PROFESSION CURRENT PROFESSION
State senator U.S. representative
LAST ELECTION RESULTS LAST ELECTION RESULTS
Won 64 percent of the vote against Paul Fairfield Won 67 percent of the vote against Angie Cochran in 2004
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
State senator since 1988 Nevada Assembly, 1989-93
COMMITTEES COMMITTEES
Finance, Government Affairs, Legislative Operations and Elections Armed Services, Committee on Homeland Security, Resources
PREVIOUS WORK PREVIOUS WORK
Professor Attorney, airline pilot
BORN BORN
May 23, 1950 in Thomasville, Ga. Dec. 16, 1944 in Sparks, Nev.
EDUCATION EDUCATION
B.A. from College of William and Mary, 1970; M.A. from University of Georgia; Ph.D. from Florida State University, 1976 B.S. from the University of Nevada-Reno, 1967; M.S. from the University of Nevada-Reno, 1973
FAMILY FAMILY
Married to Thomas Clayton Wright Married to Dawn Gibbons
CAMPAIGN WEB SITE CAMPAIGN WEB SITE
www.dinatitus.com www.gibbonsfornevada.com
OFFICIAL WEB SITE OFFICIAL WEB SITE
www.leg.state.nv.us www.house.gov/gibbons

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