Brian Sandoval

Brian Sandoval
17th President of the University of Nevada, Reno
Assumed office
October 5, 2020
Preceded byMarc Johnson
29th Governor of Nevada
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019
LieutenantBrian Krolicki
Mark Hutchison
Preceded byJim Gibbons
Succeeded bySteve Sisolak
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office
July 16, 2017 – July 21, 2018
DeputySteve Bullock
Preceded byTerry McAuliffe
Succeeded bySteve Bullock
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
In office
October 26, 2005 – September 15, 2009
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byHoward D. McKibben
Succeeded byGloria Navarro
30th Attorney General of Nevada
In office
January 6, 2003 – October 26, 2005
GovernorKenny Guinn
Preceded byFrankie Sue Del Papa
Succeeded byGeorge Chanos
Chair of the Nevada Gaming Commission
In office
April 28, 1999 – August 1, 2001
Appointed byKenny Guinn
Preceded byBill Curran
Succeeded byPeter Bernhard
Member of the Nevada Gaming Commission
In office
April 18, 1998 – August 1, 2001
Appointed byBob Miller
Preceded byDeborah Griffin
Succeeded byPeter Bernhard
Member of the Nevada Assembly
from the 25th district
In office
November 9, 1994 – April 18, 1998
Preceded byJim Gibbons
Succeeded byDawn Gibbons
Personal details
Born
Brian Edward Sandoval

(1963-08-05) August 5, 1963 (age 61)
Redding, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Kathleen Teipner
(m. 1990; div. 2018)
Lauralyn McCarthy
(m. 2018)
Children3 (with Teipner)
EducationUniversity of Nevada, Reno (BA)
Ohio State University (JD)
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Brian Edward Sandoval (/ˈsændəˌvɔːl/ SAN-də-vawl; 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.[1]

A graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, Sandoval began his political career in the early 1990s. In 1998 he was appointed to be a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission and later served as the commission's chairman from 1999 to 2001. A Republican, Sandoval ran and won the position of Nevada Attorney General and served from 2003 until 2005, when President George W. Bush nominated Sandoval to serve as judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Sandoval ran for governor in 2010. He defeated incumbent governor Jim Gibbons for the Republican nomination and later defeated Democratic nominee Rory Reid in the general election. He was re-elected in 2014, defeating Democrat Bob Goodman in the state's largest electoral landslide. Sandoval was barred by term limits from running for a third term in 2018. He was succeeded by Democrat Steve Sisolak.

Since October 2020, Sandoval has served as the 17th president of the University of Nevada, Reno.[2]

  1. ^ "Brian Sandoval Becomes Nevada's 29th Governor". Renotahoe.about.com. January 2, 2011. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  2. ^ Solis, Jacob (September 17, 2020). "Ex-Gov. Sandoval appointed by regents as next UNR president". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved September 18, 2020.