Michael Roberson

Michael Roberson
Minority Leader of the Nevada Senate
In office
November 9, 2016 – November 7, 2018
Preceded byAaron D. Ford
Succeeded byJames Settelmeyer
In office
February 4, 2013 – November 5, 2014
Preceded byMike McGinness
Succeeded byAaron D. Ford
Majority Leader of the Nevada Senate
In office
November 5, 2014 – November 9, 2016
Preceded byMo Denis
Succeeded byAaron D. Ford
Member of the Nevada Senate
from the 20th district
In office
December 8, 2011 – November 9, 2018
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKeith Pickard
Member of the Nevada Senate
from the 5th district
In office
November 3, 2010 – December 7, 2011
Serving with Shirley Breeden
Preceded byJoyce Woodhouse
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Michael Craig Roberson

(1970-06-20) June 20, 1970 (age 54)
Webb City, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Liberty Leavitt
(m. 2008)
EducationUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence (BA, JD)
WebsiteCampaign website

Michael Craig Roberson is an American attorney and politician who served in the Nevada Senate from 2010 until 2018, representing the 20th district. A Republican, Roberson was Senate Majority Leader from 2014 until 2016, and Senate Minority Leader from 2013 to 2014 and again from 2016 to 2018. He is responsible for passing the largest tax increase in Nevada's history, the 2015 Commerce Tax.[1]

On August 21, 2017, Roberson announced that he would run for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada; the incumbent, Mark Hutchison, announced that he would not be seeking a second term in the 2018 election. After winning the Republican nomination, Roberson lost in the general election to the Democratic candidate, Kate Marshall.