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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Allison Copening, Barbara Cegavske, Bernice Mathews, Bob Beers (politician), Bob Coffin, Charles H. Russell, Chic Hecht, Clarence Clifton Young, David Parks (politician), Dean Rhoads, Dennis Nolan (politician), Dina Titus, Elizabeth Halseth, Floyd Lamb, Frederick Augustus Tritle, George Williams Cassidy, Greg Brower, James Bilbray, James Settelmeyer, James Settlemeyer, Joe Hardy (politician), Joe Heck, John Jay Lee, Jon Porter, Joyce Woodhouse, Kathy Augustine, Lori Lipman Brown, Maggie Carlton, Mark Amodei, Mark Manendo, Maurice Washington, Michael A. Schneider, Michael Roberson, Mike McGinness, Randolph Townsend, Richard Bryan, Ruben Kihuen, Shirley Breeden, Steven Horsford, Sue Lowden, Sue Wagner, Terry John Care, Valerie Wiener, Warren Hardy, William Raggio. Excerpt: Jonathan Christopher "Jon" Porter (born May 16, 1955), an American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, the first representative elected from the new 3rd Congressional District of Nevada. He won re-election in the 2006 midterm election against Tessa Hafen by a 48%-47% margin. On November 4, 2008, after three consecutive terms, he was defeated by Nevada State Senator Dina Titus, a Democrat and professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Porter was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and graduated from Humboldt High School in Humboldt, Iowa. He attended Briar Cliff College and worked in his family business for several years before moving to Boulder City, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas, where he lives today. He began his political career in 1983 when he was elected to the Boulder City Council. That year he also became an agent for Farmers Insurance. Porter was elected mayor of Boulder City in 1987 and served in that capacity until 1991. He served in the Nevada Senate from 1994 until 2002. In December, 2005, he joined with several other congressmen to form the Second Amendments, a bipartisan rock and country band set to play for United States troops stationed overseas over the holiday season. 2000Porter lost the race for U.S. Congress in Nevada's 1st congressional district against Democratic incumbent Shelley Berkley. Berkley won 52% to 44%. 2002However, this immediately made him the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in the newly created 3rd District. The district had been created due to a population explosion in the Las Vegas area. Porter easily won the Republican nomination and faced Clark County Commissioner Dario Herrera. The race was considered one of the hottest in the nation, in part because the district had been created as a "fair fight" district. However, Herrera's campaign foundered due to ethical problems, most notably when he was paid $50,000 by the Las Vegas Housing Authority for "public relations work." Port
