Greg Brower

Greg Brower
Nevada State Senate District 15
Incumbent
In office
2011 - Present
Term ends
November 9, 2016
Years in position	2
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$146.29/day
Elections and appointments
Next election	November 8, 2016
Appointed	January 2011
Term limits	3 terms (12 years)
Prior offices
Nevada State Assembly
1998 - 2002
Education
Associate's	University of California, Berkeley, 1986
J.D.	George Washington University, 1992
Military service
Service/branch	U.S. Navy
Personal
Birthday	02/08/1964
Place of birth	South Milwaukee, WI
Religion	Roman Catholic
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Greg Brower (b. February 8, 1964) is a Republican member of the Nevada State Senate, representing District 15 since his appointment in January 2011.

Brower works as an attorney at Jones Vargas.

Brower earned his JD from George Washington University in 1992. He also received his AB from the University of California, Berkely in 1986.

Issues

Campaign themes

2012

From Brower's website

Economic Development
I strongly support efforts to recruit quality businesses to Nevada with the goal of creating good-paying jobs and diversifying our economy.

Fiscal Responsibility
As a state legislator, I have consistently supported balanced budgets without new taxes.

Education Reform
Since my first term in the State Assembly, I have fought for meaningful reforms to our public education system, supporting merit pay for teachers, common-sense improvements to personnel policies, and increased autonomy and flexibility for our local school districts.

Consumer Protection
During the 2001 Legislative Session, I introduced the first "Do Not Call List" legislation in Nevada, aimed at stopping abusive telemarketing practices.

Immigration Enforcement
During the 2011 Legislative Session, I led the fight to require contractors to adopt the federal E-Verify system to ensure that all workers on state public works projects are legally eligible to work in the United States.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Brower served on the following committees:

Nevada Committee Assignments, 2013
• Judiciary
• Revenue and Economic Development

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Brower served on these committees:

Nevada Committee Assignments, 2011
• Education
• Health and Human Services

Elections

2012

See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2012

Brower won election in the 2012 election for Nevada State Senate, District 15. Brower ran unopposed in the June 12 primary election and defeated Sheila Leslie (D) in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Nevada State Senate, District 15, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Greg Brower Incumbent	50.2%	29,352
	Democratic	Sheila Leslie	49.8%	29,086
Total Votes				58,438

Redistricting

Due to redistricting, many Nevada districts saw dramatic shifts in their boundary lines. As a result, Brower's Washoe District 3 moved from a 3-point Democratic voter registration advantage to a 0.9-point lead towards Republicans. Because of the new Republican voter registration advantage in District 3, Republicans plan to make a strong move for the district in 2012. Brower announced on November 14, 2011 that he would seek re-election to District 3.

Issues

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Greg Brower endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

Scorecards

Nevada Policy Research Institute

See also: Nevada Policy Research Institute's Legislative Session Review & Report Card

The Nevada Policy Research Institute, a Nevada-based conservative-libertarian think tank, releases a "Legislative Report Card" evaluating members of the Nevada State Legislature on "each lawmaker's voting record on legislation impacting the degree of economic freedom and education reform." Bills determined by the Institute to be of greater significance are weighted accordingly. According to the Institute, "a legislator with a score above 50 is considered to be an ally of economic liberty".

2011

Bower received a score of 88.63% in the 2011 report card, ranking 2nd out of all 63 Nevada State Legislature members. Brower's score was tied with Michael Roberson. Senator Don Gustavson received a higher score of 89.1. Brower's score was followed by senators Elizabeth Halseth (88.15), and James Settelmeyer (87.68).

Personal

Brower and his wife, Loren, have two children.

Recent news

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Greg Brower News Feed

• Senate Passes Bill for Universal Background Checks on Guns - Carson Now
• Gun checks bill clears Senate - Nevada Appeal
• Denis: Democrats won't be able to raise Nevada taxes for education this session - Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Bills for election wagering, equity firm sports betting die in Nevada - SportingNews.com
• Sen. Roberson is close, but minority leader has yet to master the art of ... - Reno Gazette Journal (blog)
• Nevada Refuses to Let Private Equity Firms Bet on Sports - Pokerfuse
• Equity firm sports betting bill dies in Nevada - Businessweek
• Democrats cry uncle on taxes, accuse Republicans of obstruction - Las Vegas Sun
• Nev. Senate Republicans announce mining tax plan - Reno Gazette Journal
• Universal background checks on guns clears Senate - Danbury News Times

External links

Suggest a link

• Greg Brower's official Nevada State Senate website
• Campaign website
• Facebook page
• Twitter feed
• LinkedIn profile
• YouTube profile
• Project Vote Smart biographical profile
• Project Vote Smart legislative profile

References

Political offices
Preceded by Bill Raggio (R)	Nevada State Senate District 15 2011-present	Succeeded by N/A