Everything you need to know about ranked-choice voting in one spot. Click to learn more!

Becky Harris

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Becky Harris
Image of Becky Harris
Prior offices
Nevada State Senate District 9

Education

High school

Alta High School, 1986

Bachelor's

Brigham Young University, 1989

Graduate

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2000

Law

Brigham Young University, 1992

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Becky Harris is a former Republican member of the Nevada State Senate, representing District 9 from 2014 to 2018. Harris resigned from her seat after being appointed as chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board in January 2018.[1]

She was a 2012 Republican candidate for District 21 of the Nevada State Assembly. She was defeated by Andy Eisen (D) in the general election.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Nevada committee assignments, 2017
Education
Finance
Judiciary

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Harris served on the following committees:

Campaign themes

2014

Harris' campaign website highlighted the following issues:[2]

Education

  • Excerpt: "She supports ensuring that every student has the tools and resources needed to achieve their dreams. Becky supports expanding charter schools and school choice to give parents the right to send their children to good schools. As our state senator, Becky will lead the fight to reward good teachers with higher pay."

Jobs'

  • Excerpt: "Employers need to know that Nevada has a tax system that is fair. When some industries carry a heavy tax burden and others pay little, it is time for a change. Becky opposes the margins tax because it will place an undue burden on small businesses. She supports tax reform that fairly taxes the mining industry and keeps taxes low for small businesses."

Housing Crisis

  • Excerpt: "Becky supports legislation that requires banks to prove they actually own a home before foreclosing on it. She opposes allowing local governments to use the power of eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages. Becky believes we must continue to hold Wall Street banks accountable for their past actions, and ensure a fair and transparent process for home owners."

2012

Harris voiced support for a "stable business environment" and "diversity" in the economy, "[l]ong-term solutions" to the housing crisis, the Second Amendment, school choice, charter school, vouchers, and incentive-based pay for teachers. She opposes a gross receipts tax.[3]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2014

See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2014
BattlegroundRace.jpg

Elections for the Nevada State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014. Incumbent Justin Jones ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Becky Harris defeated Ron Quilang, Vick Gill and David Schoen in the Republican primary. Harris defeated Jones in the general election.[4][5][6][7]

The Nevada State Senate was a battleground chamber that Ballotpedia identified as having the opportunity to switch partisan control in 2014. The Nevada Senate had a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of one seat, which amounted to 9 percent of the seats up for election in 2014. District 9 in the Senate was identified by Ballotpedia and the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a battleground district that could have determined control of the Nevada State Senate. Incumbent Justin Jones lost his seat to attorney Becky Harris in the general election. Jones won election in 2012 by only 301 votes. In 2013, Jones angered many gun-rights conservatives during his first year in office, when he pushed for gun control legislation.[8]

Nevada State Senate District 9, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBecky Harris 55.2% 12,475
     Democratic Justin Jones Incumbent 44.8% 10,116
Total Votes 22,591
Nevada State Senate, District 9 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBecky Harris 50.3% 1,830
Vick Gill 39.9% 1,452
David Schoen 5.7% 206
Ron Quilang 4.2% 153
Total Votes 3,641

2012

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2012

Harris ran in the 2012 election for Nevada State Assembly, District 21. Harris defeated Jeffrey Jones and Swadeep Nigam in the June 12 primary election and was defeated by Andy Eisen (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10][11][12]

Nevada State Assembly, District 21, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAndy Eisen 50.1% 12,123
     Republican Becky Harris 46.9% 11,343
     Independent American Les McKay 3.1% 745
Total Votes 24,211
Nevada State Assembly, District 21 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBecky Harris 63.2% 1,341
Swadeep Nigam 21.5% 456
Jeffrey Jones 15.4% 326
Total Votes 2,123

Campaign finance summary


Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.


Becky Harris campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014Nevada State Senate, District 9Won $643,983 N/A**
2012Nevada State Assembly, District 21Lost $155,798 N/A**
Grand total$799,781 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Nevada

A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.

Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.

Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states.  To contribute to the list of Nevada scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.








2018

In 2018, the Nevada State Legislature did not hold a regular session.


2017


2016


2015





Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Becky + Harris + Nevada + Senate"

See also

External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Justin Jones (D)
Nevada State Senate District 9
2015–2018
Succeeded by
Melanie Scheible (D)


Current members of the Nevada State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Nicole Cannizzaro
Minority Leader:Robin Titus
Senators
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
Dina Neal (D)
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
Skip Daly (D)
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
Democratic Party (13)
Republican Party (8)