Heidi Swank | |
State Assembly: | Nevada |
District: | 16th |
Term Start: | February 4, 2013 |
Term End: | November 4, 2020 |
Predecessor: | John Oceguera |
Successor: | Cecelia González |
Birth Place: | Prescott, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Residence: | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Alma Mater: | Hamline University Northwestern University |
Heidi Ann Swank (born 1968 in Prescott, Wisconsin) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly, who represented 16th district from February 4, 2013, to November 4, 2020.
Swank graduated from Prescott High School[1] and earned her BA from Hamline University. She earned her MA and Ph.D. from Northwestern University.[2]
When Democratic Assemblyman John Oceguera ran for the United States House of Representatives and left the District 16 seat open, Swank won the three-way June 12, 2012 Democratic primary and won the November 6, 2012 general election with 9,649 votes (71.43%) against Republican nominee Ben Boarman.[3]