Michael Roberson | |
Office: | Minority Leader of the Nevada Senate |
Term Start: | November 9, 2016 |
Term End: | November 7, 2018 |
Predecessor: | Aaron D. Ford |
Successor: | James Settelmeyer |
Term Start1: | February 4, 2013 |
Term End1: | November 5, 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Mike McGinness |
Successor1: | Aaron D. Ford |
Office2: | Majority Leader of the Nevada Senate |
Term Start2: | November 5, 2014 |
Term End2: | November 9, 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Mo Denis |
Successor2: | Aaron D. Ford |
State Senate3: | Nevada |
District3: | 20th |
Term Start3: | December 8, 2011 |
Term End3: | November 9, 2018 |
Predecessor3: | Constituency established |
Successor3: | Keith Pickard |
State Senate4: | Nevada |
District4: | 5th |
Alongside4: | Shirley Breeden |
Term Start4: | November 3, 2010 |
Term End4: | December 7, 2011 |
Predecessor4: | Joyce Woodhouse |
Successor4: | Constituency abolished |
Birth Name: | Michael Craig Roberson |
Birth Date: | 20 June 1970 |
Birth Place: | Webb City, Missouri, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
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.
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