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===List of female assemblywomen


Since statehood, there has been twenty-five women elected to the Nevada Senate and four have been appointed to fill a vacancy. nine out of the twenty-nine have been Republicans while twenty have been Democrats.

Senator Party Area Represented/District From To Length of Service (days) Entered the Senate via Notes
Frances Friedhoff Democrat Lyon County March 12, 1935 November 3, 1936 603 Appointed Appointed to fill vacancy caused the resignation of her husband, Senator George Friedhoff
Helen Herr Democrat Clark No. 3 November 9, 1966 November 2, 1976 3,647 Elected First woman elected to the Nevada Senate
Margie Foote Democrat Washoe No. 2 November 6, 1974 November 7, 1978 1463 Elected
Mary Gojack Democrat Washoe No. 1 November 6, 1974 November 7, 1978 1463 Elected Ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate against Paul Laxalt, 1980
Ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives against Barbara Vucanovich, 1982
Jean Ford Democrat Clark No. 3 November 8, 1978 November 2, 1982 1456 Elected Served in the Assembly as a Republican but elected to the Senate as a Democrat[1]
Sue Wagner Republican Washoe No. 3 November 5, 1980 November 6, 1990 3,653 Elected Ran successfully for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada became President of the Senate, 1990
Helen Foley Democrat Clark No. 3 November 3, 1982 November 4, 1986 1,463 Elected Elected two weeks after her 29th birthday
Ann O'Connell Republican Clark No. 5 November 7, 1984 November 2, 2004 7,301 Elected
Dina Titus Democrat Clark No. 7 November 9, 1988 November 4, 2008 7,301 Elected Unsuccessfully ran for Nevada Governor against Jim Gibbons, 2006
Successfully ran for Nevada's 3rd congressional district, 2008
Unsuccessfully ran for reelection to Nevada's 3rd congressional district, 2010
Successfully ran for Nevada's 1st congressional district, 2012
Peggy O'Neill Democrat Washoe No. 2 1989 November 6, 1990 -- Appointed Appointed to the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Don Mello
Served in the two-hour long 1989 Special Session only
Stephanie Tyler Republican Washoe No. 3 1990 November 3, 1992 -- Appointed Appointed to the vacancy caused by Sue Wagner's election to Lt. Governor
Served in the 1991 Regular Legislative Session
Diana Glomb Democrat Washoe No. 1 November 7, 1990 November 8, 1994 1,463 Elected
Lori Lipman Brown Democrat Clark No. 7 November 4, 1992 November 8, 1994 737 Special Election Elected to the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Nicholas Horn, 1992
Sue Lowden Republican Clark No. 3 November 4, 1992 November 5, 1996 1,463 Elected lost reelection to Valerie Wiener, 1996
Ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate to Sharron Angle, 2010
Kathy Augustine Republican Clark No. 7 November 9, 1994 November 3, 1998 1,456 Elected Successfully ran for Nevada State Controller in 1998
Bernice Mathews Democrat Washoe No. 1 November 9, 1994 November 2, 2010 5,838 Elected First woman of color elected to the Reno City Council, 1990
First woman of color elected to the Nevada Senate
Valerie Wiener Democrat Clark No. 3 November 6, 1996 November 6, 2012 5,845 Elected Reached 12 year term limit in the Senate, 2012
Maggie Carlton Democrat Clark No. 2 November 4, 1998 November 2, 2010 4,382 Elected Reached 12 year term limit in the Senate
Successfully ran for the Nevada Assembly
Christine Milburn Republican Clark No. 8 July 29, 2002 November 5, 2002 100 Appointed Appointed to serve in the Special Session at the resignation of Jon C. Porter who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Served in the three day 2002 Special Session
Barbara Cegavske Republican Clark No. 8 November 6, 2002 Present 8,008 Elected Ran unsuccessfully for the newly created 4th Congressional District in the Republican Primary, lost to Danny Tarkanian, 2012
Will reach her 12 year term limit in the Senate, 2014
Sandra Tiffany Republican Clark No. 5 November 6, 2002 November 7, 2006 1,463 Elected Lost reelection to Joyce Woodhouse
Joyce Woodhouse Democrat Clark No. 5 November 8, 2006
November 7, 2012
November 2, 2010
Present
1,456
4,354
Elected Lost reelection to Michael Roberson, 2010
Successfully ran in a newly created district, 2012
Shirley Breeden Democrat Clark No. 5 November 5, 2008 November 6, 2012 1,463 Elected Did not seek reelection
Allison Copening Democrat Clark No. 6 November 5, 2008 November 6, 2012 1,463 Elected Did not seek reelection
Elizabeth Halseth Republican Clark No. 9 November 3, 2010 February 17, 2012 472 Elected Resigned mid-term
Sheila Leslie Democrat Washoe No. 1 November 3, 2010 February 15, 2012 470 Elected Resigned to run for election in a different Senate District
Unsuccessfully ran against Greg Brower, 2012
Patricia Spearman Democrat District 1 November 7, 2012 Present 4,354 Elected First out lesbian elected to the Nevada Legislature
Debbie Smith Democrat District 13 November 7, 2012 Present 4,354 Elected Elected in 2012 to fill the unexpired term of Sheila Leslie, up for election in 2014


Women in the Assembly

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Senator Party Area Represented/District Legislative Term Notes
Sadie D. Hurst Republican Washoe County 1918-1920 (A) Introduced Assembly Joint and Concurrent Resolution No. 1 (1920) ratifying the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Presided as Speaker Pro Tempore on February 7, 1920 for the vote of the Resolution which passed twenty-six in favor, one opposed, and eleven absent[2].
Ruth Averill Republican Nye County 1920-1922 (A) Elected at age 23, youngest female elected to the Assembly
Third generation legislator
Daughter of Assemblyman Mark Averill
Granddaughter of Assemblyman Wales Averill [3]
Marguerite H. Gosse Republican Washoe 1922-1924 (A) [4]
Louise M. Hays Democrat Nye County 1922-1924 (A) Daughter of Assemblyman Robert Pohl[5]
Marguerita (Rita) D. Millar Democrat Mineral County 1922-1924 (A) [6]
Alice S. Towle Republican Churchill County 1922-1924 (A) [7]
Daisy Allen Democrat Churchill County 1924-1926 (A) Third generation legislator
Daughter of Assemblyman Lemuel Allen
Granddaughter of Assemblyman Cranston Allen[8]
Mary G. Rose Democrat Humboldt County 1924-1926 (A) [9]
Mary Sharp Democrat Nye County 1924-1926 (A) [10]
Maym Schweble Republican Nye County 1924-1926 (A) [11]
Florence B. Swasey Republican Nye County 1924-1926 (A) Married to Assemblyman Willard Smith [12]
Ethel B. McGuire Democrat Nye County 1926-1930 (A) First woman reelected to serve in the Legislature[13]
Lillie V. Pinger Republican Churchill County 1928-1930 (A) [14]
Neva Waters Republican Mineral County 1928-1930 (A) [15]
Glenn Edna Grier Democrat White Pine County 1934-1936 (A) [16]
Hazel Bell Wines Democrat Humboldt County 1934-1936 (A) Second generation legislator
Mother of Assemblywoman Gene Wines Segerblom
Grandmother of Sen. Tick Segerblom[17]
Lois Washburn (Deimel) Democrat Nye County 1936-1938 (A) [18]
Luella Drumm Democrat Churchill County 1938-1940 (A) [19]
Helen Dupont Williams Democrat Nye County 1940-1942 (A) [20]
Josie Alma Woods Republican Eureka County 1942-1946 (A) [21]
Edna J. Montrose (McKeough, later Puffer) Democrat Mineral County 1944-1946 (A) [22]
Martha C. Woolridge Republican Nye County 1945-1946 (A) Appointed to the vacancy caused by the resignation of Assemblyman Clyde R. Terrell[23]
Louise Aloys Smith Democrat Pershing County 1948-1952 (A) [24]
Pauline Olson (Norris) Democrat White Pine County 1950-1952 (A) [25]
Maude Frazier Democrat Clark County 1950-1962 (A) Appointed to fill the remainder of the term of Lieutenant Governor Rex Bell, 1962-1963
First female statewide officeholder[26]
Hazel B. Denton Democrat Lincoln County 1952-1956 (A) Mother of Civil Rights lawyer and Clark County Commissioner Ralph Denton[27]
Fronica E. Castle Republican Elko County 1954 (A) Appointed to the vacancy caused by the death of her husband Assemblyman Douglas Castle[28]
Mabel C. Isbell Republican Washoe County 1954-1958 (A) [29]
Helen Herr Democrat Clark County 1956-1960 (A)
1962-1966 (A)
First woman elected to the Nevada Senate [30]
Rita Collins Democrat White Pine County 1958 Appointed to the vacancy caused by the resignation of Assemblyman Lavern M. Hose[31]
Flora Dungan Democrat Clark County 1962-1964 (1A)
1966-1968 (A)
Sued the State of Nevada regarding disproportionate legislative districts
Served as a Regent for the Nevada System of Higher Education, 1972-1973 [32]
Jewel E. Parsons Democrat Esmeralda County 1964-1966 (A) [33]
Geraldine (Gerry) Tyson Democrat Clark County 1964-1970 (A) Appointed to the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Assemblyman L.E. (Ty) Tyson [34]
Mary Frazzini Republican Washoe County
Reno, North Tahoe, Verdi and Storey County
1964-1972 (A) former member of the Esmeralda County School Board and Reno City Council
Eileen B. Brookman Democrat Clark County 1966-1978 (A)
1986-1990 (A)
[35]
Margie Foote Democrat Sparks-Sun Valley-Roop County (A)
Washoe District No. 31 (A)
1966-1974 (A) [36]
Frances Hawkins Democrat Mineral County 1970-1972 (A) [37]
Juanita Greer White Republican Clark No. 1 (A) 1970-1972 (A) former Regent for the Nevada System of Higher Education
Earned a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in chemistry in 1929 [38]
Mary Gojack Democrat Washoe No. 23 1972-1974 (A) Ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate against Paul Laxalt, 1980
Ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives against Barbara Vucanovich, 1982 [39]
Jean Ford Democrat Clark No. 15 (A) 1972-1976 (A) Served in the Assembly as a Republican but elected to the Senate as a Democrat[40]
Sue Wagner Republican Washoe No. 25 (A) 1974-1980 (A) Successfully elected in 1990 to Lieutenant Governor of Nevada[41]
Karen W. Hayes Democrat Clark No. 13 (A) 1974-1982 (A) Married to Assemblyman Keith C. Hayes[42]
Nancy A. Gomes Democrat Washoe No. 24 1976-1978 (A) [43]
Peggy Burke Westall Democrat Washoe No. 31 1976-1982 (A) [44]
Marian I. Howard Republican District No. 34 1977-1978 (A) Appointed to the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Assemblyman Melvin Howard[45]
Peggy Cavnar Republican Clark No. 1 (A) 1978-1980 (A) Censured by the Nevada Assembly for questioning the integrity of her colleagues, 1979[46]
Ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives against Harry Reid, 1982 and 1984
Patricia Dillon Cafferata Republican Washoe No. 25 (A) 1980-1982 (A) Daughter of Nevada’s first Congresswoman, Barbara Vucanovich
First woman elected to be Nevada State Treasurer, 1983-1987[47]
Helen Foley Democrat Clark No. 9 (A) 1980-1982 (A) Elected at age 27
Part of the influential Southern Nevada Foley family that spans generations including a federal judges, district court judged, Clark County District Attorneys, a former State Senator, and a Las Vegas City Attorney[48]
Jane Ham Republican Clark No. 16 (A) 1980-1986 (A) [49]
Shelley Berkley Democrat Clark No. 13 (A) 1982-1984 (A) Regent for the Nevada System of Higher Education, 1990-1998
U.S. Representative, 1999-2012
Ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate against Dean Heller, 2012
Barbara A. Zimmer Republican Clark No. 8 (A) 1982-1986 (A) Ran unsuccessfully for Nevada Secretary of State against Frankie Sue Del Papa, 1986
Courtenay Swain Democrat Washoe No. 28 (A) 1982-1990 (A) [50]
Joan A. Lambert Republican Washoe No. 29 (A) 1984-1998 (A) Former member of the Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects, current member of the Nevada Tax Commission
Patricia L. Little Democrat Clark No. 19 (A) 1984-1986 (A)
1990-1992 (A)
Member of The John Birch Society, Eagle Forum, Citizens for Decent Literature [51], Business Manager for the Las Vegas Review Journal[52]
Gaylyn J. Spriggs Republican District No. 36 (A) 1984-1992 (A) former Project Director for the Nevada Taxpayers Association[53]
Myrna Williams Democrat Clark No. 10 (A) 1984-1994 (A) Ran successfully for the Clark County Commission, 1994-2007[54]
Jane Wisdom Democrat Clark No. 3 (A) 1986-1990 (A) Ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives against Barbara Vucanovich, 1990 [55]
Jan Evans Democrat Washoe No. 30 (A) 1986-2000 (A) Passed away April 24, 2000 during while in office[56]
Vivian L. Freeman Democrat Washoe No. 24 (A) 1986-2002 (A) [57]
Vonne Stout Chowning Democrat Clark No. 19 (A)
Clark No. 28
1988-1990 (A)
1992-2004
[58]
Renee Diamond Democrat Clark No. 42 (A) 1988-1990 (A) [59]
Saundra (Sandi) Krenzer Democrat Clark No. 3 (A)
Clark No. 19 (A)
1990-1992
1994-1998
[60]
Christina Giunchigliani Democrat Clark No. 9 (A) 1990-2006 (A) Ran successfully for the Clark County Commission, 2006 and 2010
Dawn Gibbons Republican Washoe No. 25 (A) 1991 (A)
1998-2004 (A)
Appointed to serve in the 1991 Regular Legislative Session while her husband Jim Gibbons was called to serve in the Persian Gulf War
Ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives to succeed her husband in the Republican Primary, 2006
First Lady of Nevada 2006-2010
Kathy Augustine Republican Clark No. 12 (A) 1992-1994 (A) First woman elected State Controller, 1999-2006
Impeached by the Assembly, Censured by the Senate for violating state ethics laws, remained in office 2004
While running for reelection, murdered by her husband with succinylcholine, 2006
Marcia de Braga Democrat District No. 35 (A) 1992-2002 (A) [61]
Erin Kenny Democrat Clark No. 4 (A) 1992-1994 (A) Ran successfully for the Clark County Commission, 1995-2003
Ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor against Loraine Hunt, 2002
During part of Operation G-Sting, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud, sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, 2007
Stephanie Smith Democrat Clark No. 20 (A) 1992-1994 (A) North Las Vegas City Councilwoman, 1997-2009
Ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of North Las Vegas in 2009[62]
Sandra Tiffany Republican Clark No. 21 (A) 1992-2002 (A) [63]
Deanna Braunlin Republican Clark No. 4 (A) 1994-1998 (A) [64]
Barbara Buckley Democrat Clark No. 8 (A) 1994 -2010 (A) First woman elected Speaker of the Nevada Assembly, 2009[65]
Maureen Brower Republican Clark No. 3 (A) 1994-1996 (A) [66]
Genie Ohrenschall Democrat Clark No. 12 (A) 1994-2006 (A) Mother of Assemblyman James Ohrenschall[67]
Jan Monaghan Republican Clark No. 1 (A) 1994-1996 (A) [68]
Jeannine Stroth Republican Clark No. 5 (A) 1994-1996 (A) Drafted legislation to license and regulate Nevada’s Prostitution industry, 1995[69]

Lost reelection in the Republican Primary against Barbara Cegavske, 1996[70]


Served as Lt. Gov. Lonnie Hammargre’s Legislative Coordinator, 1997-98[71]

Dianne Steel Republican Clark No. 16 (A) 1994-1996 (A) Resigned on February 20, 1996 to become Lt. Gov. Lonnie Hammargren’s Legislative Coordinator[72]


Ran successfully for Clark County District Court Judgeship, 1996-present "Judicial Biography: Cynthia Dianne Steel" (PDF) (Press release). Clark County Courts. October 29, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2013.

Patricia (Pat) Tripple Republican Washoe No. 32 (A) 1994-1996 (A) Earned a PhD in Home Economics from Columbia University, early 1950s
University of Nevada, Reno Professor and Dean of Home Economics until 1989
Lost reelection to current Nevada State Senator Don Gustavson [73]
Merle A. Berman Republican Clark No. 2 (A) 1996-2002 (A) In the 2001 Legislative Session, introduced a prescient online interactive gaming bill which was later [[Postpone indefinitely]|postponed indefinitely]] [74], untimely in the 2013 the Legislature passed a similar bill making Nevada first in the nation to license and regulate online interactive gaming [75]
Barbara Cegavske Republican Clark No. 5 (A) 1996-2002 (A) Ran unsuccessfully for the newly created 4th Congressional District in the Republican Primary, lost to Danny Tarkanian, 2012
Reached 12 year term limit in the Senate, 2014
Kathy Martin (Von Tobel) Republican Clark No. 20 (A) 1996-2002 (A) [76]
Ellen Koivisto Democrat Clark No. 14 (A) 1996-2010 (A) [77]
Sharron Angle Republican District No. 29 (A) 1998-2006 (A) Ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in the Republican Primary, 2006
Ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate against Senator Harry Reid, 2010
Sheila Leslie Democrat District No. 27 (A) 1998-2010 (A) Resigned to run for election in a different Senate District
Unsuccessfully ran against Greg Brower, 2012
Kathy McClain Democrat Clark No. 15 (A) 1998-2010 (A) [78]
Bonnie Parnell Democrat District No. 40 (A) 1998-2002 (A)
2004-2010 (A)
[79]
Debbie Smith Democrat District No. 30 (A) 2000-2002 (A)
2004-2012 (A)
Elected in 2012 to fill the unexpired term of Sheila Leslie, up for election in 2014
Peggy Pierce Democrat Clark No. 3 (A) 2002-2014 (A) Reached 12 year term limit in the Assembly [80]
Valerie E. Weber Republican Clark No. 5 (A) 2002-2008 (A) [81]
Marilyn Kirkpatrick Democrat Clark No. 1 (A) 2004-present (A) Second woman elected Speaker of the Nevada Assembly, 2013[82]
Francis Allen Republican Clark No. 4 (A) 2004-2008 (A) First Asian-American woman to serve in the Legislature [83]
Susan Gerhardt Democrat Clark No. 29 (A) 2004-2008 (A) [84]
Heidi Gansert Republican Washoe No. 25 (A) 2004-2010 (A) Named Chief of Staff for Governor Brian Sandoval, 2010-2012[85]
RoseMary Womack Democrat Clark No. 23 (A) 2006-2008 (A) [86]
Marilyn Dondero Loop Democrat Clark No. 5 (A) 2008-present (A) Daughter of the first woman elected to the Clark County Commission, Thalia Dondero[87][88]
Melissa Woodbury Republican Clark No. 23 (A) 2008-present (A) Daughter of Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
April Mastroluca Democrat Clark No. 29 (A) 2008-2012 (A) Resigned weeks after winning reelection, November 2012[89]
Teresa Benitez-Thompson Democrat Washoe No. 27 (A) 2010-present (A) [90]
Irene Bustamante Adams Democrat Clark No. 42 (A) 2010-present (A) [91]
Maggie Carlton Democrat Clark No. 14 (A)
2010-present (A)
Reached 12 year term limit in the Senate
Successfully ran for the Nevada Assembly
Olivia Diaz Democrat Clark No. 11 (A) 2010-present (A) [92]
Lucy Flores Democrat Clark No. 28 (A) 2010-present (A) [93]
Dina Neal Democrat Clark No. 7 (A) 2010-present (A) Second generation legislator, daughter of Senator Joe Neal[94]


First African-American Assemblywoman [95]

Michele Fiore Republican Clark No. 4 (A) 2012-present (A) [96]
Heidi Swank Democrat Clark No. 16 (A) 2012-present (A) [97]
Lesley E. Cohen Democrat Clark No. 29 (A) 2012-present (A) Appointed to the vacancy caused by the resignation of Assemblywoman April Mastroluca, December 2012[98]
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