Selena Torres

American politician
Selena Torres
Member of the Nevada Assembly
from the 3rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
2019
Preceded byNelson Araujo
Personal details
Born1995 (age 28–29)[1]
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.[1]
Political partyDemocratic
OccupationHigh School Teacher[2]

Selena Torres is an American politician. She is a Democrat representing the 3rd district in the Nevada State Assembly.

Education

Torres holds an A.A. in Spanish from the College of Southern Nevada and a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Nevada at Reno.[1] She has an M.Ed. from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.[2]

Political career

In 2018, Torres ran for election to represent District 3 in the Nevada State Assembly, replacing Nelson Araujo, who was leaving the seat to run for Secretary of State.[3] She won with 66.5% of the vote.

Torres sits on the following Assembly committees:[2]

  • Education
  • Judiciary
  • Legislative Operations and Elections

Electoral record

2018 general election: Nevada State Assembly, District 3[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Selena Torres 10,138 66.5%
Republican Stephen Sedlmeyer 5,113 33.5%

References

  1. ^ a b c "Selena Torres' Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Assemblywoman Selena Torres". leg.state.nv.us. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ Herbets, Adam (20 February 2018). "22-year-old high school English teacher in Las Vegas runs for state Assembly". fox5vegas.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Selena Torres". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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Members of the Nevada State Assembly
82nd Legislature (2023)
Speaker of the Assembly
Steve Yeager (D)
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Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D)
Majority Leader
Sandra Jauregui (D)
Minority Leader
P. K. O'Neill (R)
  1. ▌Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D)
  2. ▌Heidi Kasama (R)
  3. ▌Selena Torres (D)
  4. ▌Richard McArthur (R)
  5. ▌Brittney Miller (D)
  6. ▌Shondra Summers-Armstrong (D)
  7. ▌Vacant
  8. ▌Duy Nguyen (D)
  9. ▌Steve Yeager (D)
  10. ▌Vacant
  11. ▌Bea Duran (D)
  12. ▌Max Carter (D)
  13. ▌Brian Hibbetts (R)
  14. ▌Erica Mosca (D)
  15. ▌Howard Watts III (D)
  16. ▌Cecelia González (D)
  17. ▌Clara Thomas (D)
  18. ▌Venicia Considine (D)
  19. ▌Toby Yurek (R)
  20. ▌David Orentlicher (D)
  21. ▌Elaine Marzola (D)
  22. ▌Melissa Hardy (R)
  23. ▌Danielle Gallant (R)
  24. ▌Sarah Peters (D)
  25. ▌Selena La Rue Hatch (D)
  26. ▌Rich DeLong (R)
  27. ▌Angie Taylor (D)
  28. ▌Reuben D'Silva (D)
  29. ▌Lesley Cohen (D)
  30. ▌Natha Anderson (D)
  31. ▌Jill Dickman (R)
  32. ▌Alexis Hansen (R)
  33. ▌Bert Gurr (R)
  34. ▌Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (D)
  35. ▌Michelle Gorelow (D)
  36. ▌Gregory Hafen II (R)
  37. ▌Shea Backus (D)
  38. ▌Gregory Koenig (R)
  39. ▌Ken Gray (R)
  40. ▌P. K. O'Neill (R)
  41. ▌Sandra Jauregui (D)
  42. ▌Tracy Brown-May (D)