James Settelmeyer
OfficeMinority Leader of the Nevada Senate
Term startNovember 7, 2018
Term endNovember 9, 2022
PredecessorMichael Roberson
SuccessorHeidi Gansert
State senate 1Nevada
District 117th
Term start 1November 3, 2010
Term end 1November 9, 2022
Predecessor 1Mark Amodei
Successor 1Robin L. Titus
State assembly 2Nevada
District 239th
Term start 2November 8, 2006
Term end 2November 3, 2010
Predecessor 2Lynn Hettrick
Successor 2Kite Kelly
Birth dateMarch 6, 1971 (age 55)
Birth placeCarson City, Nevada, U.S.
PartyRepublican
SpouseSherese (m. 2002; ended 2021)
EducationCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (BS)
Concord Law School (attended)

James Settelmeyer (born March 6, 1971) is an American politician, formerly serving in the Nevada Senate.[1] He represented Churchill, Douglas, Lyon County, and Storey County in Senate District 17.[2]

Early life and education

Settelmeyer was born in Carson City, a third generation Nevada rancher. His great-grandfather migrated to Gardnerville, Nevada in 1880 from Westphalia, Germany.[3]

Settelmeyer is an agriculturalist and was educated at the California Polytechnic State University. He also took law courses at Concord Law School, but did not earn a degree.[4]

Career

Settelmeyer was first elected in 2006, and his first session was in 2007 where he was placed on the Commerce and Labor, Governmental Affairs, and Election Procedures & Constitutional Amendments committees.[5] In the Interim James has been appointed to serve on the Senior and Veterans study committee.

Before being an elected representative he was the chairman of the Carson Valley Conservation District, as well as chairman of the Nevada State Conservation Commission.[6]

Settelmeyer was appointed Chairman of District Nine of the Office of the National Ombudsman, Small Business Administration in October 2008. District Nine includes California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and Guam.[7]

He was appointed as natural resources director by the governor.[8]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Dornan, Geoff (December 2, 2021). "Smith Valley's Titus running for Senate District 17". Nevada Appeal. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  2. ^ "Senator James A. Settelmeyer"
  3. ^ "Home". james4nevada.org[dead link]
  4. ^ "Meet Senator James Settelmeyer | James Settelmeyer - Republican Senator - District 17". www.james4nevada.org. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  5. ^ "Assembly standing committees seventy-fourth session, 2007 - permanent schedule of meetings". Archived 2013-07-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ http://dcnr.nv.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Supervisors1.pdf[dead link]
  7. ^ "Office of Ombudsman - Fairness Boards - Fairness Boards Board Members | SBA.gov". Archived from the original on 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  8. ^ "Environmentalists sue to oust Nevada conservation director". Reno Gazette Journal. Associated Press. February 14, 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-15.