Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                

Mark Hutchison: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
 
(29 intermediate revisions by 21 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{short description|American politician}}
 
{{BLP sources|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
Line 10 ⟶ 12:
|successor = [[Kate Marshall]]
|state_senate1 = Nevada
|district1 = [[Nevada's Senate,6th DistrictSenate 6district|6th]]
|term_start1 = February 4, 2013
|term_end1 = December 1, 2014
Line 17 ⟶ 19:
|birth_name = Mark Alan Hutchison
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|5|5}}
|birth_place = [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], [[United States|U.S.]]US
|death_date =
|death_place =
Line 26 ⟶ 28:
|website = {{url|hutch4nevada.com|Campaign website}}
}}
'''Mark Alan Hutchison''' (born May 5, 1963) is an [[United States|American]] [[Attorney at law|attorney]] and [[politician]] who served as the 34th [[Lieutenantlieutenant Governorgovernor of Nevada]] from 2015 to 2019. He was elected to the Nevada State Senate on November 6, 2012, to represent [[Nevada Senate, District 6|Senate District 6]], which encompasses the Northwest part of the Las Vegas Valley, including portions of the communities of Summerlin, Desert Shores and Sun City. He is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. As a state senator, Hutchison served on the Senate Judiciary Committee, as well as the Commerce, Labor and Energy Committee.
 
Hutchison was sworn into office as Lieutenantlieutenant Governorgovernor on January 4, 2015, for a four-year term, which ended January 7, 2019. Hutchison ran for [[Lieutenant Governor of Nevada]] in the [[2014 Nevada elections, 2014|2014 election]] and defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Lucy Flores]]. Hutchison servesserved as a member of Governor Brian Sandoval's cabinet and iswas the Presidentpresident of the State Senate. He also servesserved as the Chairmanchairman of the Nevada Commission on Tourism, Vicevice-chairman of the Nevada Board of Transportation, a member of the Nevada Board of Economic Development, and a member of the Nevada Commission on Homeland Security and the Chairmanchairman of its subcommittee on Cyber Security.
 
Hutchison announced that he is not running for [[List of governors of Nevada|Nevada governor]] in [[2022 Nevada gubernatorial election|2022]] and became campaign chairman for [[Sheriff of Clark County|Clark County Sheriff]] [[Joe Lombardo]]'s gubernatorial campaign. In January 2022 [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] announced that he would be serving as church Virginia Richmond [[mission president]] instead beginning service in July 2022.<ref name='mp'>{{cite web |title=First Presidency Calls 164 New Mission Leaders to Begin Serving in 2022 |url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/first-presidency-calls-160-mission-presidents-to-begin-serving-in-2022 |publisher=[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] |access-date=8 January 2022 |date=7 January 2022}}</ref>
 
==Early and personal life==
Hutchison was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1963. He graduated from [[Bonanza High School]] (Las Vegas) in 1981, and then attended the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]], graduating in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Businessbusiness Administrationadministration, with high distinction ([[Phi Kappa Phi]]). Hutchison received his [[Juris Doctor]] degree in 1990 from Brigham Young University's [[J. Reuben Clark Law School]] ([[Magnamagna Cumcum Laudelaude]]) where he earned the high academic distinction of the [[Order of the Coif]] and served as Leadlead-Articlesarticles Editoreditor of the Lawlaw Reviewreview. Following law school, Hutchison clerked for [[Kenneth F. Ripple]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]] located in Chicago. After his clerkship, he practiced for the national law firm of [[Kirkland & Ellis]] in both Chicago and Los Angeles. Hutchison is currently licensed to practice law in Nevada and California. In addition, he is a member of several federal and state bars, including the U.S. Supreme Court Bar.
 
Hutchison lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his wife, Cary. They have six children (Whitney, Canton, Kelsey, Weston, Logan, and Sophie) and four grandchildren. He is an active member of [[Thethe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. In January, 2022 it was announced that he would be serving as Virginia Richmond [[mission president]] for this church beginning July, 2022.<ref name='mp'/>
 
==Law career==
Line 39 ⟶ 43:
 
==State Senate==
Hutchison was elected to a four-year term in the Nevada State Senate in 2012, representing District 6 in Las Vegas, Nevada, which encompasses the Northwest part of the Las Vegas Valley, including portions of the communities of Summerlin, Desert Shores and Sun City. During the 77th Session of the Nevada Legislative (2013), Hutchison served on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy Committee.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
 
In 2014, the ''[[Las Vegas Sun]]'' reported that Hutchinson failed to disclose a $15,000 all-expenses-paid trip to Israel in 2013, hosted by the [[American Israel Education Foundation]], the educational arm of the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]].<ref name="la2013jan28">{{cite web | title=Facing criticism, Lt. Gov. candidate Hutchison discloses all-expenses-paid Israel trip | website=Las Vegas Sun | date=28 January 2014 | url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2014/jan/28/facing-criticism-lt-gov-candidate-hutchison-disclo/ | access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref>
 
===77th regular session (2013)===
Line 47 ⟶ 53:
==Electoral history==
===State Senate (6th District)===
====2012====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
Line 57 ⟶ 63:
|}
 
===Lieutenant Governorgovernor===
{{Election box begin no change|title=Republican primary results, 2014}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
Line 126 ⟶ 132:
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
==External links==
Line 137 ⟶ 146:
{{s-ttl|title=[[Lieutenant Governor of Nevada]]|years=2015–2019}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Kate Marshall]]}}
|-
{{s-ppo}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Brian Krolicki]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee for [[Lieutenant Governor of Nevada]]|years=[[2014 Nevada elections|2014]]}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Michael Roberson]]}}
{{s-end}}
 
{{Lieutenant Governors of Nevada}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchison, Mark}}
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:20th-century American lawyers]]
[[Category:21st-century American lawyers]]
[[Category:21st-century American politicians]]
[[Category:Latter Day Saints from Nevada]]
[[Category:Lieutenant Governorsgovernors of Nevada]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:J. Reuben Clark Law School alumni]]
[[Category:People associated with Kirkland & Ellis alumni]]
[[Category:Nevada Republicanslawyers]]
[[Category:Republican Party Nevada state senators]]
[[Category:Politicians from Carson City, Nevada]]
[[Category:Politicians from Las Vegas]]
[[Category:University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumni]]