Jacky roses

Jacky Rosen (2019)

Jacklyn "Jacky" Rosen (born August 2, 1957 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party . Since January 3, 2019, she has represented Nevada in the United States Senate as successor to Dean Heller . She had previously served in the US House of Representatives for Nevada's 3rd Congressional District from 2017 to 2019 .

Family, education and work

Jacky Rosen graduated from the University of Minnesota . She later worked for various companies in the computer and software industry as a programmer and designer.

Rosen is married and has one daughter. She lives in Henderson , Clark County . There she is also active in her Jewish community; Among other things, she was chairman of the reform community Ner Tamid .

Political career

In the November 2016 election , Rosen was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC against Republican candidate Danny Tarkanian in Nevada's 3rd Congressional constituency. On January 3, 2017, she succeeded Republican Joe Heck , who had unsuccessfully applied for a seat in the US Senate .

In June 2017, it was announced that Rosen intends to stand against Republican mandate holder Dean Heller in the 2018 United States Senate election in Nevada . This mandate was seen as one of the few promising opportunities for the Democrats to win a seat in the Senate election, which was unfavorably structured for them. On election day she won with 50.4 to 45.4 percent of the vote over Heller, who immediately admitted his defeat.

She took up her six-year mandate on January 3, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Jacky Rosen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Jacky Rosen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Biography Rosen at Vote Smart (English)
Jacky Rosen at Ballotpedia (English)
Megan Messerly: Jacky Rosen: From politically invisible to the center of a critical Senate race. In: The Nevada Independent , October 15, 2018 (English)

supporting documents

↑ Dan Merica, Eric Bradner, Jasmine Lee: Rep. Jacky Rosen to challenge Sen. Dean Heller in Nevada. In: CNN.com , June 20, 2017.
↑ Nevada Senate Election Results: Dean Heller vs. Jacky roses. In: The New York Times , November 7, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Roses, Jacky
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Roses, Jacklyn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American Republican Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd August 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois

[1] Dan Merica, Eric Bradner, Jasmine Lee: Rep. Jacky Rosen to challenge Sen. Dean Heller in Nevada. In: CNN.com , June 20, 2017.

[2] Nevada Senate Election Results: Dean Heller vs. Jacky roses. In: The New York Times , November 7, 2018.