Sue Wagner

Sue Ellen Wagner (born January 6, 1940 in Portland , Maine ) is an American politician . Between 1991 and 1995 she was lieutenant governor of the state of Nevada .

Career

Sue Ellen Pooler, her maiden name, grew up in Arizona in 1950 , where her parents moved to. Until 1962 she studied political science at the University of Arizona . This was followed by a history degree at Northwestern University in Illinois until 1963 . She was employed by the Ohio State University administration as Assistant Dean of Women in 1963 and 1964 . One of her tasks was to take care of the students' concerns. After returning to Arizona, she worked briefly as a newspaper reporter in Tucson . There she worked from 1965 to 1969 as a history teacher at Catalina High School . In 1969 she moved to Reno , Nevada with her husband Peter, whom she married in 1964, and their two children , where she embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1975 and 1980 she was a member of the Nevada Assembly ; from 1981 to 1989 she was a member of the State Senate , where she was temporarily chairman of the judicial committee. Above all, she worked to improve the situation of women and families. In September 1990 she was seriously injured in a plane crash. She was partially paralyzed. These violations stood in the way of possible federal candidacies.

In 1990, Wagner was elected lieutenant governor of Nevada alongside Bob Miller . She held this office between 1991 and 1995. She was Deputy Governor and Chairwoman of the State Senate. Despite her disability, she was able to exercise this office. In 1994 she decided not to run again. From 1997 to 2009 she was a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission , which deals with gambling in her state. In January 2014, she announced her resignation from the Republican Party, with which she had become increasingly dissatisfied. She has become too conservative for her and, in her opinion, is too close to the tea party movement .

Web links

• Sue Wagner at The Political Graveyard

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Huffington Post: Former Nevada Lt. Gov. Leaves Republican Party: It's Too 'Tea-Party Orientated' (January 29, 2014)