Brian Sandoval
29th Governor of Nevada
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2011
Lieutenant	Brian Krolicki
Preceded by	Jim Gibbons
Judge of the District Court for the District of Nevada
In office October 26, 2005 – September 15, 2009
Nominated by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Howard McKibben
Succeeded by	Gloria Navarro
30th Attorney General of Nevada
In office January 6, 2003 – October 26, 2005
Governor	Kenny Guinn
Preceded by	Frankie Sue Del Papa
Succeeded by	George Chanos
Chairman of the Gaming Commission of Nevada
In office April 28, 1999 – August 1, 2001
Nominated by	Kenny Guinn
Preceded by	Bill Curran
Succeeded by	Peter Bernhard
Member of the Gaming Commission of Nevada
In office April 23, 1998 – August 1, 2001
Nominated by	Bob Miller
Preceded by	Deborah Griffin
Succeeded by	Peter Bernhard
Member of the Nevada Assembly from the 25th district
In office January 3, 1994 – April 23, 1998
Preceded by	Jim Gibbons
Succeeded by	Dawn Gibbons
Personal details
Born	Brian Edward Sandoval (1963-08-05) August 5, 1963 (age 48) Redding, California, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Kathleen Teipner
Children	James Madeline Marisa
Residence	Governor's Mansion (2011–present)
Alma mater	Ohio State University University of Nevada, Reno
Profession	Judge Prosecutor
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Website	http://www.briansandoval.com

Brian Edward Sandoval (born August 5, 1963) is the 29th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada and a member of the Republican Party. Sandoval is a former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. In June 2010, Sandoval defeated his GOP challengers (including incumbent governor Jim Gibbons) to win the Republican nomination for the 2010 Gubernatorial election.

Prior to his service as a federal judge, he served as the Nevada Attorney General, the youngest chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission and a state legislator. Sandoval was also the first Hispanic candidate elected to statewide office in Nevada.^[1]

Early life, education, and law career[link]

Sandoval was born in Redding, California, and is a long-time resident of Reno. His family is of Hispanic ancestry with Mexican roots. ^[2] Sandoval graduated from Bishop Manogue High School in Reno in 1981, and attended the University of Nevada, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and earned a Bachelor's Degree in English and economics in 1986.^[3][4] He then went on to earn a law degree from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1989.^[4]

Following the completion of his law degree, Sandoval passed the Nevada and California bar exams on his first try and entered private practice with several Reno law firms.^[4] In 1999, Sandoval opened his own law firm in Reno.^[4]

Nevada Assembly[link]

Elections[link]

When incumbent Republican Jim Gibbons decided to retire to run for Governor of Nevada in 1994, Sandoval ran for the Reno-based 25th District of the Nevada Assembly. He won the open seat and won re-election in 1996. After he resigned from his seat in 1998, Gibbons' wife Dawn Gibbons, won the open seat.^[4]

Tenure[link]

Sandoval sponsored 14 bills that became law -- including bills that prevented felons from suing victims if they are injured committing a crime, increased the penalties for operating a boat under the influence, and allowed indigent defendants to perform community service to defray their legal costs.^[5][6]

Committee assignments[link]

Sandoval served on the Judiciary, Taxation and Natural Resources Committees. He also served on the Nevada Legislative Commission, the Advisory Commission on Sentencing, the Juvenile Justice Commission, the Advisory Council on Community Notification of Sex Offenders, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Oversight Committee.^[5]

Nevada Gaming Commission[link]

In 1998 Sandoval was appointed to serve as a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission, which oversees the state's gaming industry.^[5] The following year, at the age of 35, Sandoval became the youngest person ever to serve as chairman of the gaming commission.^[5][2] During his time on the commission, Sandoval fought national efforts to block gambling on college sports events, worked on regulations limiting neighborhood gaming and worked for regulations prohibiting slot machines with themes attractive to children.^[6]

Nevada Attorney General[link]

2002 election[link]

Sandoval announced his bid to succeed three-term Democrat Frankie Sue Del Papa -- who decided not to seek re-election -- as Nevada Attorney General on October 11, 2001.^[6] His primary major party opposition was Democratic attorney John Hunt from Las Vegas, who Sandoval defeated by a margin of 58.32% to 33.63% on November 5, 2002.^[4][7] Sandoval took office on January 6, 2003.^[8]

Tenure[link]

While Attorney General, Sandoval led the state's legal fight against the storage nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, developed Nevada's first Public Integrity Unit and sponsored legislation strengthening Nevada's laws against domestic violence, drug abuse and human trafficking.^[5][2]

As Attorney General, Sandoval was also the chairman and a member of several state boards and commissions, including the Nevada Boards of Pardons, Prisons, Transportation, and Examiners; the Cyber-Crime Task Force; the Committee on Domestic Violence, and the Prosecutorial Advisory Council.^[5][2] He was also the chairman and a member of several state boards and commissions, including the Nevada Boards of Pardons, Prisons, Transportation, and Examiners; the Nevada Cyber-Crime Task Force, and the Prosecutorial Advisory Council.^[5][2]

Federal district judge[link]

Nomination[link]

In the fall of 2004, Democratic Senator Harry Reid spoke with Sandoval about whether he was interested in serving as a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, and that December Reid recommended to President George W. Bush he nominate Sandoval to a future opening on that court.^[9][10] Sandoval was formally nominated by President George W. Bush on March 1, 2005, to the seat being vacated by Judge Howard D. McKibben.^[11]

On September 29, 2005, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing on Sandoval's nomination.^[12] On October 20, 2005, the Judiciary committee reported Sandoval's nomination out of committee on a voice vote.^[13] Sandoval was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 24, 2005, by a vote of 89-0 (with 11 Senators not voting).^[11][14] Sandoval then received his judicial commission on October 26, 2005.^[11]

Tenure[link]

Judge Sandoval announced his resignation as Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada on August 15, 2009, to become effective beginning September 15, 2009.^[15] On the same day as his resignation became official, Sandoval announced he was running for the Governorship.

Sandoval's chambers were in the Bruce R. Thompson Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse in Reno.^[2][16][17]

Governor of Nevada[link]

2010 election[link]

In the general election, Sandoval won 53%-41%,^[18] against Democrat Rory Reid, the Clark County Commissioner and son of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He won every county in the state, and all with a majority except Clark County (49%-47%).

Tenure[link]

Sandoval, as the state's 30th Governor, proposed a $5.8 billion 2011 budget without any new taxes. It could cause as many as 361 layoffs and 5% pay reductions for state workers. It also included a 5% cut in primary education and 7% cut in higher education.^[19] Sandoval is turning down his pay raise that would have increased his salary from $141,000 to $149,573 per year. He also has said he will take a 5% pay cut to coincide every other state worker.^[20][21]

He has appointed U.S. Congressman Dean Heller (R-Carson City) to become U.S. Senator, after the seat become vacant from the resignation of John Ensign.

Honors and awards[link]

Throughout his career, Sandoval has received several awards and certificates, including the Hispanics in Politics' 1996 "Broche de Oro Award"; the Anti-Defamation League's 2003 "Torch of Liberty Award;" the Nevada State Bar's 2004 "Access to Justice Public Lawyer Award;" The Latino Coalition's 2004 "Most Influential Hispanic in the U.S. Award" and the 2004 University of Nevada "Alumnus of the Year Award."^[5][22][23]

Personal life[link]

Sandoval and his wife Kathleen, program director for the Children's Cabinet in Reno, have three children.^[5][6]

Electoral history[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval official state site
• Brian Sandoval for Governor official campaign site
• Biography at the National Governors Association
• Biography, interest group ratings, public statements, vetoes and campaign finances at Project Vote Smart
• Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
• Issue positions and quotes at On the Issues
• Campaign contributions at FollowTheMoney.org
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Works by or about Brian Sandoval in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Brian Sandoval at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Brian Sandoval profile in United States District Court for the District of Nevada's State of the Court 2006 report
• Brian Sandoval '89: Nevada's First Hispanic U.S. District Judge

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James Beeland Rogers, Jr.
Born	(1942-10-19) October 19, 1942 (age 69) Baltimore, Maryland, USA[1]
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford Yale University
Occupation	Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc. Co-founder of the Quantum Fund
Website
www.jimrogers.com

James Beeland Rogers, Jr. (born October 19, 1942) is an American investor and author. He is currently based in Singapore. Rogers is the Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Fund with George Soros and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI).

Rogers is an outspoken proponent of the free market, but he does not consider himself a member of any school of thought. Rogers acknowledged, however, that his views best fit the label of Austrian School of economics.^[2][3]

Early life and education[link]

Rogers was born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in Demopolis, Alabama.^[1][4] He started in business at the age of five by selling peanuts and by picking up empty bottles that fans left behind at baseball games. He got his first job on Wall Street, at Dominick & Dominick, after graduating with a bachelor's degree in History from Yale University in 1964. Rogers then acquired a second BA degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Balliol College, Oxford University in 1966.

Business career[link]

1970-2002[link]

In 1970, Rogers joined Arnhold and S. Bleichroder. In 1973, Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros. During the following 10 years, the portfolio gained 4200% while the S&P advanced about 47%.^[5] The Quantum Fund was one of the first truly international funds.

In 1980, Rogers decided to "retire", and spent some of his time traveling on a motorcycle around the world. Since then, he has been a guest professor of finance at the Columbia Business School.^[6]

In 1989 and 1990, Rogers was the moderator of WCBS' The Dreyfus Roundtable and FNN's The Profit Motive with Jim Rogers. From 1990 to 1992, he traveled through China again, as well as around the world, on motorcycle, over 100,000 miles (160,000 km) across six continents, which was picked up in the Guinness Book of World Records. He tells of his adventures and worldwide investments in Investment Biker, a bestselling investment book.

In 1998, Rogers founded the Rogers International Commodity Index. In 2007, the index and its three sub-indices were linked to exchange-traded notes under the banner ELEMENTS. The notes track the total return of the indices as an accessible way to invest in the index. Rogers is an outspoken advocate of agriculture investments.

Between January 1, 1999 and January 5, 2002, Rogers did another Guinness World Record journey through 116 countries, covering 245,000 kilometers with his wife, Paige Parker, in a custom-made Mercedes. The trip began in Iceland, which was about to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Leif Eriksson's first trip to America. On January 5, 2002, they were back in New York City and their home on Riverside Drive. His route around the world can be viewed on his website, jimrogers.com. He wrote Adventure Capitalist following this around-the-world adventure. It is currently his bestselling book.

2002 to present[link]

On his return in 2002, Rogers became a regular guest on Fox News' Cavuto on Business and other financial TV shows.^[7] In 2002, Rogers said that Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's "reaction to the stock-market bubble has caused two more bubbles to grow: a real-estate bubble and a consumer-debt bubble."^[8] In 2006, Rogers said he was shorting US financials, home builders and Fannie Mae.^[9][10]

In 2005, Rogers wrote Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market. In this book, Rogers quotes a Financial Analysts Journal academic paper co-authored by Yale School of Management professor, Geert Rouwenhorst, entitled Facts and Fantasies about Commodity Futures. Rogers contends this paper shows that commodities investment is one of the best investments over time, which is a concept somewhat at odds with conventional investment thinking.

In December 2007, Rogers sold his mansion in New York City for about 16 million USD and moved to Singapore. Rogers claimed that he moved because now is a ground-breaking time for investment potential in Asian markets. Rogers's first daughter is now being tutored in Mandarin to prepare her for the future. He is quoted as saying: "If you were smart in 1807 you moved to London, if you were smart in 1907 you moved to New York City, and if you are smart in 2007 you move to Asia." In a CNBC interview with Maria Bartiromo broadcast on May 5, 2008, Rogers said that people in China are extremely motivated and driven, and he wants to be in that type of environment, so his daughters are motivated and driven. He also stated that this is how America and Europe used to be. He chose not to move to Chinese cities like Hong Kong or Shanghai due to the high levels of pollution causing potential health problems for his family; hence, he chose Singapore. He has also advocated investing in certain smaller Asian frontier markets such as Sri Lanka and Cambodia, and currently serves as an Advisor to Leopard Capital’s Leopard Sri Lanka Fund.^[11] However, he is not fully bullish on all Asian nations, as he remains skeptical of India's future - "India as we know it will not survive another 30 or 40 years".^[12] In 2008 Rogers endorsed Ron Paul for President of the United States.^[13]