Shelley Berkley (D)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Nevada (1)
- Birth Date: Jan. 20, 1951
- Occupation: Attorney
- Religion: Jewish
- Web site: http://berkleyforcongress.com/
Education
- University of Nevada, BA
- University of San Diego Law School, JD
Shelley Berkley was born in New York City and moved to Las Vegas with her family when she was 11.
She was student body president at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1972. She received a law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1976. While attending school in Las Vegas, she worked as a cocktail waitress and keno runner.
She was elected to the state assembly in 1982, served one term and lost in a 1984 bid for the state senate. She was appointed as a university regent in 1990 and was then elected to a two-year term. She ran in 1992 and won a full six-year term.
She was first elected to the U.S. House in 1998.
Divorced and remarried, she's the mother of two sons.
