Dean Heller

Dean Arthur Heller is the junior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Republican Party. Heller was appointed by Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval to a vacant seat created by the resignation of John Ensign. He was previously a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Nevadas 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2011. Prior to that he served as Secretary of State of Nevada and a member of the Nevada Assembly . He ran in the 2012 election for the United States Senate seat to which he was appointed, and was declared the winner on November 7, 2012. Heller is set to become the senior senator when Harry Reid retires in 2017.

Heller was born in Castro Valley, California, to Janet and Charles Alfred Jack Heller, a stock car driver. He is a longtime resident of Carson City, having moved there with his family at the age ofmonths. He graduated from Carson High School in 1978, and was accepted into the University of Southern California, he earned his bachelor of business administration, specializing in finance and securities analysis, from the USC Marshall School of Business in 1985. While a student at USC, Heller joined the Sigma Nu social fraternity.

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