Janine Hansen
What this job does: The Lieutenant Governor leads the state Senate and can break tie votes there. This person becomes Governor if the office is empty and acts as Governor when the Governor is out of state. The Lieutenant Governor also chairs the state Commission on Tourism. The term is 4 years.
- Occupation
- Citizen lobbyist
- Lives in
- Elko
Background
- Lives in Elko; born and raised in Sparks. source: janinehansen.com
- Full-time citizen lobbyist since 1991 for Nevada Families/Eagle Forum and the Independent American Party; former state chair of the Independent American Party of Nevada. source: janinehansen.com
- B.S. in Child and Family Relations, Brigham Young University, 1976. source: janinehansen.com
In their own words
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- Working to "defeat and rescind Article V Constitutional Convention applications." source: janinehansen.com
- Supports moving control of federal lands in Nevada to the state. source: janinehansen.com
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