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Steven Horsford was elected to the Nevada State Senate in November 2004 where he represents Senatorial District Four. Senator Horsford has served in four special sessions and three regular sessions of the Nevada Legislature. Senator Horsford is co-chair of the Senate Finance Committee and also serves on the Senate Committee on Health & Education and the Senate Committee on Government Affairs. In addition, Senator Horsford is the Democratic National Committeeman for the State of Nevada and was intimately involved in securing Nevada’s role in hosting the second in the nation Presidential Caucus in 2008. In November of 2008, Senator Horsford was named Nevada Senate Majority Leader.
Outside of his legislative service, Senator Horsford is the Chief Executive Officer of the Culinary Training Academy (CTA). The CTA is a highly successful joint management and labor partnership between participating gaming companies and the Culinary and Bartenders Unions and prepares more than 3,500 students annually for positions in the hospitality industry. In this capacity, he has successfully managed a capital campaign of $10 million and was instrumental in the planning, design, and construction of the project – a 35,000 square foot state-of-the-art restaurant, hospitality and kitchen training and community banquet facilities which is housed on the campus of Nevada Partners.
Born and raised in Las Vegas, Senator Horsford has established deep
roots as a prominent member of the business and government community. He is a voluntary board member for the Las Vegas Urban League, Nevada Partners, Inc. and 100 Black Men of Las Vegas. He is also a graduate of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Las Vegas Class of 2002 and was selected as an Aspen
Institute Fellow and attended the internationally acclaimed Ideas
Festival in 2006.
Senator Horsford also serves on a number of national committees. He is currently a board member of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, a member of the Democratic National Committee's Change Commission, and a member of the DNC's Rules & Bylaws Committee.
In recognition of his service, Senator Horsford has earned numerous community honors and awards including: In Business Las Vegas’ “Top 40 under 40”, The Links, Inc. “Service to Youth” Award, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Community Service Award for Economic Empowerment, “Friend to Working Families” Award from the AFL-CIO, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce “Community Achievement” Award in Communications, KLAS-TV Channel 8 “Portrait of Pride”, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee Community Leader for “Distinguished Man of Southern Nevada”, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Leadership League Alumni Award; the Crystal Apple Award from the Clark County School District, among others.
Senator Horsford is married to Dr. Sonya Horsford and they have three children, Benjamin, Bryson and Ella.
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