Dina Titus

Dina Titus is a political scientist specializing in nuclear politics, and a first-term member of the United States House of Representatives (Democrat) representing the 3rd Congressional District of Nevada. Her district is centered on the city of Las Vegas.

Prior to the House, she taught political science at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas for 30 years, and was in the State Legislature and Senate for 15, rising to Minority Leader.

Committee assignments

• House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
• House Education and Labor Committee
• House Homeland Security Committee

Congressional caucuses

• Regional Democratic Whip

Voting ratings

Organization	Rating	Date
AFL-CIO
American Civil Liberties Union
American Conservative Union
Americans for Democratic Action
Cato Institute
Christian Coalition
Human Rights Campaign
League of Conservation Voters
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NARAL
National Rifle Association
National Right to Life Committee
National Taxpayers Union
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Sources: Links to the voting ratings guides of the above organizations together with brief descriptive information on the organizations themselves, may be found at: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Interest_group/Catalogs

2008 Election

Candidate	Party	Vote total	Percentage
Dina Titus	Democrat	165,912	47.43%
Jon R. Porter	Republican	147,940	42.29%
Jeffrey C. Reeves	Independent	14,922	4.27%
Joseph P. Silvestri	Libertarian	10,164	2.91%
Floyd Fitzgibbons	IAP	6,937	1.98%
Bob Giaquinta	Green	3,937	1.13%

Source: Federal Election Results - final official tally

Education

• Undergraduate, College of William and Mary
• Master’s degree in political science, University of Georgia
• Doctorate in political science, Florida State University

References

• Representative Dina Titus - official Congressional web site