Brian Sandoval

Brian Sandoval
17th President of the University of Nevada, Reno
Incumbent
Assumed office October 5, 2020
Preceded by	Marc Johnson
29th Governor of Nevada
In office January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019
Lieutenant	Brian Krolicki Mark Hutchison
Preceded by	Jim Gibbons
Succeeded by	Steve Sisolak
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office July 16, 2017 – July 21, 2018
Deputy	Steve Bullock
Preceded by	Terry McAuliffe
Succeeded by	Steve Bullock
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
In office October 26, 2005 – September 15, 2009
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Howard D. McKibben
Succeeded by	Gloria Navarro
30th Attorney General of Nevada
In office January 6, 2003 – October 26, 2005
Governor	Kenny Guinn
Preceded by	Frankie Sue Del Papa
Succeeded by	George Chanos
Chair of the Nevada Gaming Commission
In office April 28, 1999 – August 1, 2001
Appointed by	Kenny Guinn
Preceded by	Bill Curran
Succeeded by	Peter Bernhard
Member of the Nevada Gaming Commission
In office April 18, 1998 – August 1, 2001
Appointed by	Bob Miller
Preceded by	Deborah Griffin
Succeeded by	Peter Bernhard
Member of the Nevada Assembly from the 25th district
In office November 9, 1994 – April 18, 1998
Preceded by	Jim Gibbons
Succeeded by	Dawn Gibbons
Personal details
Born	Brian Edward Sandoval (1963-08-05) August 5, 1963 (age 61) Redding, California, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Kathleen Teipner ​ ​ (m. 1990; div. 2018)​ Lauralyn McCarthy ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	3 (with Teipner)
Education	University of Nevada, Reno (BA) Ohio State University (JD)
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Brian Edward Sandoval (/ˈsændəˌvɔːl/ SAN-də-vawl; born August 5, 1963) is an American politician, academic administrator, and former federal judge who served as the 29th Governor of Nevada from 2011 to 2019.^[1]

A graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, Sandoval began his political career in the early 1990s. In 1998 he was appointed to be a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission and later served as the commission's chairman from 1999 to 2001. A Republican, Sandoval ran and won the position of Nevada Attorney General and served from 2003 until 2005, when President George W. Bush nominated Sandoval to serve as judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Sandoval ran for governor in 2010. He defeated incumbent governor Jim Gibbons for the Republican nomination and later defeated Democratic nominee Rory Reid in the general election. He was re-elected in 2014, defeating Democrat Bob Goodman in the state's largest electoral landslide. Sandoval was barred by term limits from running for a third term in 2018. He was succeeded by Democrat Steve Sisolak.

Since October 2020, Sandoval has served as the 17th president of the University of Nevada, Reno.^[2]