Name Elizabeth Halseth Education Corban University | Spouse Daniel Halseth Role Politician | |
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Residence Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area Similar Ira Hansen, Lori Lipman Brown, Pat Spearman | ||
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Elizabeth Halseth (born February 5, 1983) is an American politician. She was a Republican member of the Nevada Senate from November 2010 until February 2012. Halseth is the youngest woman in Nevada to ever have been elected to the Nevada Legislature.
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Personal life
Halseth was born in Oregon in 1983, where she was raised by her mother. She graduated from North Salem High School in Salem, Oregon in 2001. She moved to Nevada in 2006. She earned her psychology degree from Corban University in 2014.
In May 2012 after her February resignation from the Senate, Halseth appeared in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100" photo contest appearing in a bikini. Halseth did not win the "Hot 100" contest but was later profiled by Maxim in October 2012 with an additional photoshoot.
Halseth married Tiger Helgelien in 2014.
Career
Halseth began her political career by running for the Nevada Assembly. However, at the last minute, she decided to shift her campaign goals on the Nevada Senate. Her successful campaign has been called "unlikely." During the primary campaign, Halseth, the more conservative candidate, defeated Dennis Nolan. Halseth released a message left by Nolan on the voicemail of Jaime Anderson Lawes, previous wife of Gordon Lawes, and sister of a sixteen-year-old girl he (Lawes) was accused of raping. Gordon Lawes had been sentenced to a ten-year prison sentence, and Nolan left the message to say it would be "very financially beneficial" if Jaime would "tell the truth" about the rape. The release of this message has been blamed for the failure of Nolan's campaign, and cited as a contributing factor to Halseth's success. She then went on to defeat Benny Yerushalmi, her millionaire opponent in the general election. While a Senator, Halseth was a member of the Senate Revenue Committee, Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy Committee, and the Senate Transportation Committee.
On February 17, 2012, Halseth announced her resignation from office, attributing her decision to the difficulties of managing her senatorial responsibilities while being a single mother. In her resignation letter, she expressed intentions to seek employment outside of Nevada, citing challenges in securing local employment due to personal attacks from bloggers and partisans, the high unemployment rate in Nevada, and economic growth issues she associated with policies under President Barack Obama. Her decision to resign was also influenced by criticisms regarding her attendance at meetings and responsiveness to telephone calls. Her then-husband Daniel Halseth was later indicted on two felony counts: one of coercion and one of battery; he was also indicted on one misdemeanor count of open and gross lewdness.