Danny Tarkanian

Daniel George John Tarkanian (born December 18, 1961) is an American attorney, businessman and perennial candidate for elective office. A Republican, he has mounted unsuccessful campaigns for the Nevada Senate (2004), Nevada Secretary of State (2006), the United States Senate (2010, 2016 and 2018),and the United States House of Representatives (2012, 2016, 2018 and 2022). In 2020, Tarkanian finally won his first office, being elected to the Douglas County Commission. Tarkanian filed to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Dean Heller in the 2018 Republican primary, but later withdrew to run for the United States House of Representatives in Nevada's 3rd congressional district, winning the nomination and then losing the general election to Democrat Susie Lee. In 2020, Tarkanian was elected as a member of the County Commission for Douglas County, population 46,997. He defeated incumbent Commissioner Dave Nelson in the Republican primary election and was unopposed in the general election. Early life, education, and legal career Tarkanian was born in Redlands, California, the third of four children. He is the son of Jerry Tarkanian, a prominent University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) basketball coach, and Lois Tarkanian (née Huter), a Las Vegas City Councilwoman, educator of children with disabilities, administrator, and a co-founder for California's first private school for the deaf. Tarkanian grew up in three different California cities, (Riverside, Pasadena, and Huntington Beach) as his father progressed in his professional career.