Steve Yeager

Steven James Yeager (born October 13, 1978) is an American politician and attorney serving as the speaker of the Nevada Assembly since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Yeager has represented the 9th district since 2016. His district covers parts of the southwestern Las Vegas Valley. Early life and education Yeager was born on October 13, 1978, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. The second of three children, he was raised in Michigan and attended Bedford High School. His parents worked in department stores and divorced when Yeager was in junior high school. Yeager graduated from the University of Michigan in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in history and Spanish. He then attended Cornell Law School, graduating with a Juris Doctor in 2004. During college, he volunteered for the 2000 presidential campaign of Al Gore. Yeager attended and graduated from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Citizens' Police Academy in 2018 during his first term in the Nevada Assembly.