Jill Dickman is an American businesswoman and politician. She serves as a
Republican member of the
Nevada Assembly
The Nevada Assembly is the lower house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada, the upper house being the Nevada Senate. The body consists of 42 members, elected to two-year terms from single-member distri ...
and represented Assembly District 31.
Early life
Jill Dickman was born in
Hancock, Michigan
Hancock is a city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of Hancock was 4,501 at the 2020 United States census. The city is located within Houghton County, Michigan, Houghton County, and ...
.
Jill's grandparents emigrated from Russia, shortly after the Bolshevik revolution. The decided to move to America as they saw it as an opportunity to live a better life. They quickly became citizens, learned the language, and fell in love with their new home. Jill was born in upper Michigan to a family of Entrepreneurs. As she grew up she started working in the family business, of a clothing store. She quickly be the manager and later the owner of the company. She was educated at the L'Anse High School in
L'Anse, Michigan
L'Anse ( ) is a village and the county seat of Baraga County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,874 at the 2020 census. The village is located within L'Anse Township in the Upper Peninsula and partially inside the L'A ...
and attended the
Michigan Technological University
Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Uppe ...
in
Houghton, Michigan
Houghton (; ) is the largest city and county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Houghton is the largest city in the Copper Country region. It is the fifth-larges ...
.
Career
Dickman is a small business owner.
She served as a
Republican member of the
Nevada Assembly
The Nevada Assembly is the lower house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada, the upper house being the Nevada Senate. The body consists of 42 members, elected to two-year terms from single-member distri ...
.
She is a proponent of
campus carry on college and university campuses.
In May 2015, she voted in favor of giving taxpayer money to private schools.
She also voted for the tax increases proposed by Governor
Brian Sandoval
Brian Edward Sandoval ( ; 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.
A graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, Sandoval began ...
(which passed the House and Senate regardless).
Jill Dickman was defeated by
Skip Daly in the 2016 Election. Dickman ran again in the 2018 election, but was defeated by Daly again.
In 2020, Dickman defeated Daly.
Personal life
Dickman has a husband, Thomas.
They reside in
Sparks, Nevada
Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. It was founded in 1904, incorporated on March 15, 1905, and is located just east of Reno, Nevada, Reno. The 2020 U.S. Census counted 108,445 residents in the city. It is the List of citi ...
.
References
Living people
People from Hancock, Michigan
Michigan Technological University alumni
Businesspeople from Nevada
Republican Party members of the Nevada Assembly
Politicians from Sparks, Nevada
Women state legislators in Nevada
21st-century American women politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century members of the Nevada Legislature
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