Richard L. "Tick" Segerblom (born August 4, 1948) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the

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from District E. First elected to the

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to represent Assembly District 9 in 2006, he was elected to the

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in 2012 to represent Senate District 3.

Early life and education

Segerblom is a fourth-generation Nevada representative. He is the descendant of Mormon pioneers on his mother’s side. His mother, Gene Segerblom, served in the Nevada Assembly from 1992 through 2000 and was a member of the

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City Council. His grandmother, Hazel Wines, served in the Nevada Assembly from 1934 to 1936, representing Humboldt County. Segerblom earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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and a

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from the

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at the

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Career

As a Clark County commissioner, Segerblom represents District E which includes a part of the City of Las Vegas in downtown as well as East Las Vegas. As a senator, Segerblom represented Senate District 3 which encompasses a portion of urban Clark County including portions of the City of

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, the historic Alta Drive, Spanish Oaks, Scotch 80s, and the Charleston Heights neighborhoods and portions of

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. Areas of interest include Lorenzi Park, the Meadows Mall, the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, the College of Southern Nevada, the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital and the

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including

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, the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, the

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, the Las Vegas Premium Outlets North, the

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Headquarters and the Las Vegas Medical District. Segerblom said that if no other Democrat ran for

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against incumbent Republican

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in the 2014 election, he would. In 2021, Segerblom ran to succeed the retiring William McCurdy II as chair of the

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, having previously served as chair from 1990 to 1994. In the March election, which was conducted virtually, he was defeated by Clark County Democratic Party chair Judith Whitmer.

Personal life

Segerblom was given his nickname "Tick" from a bout of hiccups when he was a child.

References

External links

* 1948 births Living people Clark County, Nevada commissioners Democratic Party members of the Nevada Assembly Democratic Party Nevada state senators People from Boulder City, Nevada Politicians from Carson City, Nevada Politicians from Las Vegas Pomona College alumni University of Denver alumni 21st-century members of the Nevada Legislature {{Nevada-politician-stub