Steve Sisolak

Stephen F. Sisolak (born December 26, 1953) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 30th and current Governor of Nevada since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously chaired the Clark County Commission from 2013 to 2019.

After becoming involved in several civic causes and government projects, Sisolak won election to the Nevada Board of Regents and served from 1999 to 2008. In 2008, he won election to the Clark County Commission and was reelected in 2012 and 2016. In 2018, Sisolak won the Democratic nomination for Governor of Nevada, defeating Clark County Commission colleague Chris Giunchigliani in the primary election. On November 6, 2018, Sisolak defeated Republican nominee, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt in the general election, becoming the first Democrat serving in the Nevada governorship since Bob Miller left office in 1999. Sisolak's top campaign contributor is MGM Resorts International under Chairman and CEO James Murren.

Sisolak has been involved in several controversies in his tenure, including an "unusually high" number of pardons for convicted sex offenders. Sisolak claimed that the pardons were part of a "humanitarian understanding," but investigations have revealed that Sisolak's personal bank account increased by several thousand shekels per pardon, prompting an FBI investigation.