Sen. Dina Titus

Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus

Office: Clark County Senate District 7 including metropolitan Las Vegas south of Sahara east of Interstate 15. District shared with Terry Care, D-Las Vegas

Party: Democrat

Legislative assignments: Senate Minority Leader, member of Finance and Government Affairs committees

Office: 2160

Legislative phone: (775) 684-6504

Home phone: (702) 798-8348

Office phone: (702) 895-3756

Address: 1637 Travois Circle

Las Vegas, NV 89119-6283

E-mail: dtitus@sen.state.nv.us

Legislative service: elected Senate 1989-2008, senate minority leader 1993-2008, Legislative Commission 1991-2004

Occupation: University of Nevada, Las Vegas political science professor

Born: May 23, 1950

Education: Doctorate degree from Florida State University in political science

Family: Husband, Thomas Clayton Wright

Hobbies/Special Interests: Traveling, tap dancing

Personal and professional achievements: Author of "Bombs in the Backyard: Atomic Testing and American Politics," and "Battle Born: Federal-State Relations in Nevada During the Twentieth Century," chairwoman Nevada Humanities Committee 1984-86, board of directors of Aquavision, Nevada Arts Advocate of the Year 1999, Resources Advisory Committee for the Mojave Southern Great Basin, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Spanos Outstanding Teacher at UNLV 1985, UNLV President's Medal 2002