Dina Titus

Dina Titus has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 3rd district of the State of Nevada, since 2009 (map).

Education
Titus says she will work to improve education by making early childhood education available to more people, fully fund No Child Left Behind, and make college less expensive by pushing for expanded student aid through direct lending rather than through banks.

Veterans
Titus says she supports fully funding the Veterans Administration so it can provide quality resources and support to veterans.

Economy
Titus supports increasing renewable energies as a method of stimulating the economy and creating jobs. She proposes focusing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on developing new electric transmission corridors dedicated to renewable power, expanding grant opportunities for existing and new research and technology programs, and extending the solar investment tax credit and the production tax credit for wind power for 10 years to increase investment in renewable energy plants.

Bio
Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus was a Nevada State Senator who represented Nevada's Clark County Senate District 7. First elected to the Nevada legislature in 1988, Titus was also a professor of Political Science at UNLV and the author of two books.

Titus won the Democratic nomination for the 2006 Nevada gubernatorial election, but was defeated by current Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons. 

2008 elections
Titus won the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.), and went on to defeat Porter in the November 2008 general election.

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Committees

 * House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Contact
DC Office: 319 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-3805 Phone: (202) 225-3252 Fax: (202) 225-2185 Web Email Website

District Office - Las Vegas: 8215 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 205 Las Vegas, NV 89123 Phone: (702) 387-4941 Fax: (702) 837-0728

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Portal:Superdelegate Transparency Project
 * Superdelegates in the 2008 presidential primaries
 * U.S. presidential election, 2008
 * U.S. presidential election, 2008/Congressional endorsements
 * Portal:2008 U.S. Congressional Elections

External resources
Dina Titus for Congress campaign website