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186 Ryndon Unit 12, Elko, Nevada 89801 - 775-397-6859
· Married, mother of four children, two of whom were homeschooled. Grandmother of nine.
· Native Nevadan born and raised in Sparks. Moved to Elko in 2005.
· Graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Child and Family Relations from Brigham Young University in 1976.
· Raises heritage turkeys, chickens and gardens.
· Named Conservative of the Year in Nevada for 2009.
· Citizen lobbyist at the Nevada Legislature 1971-2009 and for the past 18 years, a full-time lobbyist for Nevada Eagle Forum and the Independent American Party.
· Executive Director of the Independent American Party of Nevada.
· Founder, Publisher and Editor of the Nevada Families Voter Guide published every general election since 1988.
· Northern Nevada Director Nevadans for Sound Government (Axe the Tax) sponsoring referendum to repeal the $836 million tax increase and an initiative to prohibit government employees from serving in elected office 2004.
· State President of Nevada Eagle Forum.
· Constitutional Issues Chairman for national Eagle Forum.
· Organizational member of the Nevada Campaign to Defeat the USA PATRIOT ACT.
· Executive Director of the Nevada Committee for Full Statehood which is working to restore jurisdiction over Nevada’s lands to Nevada and implementing the principles of the Tenth Amendment.
· Initiative Petition Chairman for 16 of Nevada’s 17 Counties for the successful Coalition for the Protection of Marriage to keep marriage between and man and a woman, 2000.
· Independent American Party candidate 2004 for U.S. House of Representatives, 2006 Secretary of State, 2008 State Senate.
· 1996, 2004, 2008 National Ballot Access Coordinator of the Constitution Party, formerly the U.S. Taxpayers Party and served as National Treasurer and Western States Chairman.
· Instrumental in defeating the National Call for a New Constitutional Convention and the defeat of the related Conference of the States.
· State Chairman of the Choose Life Campaign 1990 to stop a ballot question, which locked abortion into the Nevada Constitution. First testified opposing abortion in the Nevada Legislature in 1971.
· Co-Chairman of the Choose Life Coalition, which has sponsored a full-page pro-life ad with 400 sponsors in the Nevada Gazette Journal for 25 years and organizer of the annual Choose Life Rally & Life Chain.
· Host of the radio talk show the Constitution and you during the 1987 Constitution Bicentennial.
· Pro-family elected delegate and Pro-family Caucus Chairman to the National Conference on Families in 1980 in Los Angeles.
· Chairman Pro-Family Coalition, which achieved a 68% victory, defeating the ERA on the Nevada statewide ballot in 1978.
· Nevada Chairman STOP E.R.A. 1974-1978.