Currently in her eighth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Dina Titus is the dean of Nevada’s congressional delegation. As a professor, Rep. Titus taught American and Nevada government classes from 1979 through 2011 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where she has professor emeritus status. She is an accomplished non-fiction writer known for her expertise in the history and policies related to nuclear power, weaponry, and waste.
Rep. Titus was elected to the Nevada State Senate in 1988 and served as the Democratic Minority Leader from 1993 to 2008, the first woman of either party in either house of the Nevada legislature to serve in that leadership role. She was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2008. Rep. Titus and her husband UNLV Professor Emeritus Thomas C. Wright, a Latin American historian, have been married for over 40 years and live in Las Vegas.
“Throughout my career, I have been a champion for trans rights and have fought against attacks – both in the United States and abroad – to silence their voices. I am proud to have received the endorsement of the Christopher Street Project and will continue to fight alongside them in the face of continued hateful attacks by Trump’s Republican Party. These attacks are being made solely for political gain and are aimed at people simply seeking to live their lives and express their true selves.”
