James David Santini
| James David Santini | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada's At-Large district |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | David Towell |
| Succeeded by |
Harry Reid (1st District) Barbara Vucanovich (2nd District) |
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| Born |
August 13, 1937 Reno, Nevada |
| Died |
September 22, 2015 (aged 78) Rockville, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic, Republican (after 1986) |
| Profession | Attorney, Lobbyist |
James David Santini (August 13, 1937 – September 22, 2015) was a United States Representative from Nevada.
Born in Reno, Nevada, Santini graduated from Bishop Manogue High School in 1955 and attended the University of Nevada, Reno where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He earned his J.D. from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1962 and was admitted to the Nevada state bar in the same year, as well as California in 1963 and Arizona in 1966. He was in the United States Army from 1963 to 1966. Santini served consecutively as Clark County, Nevada deputy district attorney (1966-1968), Clark County public defender (1968-1970), Las Vegas justice of the peace (1970-1972) and as a district court judge of Clark County (1972-1974). He was also owner and a teacher of the Nevada Bar Review from 1969 to 1974.
Santini was elected to the U.S. House in 1974, easily unseating incumbent Republican David Towell. He served there from 1975 to 1983, as a Democrat representing the state's at-large district. In Congress, Santini compiled a moderate-to-conservative record and won reelection by overwhelming margins. Santini ran for United States Senate in 1982, but was narrowly defeated in the Democratic primary by incumbent Howard Cannon. Cannon then lost the general election to former state Senator Chic Hecht.
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