Kathy Augustine
| Kathy Augustine | |
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| Nevada State Controller | |
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In office 1999–2006 |
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| Governor | Kenny Guinn |
| Preceded by | Darrell Daines |
| Succeeded by | Steve Martin |
| Member of the Nevada State Senate, 7th District | |
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In office 1994–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Lori Lipman Brown |
| Succeeded by | Terry John Care |
| Member of the Nevada Assembly | |
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In office 1992–1994 |
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| Preceded by | John L. Norton |
| Succeeded by | Genie Ohrenshall |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 29, 1956 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 11, 2006 (aged 50) Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
| Resting place |
Davis Memorial Park Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | California State University, Long Beach |
| Profession | Politician |
Davis Memorial Park
Kathy Marie Alfano Augustine (May 29, 1956 – July 11, 2006) was a U.S. Republican Party politician from Nevada. She served in the Nevada Assembly (1993–1995) and in the Nevada Senate (1995–1999). She was Nevada's first female State Controller, serving from 1999 until she was murdered in 2006.
Augustine was born as Kathy Marie Alfano in Los Angeles, California, and was an Italian-American. Her educational background included a bachelor's degree in political science from Occidental College, and a Master of Public Administration degree from California State University, Long Beach. While in college, she worked in Washington, D.C., as a Congressional intern. Prior to entering politics, she worked for Delta Air Lines as a flight scheduler for twelve years, and briefly as a flight attendant, based out of Las Vegas, Nevada, after 1988.
Following two short-lived marriages, both ending in divorce, one of which produced her daughter, Dallas, who died in August, 2012, she married Delta Air Lines pilot Charles Augustine. They were married for 17 years until his death from complications of a stroke on August 19, 2003. She had three stepchildren from her marriage to Augustine. Shortly after Charles Augustine's death, she married William Charles "Chaz" Higgs on September 19, 2003, a critical care nurse who had been involved in Charles Augustine's care.
From 1993 to 1995, she served one term in the Nevada Assembly. During the 1992 campaign, she was criticized for a campaign advertisement featuring a bad photograph of her African-American opponent (the same photograph, however, was used by her opponent in her own campaign literature). Above descriptions of the two candidates' positions on various issues was a caption reading "There is a real difference." She served in the Nevada Senate from 1995 to 1999. In the 1994 state senate election, she defeated incumbent Lori Lipman Brown, and once again drew controversy for a campaign advertisement in which she accused Lipman Brown of being against prayer and opposing the Pledge of Allegiance. In fact, Lipman Brown, who is ethnically Jewish (though an atheist theologically), declined to participate in a prayer led by a Christian minister, and the accusation regarding Lipman Brown's opposition to the pledge was false. In 1998, Augustine was elected as the state's first female State Controller, serving in that post until her death. In January 2004, White House officials advised her that she was a finalist to become Treasurer of the United States, however Anna Escobedo Cabral was subsequently nominated and confirmed as Treasurer.
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