On November 7, 2006, Dean Heller was elected to the United States Congress as Nevada’s Representative for the Second Congressional District. Heller is only the third person to hold this seat since its creation.
Congressman Dean Heller has spent nearly two decades serving the people of Nevada. He served two terms in the State Assembly representing Carson City where he authored legislation making the public employees’ retirement system solvent. Heller provided leadership in his three terms as Nevada’s Secretary of State when Nevada became the first state in the country to implement an auditable paper trail to electronic voting machines.
Heller serves on the House Financial Services Committee, which oversees our country’s investment companies, banks, savings and loans, credit unions, insurance industry, and housing services. The Financial Services Committee is one of only four exclusive committees in the U.S. House of Representatives. Heller becomes the first Nevadan freshman congressman since 1995 to be appointed to an exclusive committee.
As a former member of the House Natural Resources Committee, Heller is still actively engaged in policies under this Committee’s jurisdiction. Issues such as mining, public land management and preventing wildfires still continue to be top priorities for Congressman Heller. Membership on this committee enabled Heller to foster a strong working relationship with committee members allowing him to move legislation through the committee.
Raised in Carson City, Dean Heller grew up with five brothers and sisters and graduated from Carson High School. In 1985 he received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California, specializing in finance and securities analysis, and worked as a stockbroker and as a broker/trader on the Pacific Stock Exchange prior to moving to Carson City with his wife Lynne.
Dean and Lynne have been married for more than twenty years and have raised their four children; Hilary, Harris, Drew, and Emmy in Carson City. The Congressman enjoys stockcar racing, basketball, golf, snowboarding, and attending his children's events.
