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| 1955 births | |
| porter, jon | |
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| members of the united states house of representatives from nevada | |
| mayors of boulder city | |
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He was born in Fort Dodge , Iowa , attended Briar Cliff College , and worked in his family business before being elected to the Boulder City, Nevada , City Council in 1983 , and in the same year becoming an agent for Farmer's Insurance . He was elected Mayor of Boulder City in 1987 and served in that capacity until 1991 . Porter served in the Nevada State Senate from 1994 to 2002 , when he was elected to the House to represent Nevada's newly created Third District, that encompass roughly Las Vegas suburbs, a result of rapid growth in the southern part of the state. He is a member of the Transportation And Infrastructure Committee and the Committee On Education And The Workforce . He is the chairman of the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, which belongs to the full House Government Reform Committee . Porter is a member of the moderate/liberal Republican Main Street Partnership and supports Stem-Cell Research. In December , 2005, Porter joined with several other Congressmen to form the Second Amendments , a Bipartisan Rock and Country band set to play for United States troops stationed overseas over the Holiday season. He'll play Keyboards . EXTERNAL LINKS
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