Steven Horsford

Steven Horsford grew up in Las Vegas with an immigrant mother and later raised three children of his own. He lost his father to gun violence at nineteen, an experience he connects to his concern about community safety and opportunity for young people.¹

Before his federal career, he spent more than a decade leading the Culinary Training Academy, helping people prepare for the hospitality jobs central to Southern Nevada's economy. The program joined labor and business in training workers for careers with better pay and prospects.¹

Horsford won election to Nevada's Senate in 2004 and became its first Black majority leader.²¹ His work included clean energy legislation and recession era budget negotiations. He has also helped develop youth employment programs and food recovery partnerships serving families and seniors.¹ He first entered the House in 2013 and returned in 2019 after losing his first reelection bid.³

In Congress, his priorities include jobs, gun safety, family supports, veterans' benefits and reproductive choice.¹ Horsford faces Republican rancher and communications business owner Cody Whipple, whose campaign stresses lower costs, school choice, small businesses and public safety.⁴ Their Fourth District includes North Las Vegas neighborhoods and rural communities in central Nevada.⁵