Chris Giunchigliani
Chris Giunchigliani | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Clark County Commission from the District E | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Myrna Williams |
| Member of the Nevada Assembly from the 9th district | |
| In office 1991–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Eileen Brookman |
| Succeeded by | Tick Segerblom |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 27, 1954 Lucca, Italy |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Gary Gray (m. 1987; died 2015) |
| Education | Avila University (BA) University of Nevada, Las Vegas (MEd) |
Christina R. Giunchigliani (/dʒʊŋˌkɪliˈɑːnɪ/;[1][2][3][4] born November 27, 1954), commonly known as Chris G., is an American politician of the Democratic Party serving as a Clark County Commissioner since 2007.[5]
Biography
Giunchigliani was born to American parents in Lucca, Italy. The oldest of six children (three girls and three boys), Giunchigliani grew up in Chicago.[6]
Giunchigliani attended Avila College in Kansas City, Missouri. She worked in retail, bartended and waitressed to pay her way through college, graduating in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in special education.[5]
After teaching special education in Shawnee Mission, Kansas for two years, she moved to Las Vegas, and worked her way to another degree, this time at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, earning a master's degree in education with special emphasis on the emotionally disturbed.[5]
Giunchigliani's husband, Gary Gray, died of complications from injuries sustained after a car accident caused by drifting across the center line and crashing his red Ford pickup truck head-on at a white Jeep on State Route 157 eastbound, just northwest of Las Vegas on April 9, 2015, at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMCSN) in Las Vegas, aged 69. He was airlifted to the trauma center and later pronounced dead. Gray and Giunchigliani had been married since June 20, 1987. They had no children.[citation needed]
Political career
She served as president of the Clark County Education Association from 1983 through 1987 and as president of the Nevada State Education Association from 1987 through 1991.[5]
From 1991 to 2006 she served in the Nevada Assembly. In 2006, she was elected to the Clark County Commission.[7] Tick Segerblom replaced her in the Nevada Assembly. In 2011, she ran for Mayor of Las Vegas and was defeated by Independent candidate Carolyn Goodman, the wife of former Mayor Oscar Goodman.[8]
Runs for higher office
2018
Giunchigliani is currently running for Governor in 2018.[9]
References
- ↑ juung-KIL-ee-AHN-ee
- ↑ Chris Giunchigliani profile Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ juung-KIL-ee-AHN-ee
- ↑ Chris Giunchigliani profile Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani". Co.clark.nv.us. Archived from the original on March 30, 2008. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
- ↑ Chris Giunchigliani Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Assemblywoman Christina R. Giunchigliani". Leg.state.nv.us. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
- ↑ 2011 Las Vegas Mayoral Race Coverage, Fox5Vegas.com; accessed July 8, 2017.
- ↑ https://knpr.org/dc-blog/we-will-come-back
External links
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Eileen Brookman |
Member of the Nevada Assembly 9th district 1991–2006 |
Succeeded by Tick Segerblom |
| Preceded by Myrna Williams |
Clark County Commission District E January 1, 2007 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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