Lauren Scott files for Republican candidate for Nevada's Assembly District 30

KRNV-TV
updated 3/13/2012 6:27:46 PM ET

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RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) - Northern Nevada business consultant and community activist Lauren Scott has filed to run as a Republican candidate for Nevada's Assembly District 30.

Scott works as a consultant to government and private industry, focusing on business development and renewable energy issues. Lauren is also the executive director of Equality Nevada and is a leading advocate for civil rights issues in Nevada.

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Scott was as an active-duty member of the US Air Force for nearly seven years. She served three years in Nevada at the Tonopah Test Range as a military firefighter in support of F-117A Stealth Fighter operations. She was awarded two Achievement Medals and a Commendation Medal for her service during Operation Desert Storm. She received an honorable discharge in 1994.

By working with the Nevada legislature for over three years to successfully pass groundbreaking legislation, Lauren says she has gained a detailed understanding of the legislative process in Nevada. She has been recognized on the floor of both the Assembly and the Senate. If elected, Lauren would be the country's first openly transgender person to serve as a state legislator.

In political discussions on these boards, I have contended that real progress for the trans-community is going to come from the Republican Party.  It was that way with slavery.  It was that way with womens' suffrage.  It was that way with the civil rights movement.