Jacky Rosen

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Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen (born August 2, 1957) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nevada since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Nevada's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. Rosen holds the distinction of being the second woman to represent Nevada in the Senate, the third Jewish woman elected to the body, and the first former president of a synagogue to serve there.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, to a working-class family, Rosen was the first in her family to graduate from college, earning a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1979 and later an associate's degree in computing and information technology from what is now the College of Southern Nevada in 1985. Before entering politics, she worked as a computer programmer for major companies in southern Nevada, stepped away to care for aging relatives, and served as president of Congregation Ner Tamid, Nevada's largest Reform synagogue, where she led efforts to install a major solar array.

Rosen entered elective office by winning Nevada's 3rd congressional district in 2016, then successfully challenged Republican incumbent Dean Heller for the Senate seat in 2018—the only such Democratic victory against an incumbent that cycle—and was reelected in 2024. In the Senate, she has prioritized bipartisan legislation, ranking among the top 10 most bipartisan members in the 117th Congress with over 90% of her introduced bills co-sponsored across party lines; notable successes include the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Building Blocks of STEM Act. She serves on committees including Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, focusing on issues like infrastructure, technology, veterans' affairs, and Nevada's clean energy economy.

In brief

Jacky Rosen came to politics late by Washington standards. She had written code, raised a family in Henderson, and led Congregation Ner Tamid before anyone put her name on a ballot.

The first race was a House special in a swing district; the second was a Senate fight that national money treated as a prize. She has held the seat since, a Nevadan who still talks like someone who learned public life in a sanctuary basement.