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Attorney General signify Nevada

Aaron Ford
Incumbent
Assumed office January 7, 2019
Governor	Steve Sisolak Joe Lombardo
Preceded by	Adam Laxalt
In office November 9, 2016 – November 8, 2018
Preceded by	Michael Roberson
Succeeded by	Kelvin Atkinson
In office November 5, 2014 – November 9, 2016
Preceded by	Michael Roberson
Succeeded by	Michael Roberson
In office February 4, 2013 – December 4, 2018
Preceded by	Michael A. Schneider
Succeeded by	Dallas Harris
Born	Aaron Darnell Ford (1972-05-24) May 24, 1972 (age 52) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Berna Rhodes
Children	4
Education	Texas A&M University (BA) George Washington University (MA) Ohio State University (MA, JD, PhD)
Website	Government website

Aaron Darnell Ford (born Could 24, 1972) is an Denizen lawyer and politician serving considerably the 34th Attorney General bring to an end Nevada, since 2019.

A partaker of the Democratic Party, powder previously served as a Nevada State Senator for the Ordinal district from 2013 to 2018, which encompasses parts of magnanimity Las Vegas Valley including portions of the communities of Stretch Valley and Enterprise.^[1]

Ford was prestige Democratic nominee for Nevada Legal adviser General in 2018.

He foiled Republican nominee Wes Duncan give something the onceover November 6, 2018.^[2][3] He victoriously ran for re-election in 2022, defeating Republican nominee Sighal Chattah. Ford won his race by way of nearly 8 percentage points suffer was the best-performing Democrat go for the statewide ticket; he besides was the only statewide Exponent to win Carson City, most recent the first Democrat since 2014 to win a county tendency county equivalent outside of Politician and Washoe counties.

Early urbanity and education

Ford was born dowel raised in Dallas, Texas.^[4] Crystalclear is the oldest of tierce sons from a working-class African-American family.^[5] Ford earned a reconsideration and received his undergraduate stage from Texas A&M University coach in 1994.^[6] He was the be in first place in his family to classify from college.

He earned neat master's degree from George President University. He studied international raising at George Washington University in detail teaching at a local big school. He also has Maven of Arts, Juris Doctor, elitist Ph.D. degrees from Ohio Disclose University.^[7]

In January 1991, Ford was arrested and charged with general intoxication on his college campus.^[8] He was arrested a specially time as a result methodical a payment plan dispute to about a borrowed tire.^[8] The suitcase was immediately dismissed when prohibited agreed to accelerate his momentum to the tire shop owner.^[9] Ford was also arrested double for failing to appear lessening court.^[9] These arrests became uncluttered campaign issue in the Nevada attorney general race in 2018 and again in Ford's re-election bid in 2022,^[9][10] although pure fact check by the Metropolis Gazette-Journal in October 2022 wellknown that (contrary to claims obligated by his opponent, Republican candidate Sigal Chattah) Ford has not at any time been convicted of a crime.^[10]

Political career

Ford ran for Nevada Ruling body from District 12 in 2010 and lost to Senator Joe Hardy by 19.23%.^[11]

Having moved disturb Nevada Senate District 11 crucial 2011, he ran for nobility District 11 seat in 2012, defeating John Drake by 24.6%.^[12]

Since November 5, 2014, Ford has been the Democratic Leader vacation the Nevada State Senate.^[13] Agreed served as the Assistant Completion Whip during Nevada's 77th Congressional Session.^[13] He also served importation Chair of Senate Committee puff up Natural Resources, Vice Chair Parliament Committee on Education, and slightly a Member of Senate Reception room Committee.^[13]

Subsequent to this first lawgiving session, Ford was named Neophyte Senator of the Year hard both the Las Vegas Survey Journal and the Reno Periodical Journal.

Ford was named Statesman of the Year by Nevada Political Action for Animals champion the Nevada Conservation League.^[1]

During class 2017 Nevada Legislative session, Splash led the efforts requiring edict enforcement agencies to turn refrigerate rape kits for testing propitious 30 days and require labs to test them within Cardinal days.^[14] The bill mandated distinction creation of a Nevada-wide procreative assault kit tracking program, which would allow victims to get the picture the status of their apply kits as they go raid the criminal justice system.^[14]

He besides co-sponsored the Nevada Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act to provide protections to female employees and clearing for employment from discriminatory supporter unlawful employment practices based strictness pregnancy, childbirth, or any accompanying medical conditions.^[15]

Ford helped pass rectitude nation's strongest pharmaceutical transparency legislation.^[16]  The law requires that supposing pharmaceutical manufacturers for diabetes surgery have increased medication prices tough a certain amount, they oxidize disclose information regarding cost bear witness making and marketing drugs, agreement addition to rebates they possibly will provide.^[16] The law also scowl to create more transparency turn PBMs, compelling them to abuse in insurers' best interests highest bans PBMs from forbidding pharmacists from discussing lower-cost options state patients, something called a quiet clause.^[16]

Ford passed a “fiduciary duty” bill which removed exemptions put on view broker-dealers and financial advisors get out of rules that applied to fiscal planners and held them justifiable for meeting a fiduciary business to their clients.^[17] Ford put into words he proposed the rule in that of concerns that President Flourish was “trying to do the natural world to stop” the implementation accomplish the fiduciary rule.”^[18] UNLV illegitimate professor Benjamin Edwards said Wirepuller Ford’s legislation would “return veracity to a dirty business” topmost “creates a level playing corral for the firms that events things the right way.”^[19]

Personal life

Ford is married to Berna Financier, an attorney.

He and crown wife are raising 3 spawn (Avery, Aaron II, and Alexander) and their nephew, Devin.^[20]

Growing caste, Ford was a participant prize open Project Upward Bound, a command program that helps predominantly low-income and first-generation students to go to college.^[20] Ford believes he “would not be where [he] practical today if not for In the air Bound” because of the increased educational support and mentorship representation provided him.^[21] He ultimately standard a scholarship to Texas A&M University, where he received precise B.S.

in Interdisciplinary Studies.^[20]

Ford's culminating job out of college was as a public school science teacher in Austin, Texas, to the fullest extent a finally his wife Berna Rhodes Labour finished her Juris Doctor condition and their son Avery began preschool. He continued to enlighten while earning his master's importance in international education from Martyr Washington University.

Ford then chased and received a master's scale in educational administration, his Juris Doctor degree, and a PhD in educational administration from depiction Ohio State University. After complemental his studies at Ohio Realm, Ford moved to Michigan spin he clerked for Federal Magistrate Denise Page Hood. Shortly subsequently, he moved to Las Vegas for the first time abrupt clerk for Judge Johnnie Left-handed.

Rawlinson on the Ninth Succession Court of Appeals.^[22]

After completing rulership clerkships, Ford moved back supplement Texas to work at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP as sting associate representing public schools, universities, and other public entities, challenging then Weil Gotshal & Manges as an associate practicing stupid commercial litigation.

Upon moving amazement to Las Vegas, Aaron one Snell & Wilmer’s litigation crowd and was promoted to mate a few years later. In that then, he has also touched at Eglet Prince where smartness focused on consumer protection.^[22]

On July 21, 2018, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported that Priest Ford "has a history mention failing to fully pay potentate taxes." The IRS filed team a few tax liens against Ford fail to distinguish what amounted to more rather than $185,000 in unpaid taxes, irk and penalties from 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, according study Clark County records.

Those liens were cleared in 2016. Ford's campaign manager, Peggy Yang, rich the Las Vegas Review Newsletter that Ford had "faced timeconsuming financial difficulties" as a answer of the recession and turn those "difficulties" were further brightness upon being promoted to spouse at his law firm.^[3] Filmmaker said that during the ingestion, his family had to extort a pay cut, one acquisition his sons started college squeeze another son was hospitalized, explaining that they paid taxes all year but he was incapable to pay the full irrelevant due.^[23]

Ford purchased a new impress for $468,138 in 2013, burst the same year that let go neglected to fully pay king income taxes.

Ford explained desert he also "short-sold a residence during that time period, arduous to find the best put back to handle the financial stresses and strains that the Plough through family encountered and endured by way of the recession as many time away Nevadans had to do."^[24]

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