Biography

Jim moved to Douglas County, Nevada from Mammoth Lakes, CA in 2001. He has been married to his wife, Theresa, for 27 years, and they live in Gardnerville, NV with their daughter, Sheri, 24 and son Steve, 22. Jim, Theresa, Sheri and Steve are all active members of the Douglas County Republican Central Committee.

Jim became very active in Nevada politics in 2007 at both the county and state levels. Although Jim initially supported Ron Paul in the 2008 election, once John McCain was the GOP nominee, Jim worked hard to see him elected, walking precincts, making phone calls and volunteering at McCain/Palin events throughout northern Nevada.

Jim kept his presidential preference private during the 2012 caucus and convention process due to his role as GOP Secretary in tabulating caucus results and assigning national delegate binding. Jim was elected as a presidential elector at the 2012 Nevada Republican Convention. Once it was apparent that Mitt Romney would be the nominee, Jim worked in both his home county as well as Washoe County, walking and driving precincts to turn out the GOP vote.

Jim was a member of the Committee to elect Jim Wheeler for Nevada Assembly in 2012, and had the great honor of nominating Mark Amodei as our candidate for Congress in the special election at the 2011 NRCC nominating meeting.

Jim chaired the nominations and elections committees for the November 2009 and May 2010 state party officer elections. Both elections were handled efficiently, fairly and transparently.

Jim asked the state party to form a legislative committee in late 2009, and during 2010 he kept Nevada Republicans informed of federal legislation, particularly universal healthcare. Jim tracked the swing votes in Congress and advised Nevada Republicans which members of Congress should receive calls opposing Obamacare.

Prior to the 2011 Nevada Legislative Session, Jim worked with the Carson City GOP Central Committee to form the Nevada Legislative Affairs Committee (NLAC). During the 2011 and 2013 Nevada Legislative Session, Jim followed key issues, and working with the NLAC and other conservative groups testified on key issues and lobbied for legislation aligned with the Republican Party platform.

As Nevada GOP Secretary, Jim has taken on additional duties due to lack of state party staff. Jim is responsible for updates to the state party website, as well as maintaining the state party email databases. Jim also assists with writing GOP press releases and other contacts, and is responsible for sending out all outbound communications. Jim transitioned notices of NRCC meetings from an ineffective system in place when he was elected to a modern contact system, which has greatly improved communication.

As Delegation Aide for Nevada to the 2012 GOP National Convention, Jim was responsible for organizing logistics for the national delegation and coordinating with the RNC and convention organizers. Following the roll call vote, Jim worked to coordinate relations between the delegation factions, insuring that all delegates had the opportunity to be on the convention floor. 

Jim has traveled and worked for the state party  at his own expense, and has never taken a travel reimbursement from the party.