Stavros Anthony
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Anthony in 2013
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| 37th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2023 | |
| Governor | Joe Lombardo |
| Preceded by | Lisa Cano Burkhead |
| Mayor pro tempore of Las Vegas | |
| In office June 16, 2020 – December 7, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Michele Fiore |
| Succeeded by | Brian Knudsen |
| Member of the Las Vegas City Council from Ward 4 | |
| In office July 1, 2009 – December 7, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | David Steinman |
| Succeeded by | Francis Allen-Palenske |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1957-01-13) January 13, 1957 (age 67) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Wayne State University (BA) University of Nevada, Las Vegas (MA, PhD) |
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Stavros S. Anthony (Greek: Σταύρος Αντωνίου; born January 13, 1957)[1] is an American politician and retired law enforcement officer who is the 37th lieutenant governor of Nevada, since 2023. Anthony won the 2022 Nevada lieutenant governor election, defeating incumbent Democrat Lisa Cano Burkhead.[2][3] A member of the Republican Party, he served as Member of Las Vegas City Council from 2009 to December 2022.[4] He was appointed Mayor Pro Tem of Las Vegas by Mayor Carolyn Goodman, and served in that capacity from July 2011 to April 2015 and was re-appointed June 8, 2020.[5] Anthony unsuccessfully ran in the 2015 Las Vegas mayoral election.
Stavros Anthony was born on January 13, 1957.[6] He is a Greek-American whose parents came to the United States from Cyprus in the 1950s.[7]
He graduated with a bachelor of artsinCriminal Justice from Wayne State University in 1980. In 1987, Anthony graduated with a master of arts in Political Science from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. In 1999, he received his Ph.D.inSociology from University of Nevada Las Vegas. He has also attended the University of Louisville and the FBI National AcademyinQuantico, Virginia.[8]
Anthony is of Greek descent and grew up a member of the Greek Orthodox Church. Anthony was a past member and president of the Board of Directors for St. John Greek Orthodox Church at Las Vegas.[9] He has been married for 41 years. He also has two daughters who are both graduates of the University of Nevada, Reno.[10]
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▌Dahlstrom (R) ▌Fontes (D)1 ▌Rutledge (R) ▌Kounalakis (D) ▌Primavera (D) ▌Bysiewicz (D) ▌Hall-Long (D) ▌Nuñez (R) ▌Jones (R) ▌Luke (D) ▌Bedke (R) ▌Stratton (D) ▌Crouch (R) ▌Gregg (R) ▌Toland (D) ▌Coleman (D) ▌Nungesser (R) ▌Jackson (D)2 ▌A. Miller (D) ▌Driscoll (D) ▌Gilchrist (D) ▌Flanagan (DFL) ▌Hosemann (R) ▌Kehoe (R) ▌Juras (R) ▌Kelly (R) ▌Anthony (R) ▌Bradley (R)2 ▌Way (D) ▌Morales (D) ▌Delgado (D) ▌Robinson (R) ▌T. Miller (R) ▌Husted (R) ▌Pinnell (R) ▌Read (D)4 ▌Davis (D) ▌Matos (D) ▌Evette (R) ▌Rhoden (R) ▌McNally (R)2 ▌Patrick (R) ▌Henderson (R) ▌Zuckerman (P) ▌Sears (R) ▌Heck (D) ▌Blair (R)2 ▌Rodriguez (D) ▌Gray (R)1 Federal districts: ▌Mendelson (D)3 Territories: ▌Ale (D) ▌Tenorio (D) ▌Apatang (I) ▌Marrero (PNP)1 ▌Roach (D) | |
Italics indicate next-in-line of succession for states and territories without a directly elected lieutenant governor or whose lieutenant governor office is vacant:
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United States Senate: ▌Kamala Harris (D), ▌Patty Murray (D) | |
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▌Stevens (R) ▌Kounalakis (D), ▌McGuire (D) ▌Kouchi (D) ▌Harmon (D), ▌Cunningham (D) ▌Masterson (R) ▌Jackson (D) ▌Spilka (D), ▌Brownsberger (D) ▌Delgado (D), ▌Stewart-Cousins (D) ▌Alexander (R) ▌Rhoden (R), ▌Schoenbeck (R) ▌Patrick (R), ▌Schwertner (R) ▌Adams (R) ▌Driskill (R) Federal districts: ▌Mendelson (D)* Territories: ▌Terlaje (D)* ▌DeLeon Guerrero (D) ▌Dalmau (PPD), ▌González (PPD) ▌Francis (D)* | |
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