Teresa Benitez-Thompson
American politician from Nevada
Races
- 2026 · U.S. House, NV-02 · General · Democratic · on the ballot
- 2018 · State House / Assembly, NV District 27 · General · Democratic · won · 18,410 votes (100.0%) · source
Background
Teresa Francisca Benitez-Thompson is an American politician, social worker, and former Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly.
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First elected February 7, 2011 to represent District 27 in Washoe County, Benitez-Thompson served as Majority Leader of the Nevada Assembly during her tenure. She was crowned Miss Nevada 2002 and placed third runner-up at the Miss America 2003 pageant.
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Campaign finance
As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC
Website and social
Sources
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-19 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Benitez-Thompson
- Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16217188
- Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6NV02362/
- photo_action — https://electteresa.com/
- photo_full_body — https://electteresa.com/
- photo_curated — https://electteresa.com/
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