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Reuben D'Silva
Reuben D'Silva
Member of the Nevada Assembly; from the 28th district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; November 9, 2022
Preceded by	Edgar Flores
Personal details
Born	1985 (age 39–40); Mumbai, India
Political party	Democratic
Other political; affiliations	Independent
Residence	North Las Vegas, Nevada
Education	Rancho High School
Alma mater	College of Southern Nevada (A.A.); University of Nevada at Las Vegas (B.A.); University of Pennsylvania (M.A.); Yale University (M.A.)
Occupation	High School History Teacher
Military service
Branch/service	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	2004–2008
Rank	Corporal
Battles/wars	Operation Iraqi Freedom
Awards	Purple Heart

Reuben D'Silva (born 1985) is an American politician serving as a member of the Nevada Assembly from the 28th district.^[1]

Political career

United States House of Representatives

Elections

2016

D'Silva ran as an Independent against Democratic incumbent Dina Titus and finished 3rd with 7.3% of the vote.

2018

He ran against Titus again in 2018, this time as Democrat, however he was comfortably defeated in the primary 79% to 21%.

Nevada State Assembly

Elections

2022

With Edgar Flores opting to run for the Nevada Senate rather than for re-election, D'Silva was one of four Democrats who ran to succeed him. He easily won the primary before winning the general election with a 2 to 1 margin over Republican Clint Brown.

Electoral history

Nevada State Assembly's 28th district, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reuben D'Silva	6,323	67.4
	Republican	Clint Brown	3,055	32.6
Total votes			9,378	100.0
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary for Nevada State Assembly's 28th district, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reuben D'Silva	1,252	64.6
	Democratic	Cindi Rivera	336	17.3
	Democratic	Aaron Bautista	230	11.9
	Democratic	Antonio Bowen	121	6.2
Total votes			1,939	100.0

Democratic primary for Nevada's 1st congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Titus (incumbent)	20,897	78.7
	Democratic	Reuben D'Silva	5,659	21.3
Total votes			26,556	100.0

Nevada's 1st congressional district election, 2016^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Titus (incumbent)	116,537	61.9
	Republican	Mary Perry	54,174	28.8
	Independent	Reuben D'Silva	13,897	7.3
	Independent American	Kamau Bakari	3,744	2.0
Total votes			188,352	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

^ "Assemblyman Reuben D'Silva". leg.state.nv.us. Nevada Assembly. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
^ "Silver State Election Night Results 2016". Nevada Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.