Ruben Jesus Kihuen Bernal is an American politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives for, serving from 2017 to 2019.
24 Facts About Ruben Kihuen
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Ruben Kihuen was Nevada's first Latino member of the US House of Representatives and Kihuen described himself as the first "Dreamer" elected to Congress.
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Ruben Kihuen refused to resign but did not run for reelection in 2018.
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Ruben Kihuen's family moved to the United States in 1988.
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Ruben Kihuen's grandfather was an immigrant to Mexico from Lebanon who married a native Mexican.
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Ruben Kihuen's father Armando Kihuen was a laborer in Orange County, California, before moving to Las Vegas in the 1990s and becoming a middle school science teacher.
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Ruben Kihuen graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a Bachelor of Science degree in education.
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In 2002, Ruben Kihuen became a deputy field director for the Nevada Democratic Party.
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Ruben Kihuen then served as regional representative to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
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Ruben Kihuen then worked as student recruiter and academic advisor for the College of Southern Nevada.
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Ruben Kihuen is a past member of the Clark County Community Development Advisory Committee and the North Las Vegas Citizen's Advisory Committee.
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Ruben Kihuen was first elected to the State Assembly in 2006, defeating incumbent Bob McCleary by a large margin in a 3-way primary.
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Ruben Kihuen served two terms before successfully running in 2010 to the Nevada State Senate after the incumbent was term-limited.
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In September 2011, Ruben Kihuen announced his intention to run to represent Nevada's 1st congressional district but withdrew a month before filing opened in February 2012, allowing former Representative Dina Titus to run without a contested primary.
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On March 28,2015, Ruben Kihuen announced he was running for Congress in, seeking to defeat first-term incumbent Republican Cresent Hardy.
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Ruben Kihuen defeated seven other candidates in the Democratic primary on June 14,2016.
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Ruben Kihuen spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, the only 2016 House recruit to do so.
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Ruben Kihuen was criticized early in the campaign for still residing in the 1st district rather than the 4th.
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Ruben Kihuen won the election by a vote of 128,680 to 118,220.
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Timeline of allegationsFebruary 6,2016: Ruben Kihuen follows finance director to her car, and tells her "You look really good, I'd like to take you out if you didn't work for me".
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Ruben Kihuen told Kihuen that she had a boyfriend and left.
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Chase then confronted Ruben Kihuen, who denied that anything had occurred.
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In November 2018, the House Ethics Committee formally sanctioned Ruben Kihuen, determining he "made persistent and unwanted advances towards women".
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On December 16,2017, Ruben Kihuen announced that he would not seek re-election in 2018 but later claimed he was reconsidering this decision, however he later backtracked and decided not to run again.