Jim Gibbons
Former Governor of Nevada (2007 to 2011)
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Gibbons has been a commercial airline pilot, a hydrologist, a mining and exploration geologist, a water-rights attorney, the Republican whip of Nevada's state assembly,vice commander of Nevada's Air National Guard, a U.S. congressman, and the governor of Nevada.
He also seems to be a scandal magnet. A Las Vegas cocktail waitress accused him of assault in 2006; no criminal charges have been filed but a civil suit is pending. A Wall Street Journal report said that Gibbons had taken a Caribbean cruise that was paid for by a friend whom Gibbons had helped get a federal contract; the Justice Department has cleared him. His 2008 divorce proceedings, in which he has been accused of three affairs (including with a former Playboy model),were messy and very public
- Career History: U.S. Representative (1996-2006);Nevada Assemblyman (1988-1994); Delta Airlines Pilot (1987-1996); Nevada Air National Guard (1975-1996)
- Birthday: December 16, 1944
- Hometown: Sparks, Nev.
- Alma Mater: University of Nevada, B.S. 1967, M.S. 1973; Southwestern University, J.D. 1979
- Spouse: Dawn (divorcing)
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