Jacky Rosen is a Democratic U.S. Senator from Nevada, serving since January 2019. Before her Senate service, she represented Nevada's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. In the Senate, she serves on the Armed Services Committee, Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Foreign Relations Committee, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. Her committee work includes assignments on subcommittees focused on cybersecurity, space and science, strategic forces, and counterterrorism.

Name

Jacky Rosen

Party

Democratic

State

Nevada

Committees

Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, Space and Science, Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Key Fact 1

Jacky Rosen was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018, defeating incumbent Republican Senator Dean Heller.

Key Fact 2

She served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2017 to 2019.

Key Fact 3

Prior to entering politics, Rosen worked as a software developer and later as president of a local synagogue in Henderson, Nevada.

Key Fact 4

She serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee with assignments to the Strategic Forces and Emerging Threats and Capabilities subcommittees.

Key Fact 5

Her Commerce Committee assignments include subcommittees on Aviation Safety, Communications and Broadband, and Cybersecurity.

Key Fact 6

On the Foreign Relations Committee, she serves on subcommittees addressing the Near East, South Asia, counterterrorism, and Western Hemisphere issues.

Key Fact 7

She is a member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee.

Key Fact 8

Rosen is the first former synagogue president to serve in the United States Congress.

Data from Congress.gov