Cresent Hardy

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Cresent Hardy
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Nevada's Template:Ushr district
In office
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Preceded bySteven Horsford
Succeeded byRuben Kihuen
Member of the Nevada Assembly
In office
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Preceded byJoe Hardy
Succeeded byChris Edwards
Constituency20th district (2010–2012)
19th district (2012–2014)
Personal details
BornCresent Leo Hardy
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Mesquite, Nevada, U.S.
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PartyRepublican
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Children4
EducationUtah Tech University (BA)

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Cresent Leo Hardy (born June 23, 1957) is an American politician and businessman who served as the U.S. representative for Template:Ushr from 2015 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Nevada Assembly from 2010 to 2014.[1][2]

Hardy unseated one-term Democratic incumbent Steven Horsford in 2014, then lost his own bid for re-election in the 2016 general election to Democratic challenger Ruben Kihuen. Kihuen then retired after one term due to sexual misconduct allegations, so Hardy ran for his old seat in 2018, losing to Horsford in a rematch. Hardy later ran unsuccessfully for Nevada's 1st congressional district in the 2022 election.[3]

Early life and education

Hardy graduated from Virgin Valley High School and Dixie State College.

Business career

Since leaving college, Hardy has pursued a career in business. He is a partial owner of properties in Alaska and Utah as well as in and around Mesquite, Nevada. Prior to entering Congress, he was a partner in a construction company.[4] He was also one of several owners of Mesquite's Falcon Ridge Golf Course, which he personally designed.[5]

Hardy began his career in government by serving as the public works director in Mesquite, Nevada.[6][7] He then became a member of the Virgin Valley Water District and a member of the Mesquite City Council.[8] He was elected to the Nevada State Assembly in 2010.[9]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2014

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Hardy ran as a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Template:Ushr, held by Steven Horsford of the Democratic Party, in the 2014 election.[10] Hardy defeated Horsford 48.5% to 45.7%.[11]

Hardy held "a number of community meetings" after being elected. He said "the two issues he heard about most often...were jobs and health care," and these would become his priorities in office.[12]

2016

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Hardy ran for re-election in 2016. Hardy faced two challengers in the Republican primary in June 2016, winning 77.44% of the vote.[13][14] In the general election, he faced Democratic state senator Ruben Kihuen. Kihuen defeated Hardy with 48.5% of the vote. While Hardy carried six of the district's seven counties, he could not overcome a 24,000-vote deficit in Clark County.[15] After initially supporting Donald Trump's presidential bid, Hardy said in October 2016 he would not vote for Trump.[16]

2018

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In January 2018, Hardy announced his candidacy for his old congressional seat after Republican Las Vegas City Councilman Stavros Anthony dropped out of the race. He won the June 2018 Republican primary.[17] In August 2018, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan campaigned for Hardy in Las Vegas.[18]

Hardy faced Democratic nominee and former U.S. Representative for the district, Steven Horsford in the general election.[19] Horsford defeated Hardy, winning 52% of the vote to Hardy's 44%. Third-party candidates took the remaining 4% of the vote.[20]

Committee assignments

Political positions

Immigration

Hardy voted against an amendment to defund President Barack Obama's DACA program.[8]

Health care

In 2016, Hardy and Terri Sewell (D-AL) introduced the Rural Health Enhancement and Long Term Health Act (HEALTH), intended to forestall the closure of rural hospitals.[21]

Iran deal

Hardy opposed President Obama's Iran deal.[22]

Personal life

Hardy and his wife, Peri Jean Hardy, have four children and two grandchildren.[12]

In August 2016, Hardy was hospitalized after a heart attack that occurred while he was preparing to undergo a colonoscopy. The next day he returned to his re-election campaign. Doctors discovered he had been living with a collapsed artery on his heart, and they inserted two stents to repair it.[23]

Electoral history

2014 Republican primary results[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cresent Hardy 10,398 42.6
Script error: No such module "Political party". Niger Innis 8,077 33.1
Script error: No such module "Political party". Michael Ace Monroe 5,393 22.1
Script error: No such module "Political party". Carlo "Mazunga" Poliak 523 2.2
Total votes 27,075 100.0
2016 Republican primary results[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cresent Hardy 18,610 76.79%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mike Monroe 4,336 17.89%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Wayne Villines 1,290 5.32%
Total votes 24,236 100.00%
2018 Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cresent Hardy 15,252 47.4
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Gibbs 6,098 19.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". Bill Townsend 3,659 11.4
Script error: No such module "Political party". Kenneth Wegner 3,625 11.3
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jeff Miller 2,560 8.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mike Monroe 971 3.0
Total votes 32,165 100.0
Nevada's 4th congressional district, 2018[when?][citation needed]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Steven Horsford 121,962 51.9
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cresent Hardy 102,748 43.8
Script error: No such module "Political party". Warren Markowitz 3,180 1.3
Independent Rodney Smith 2,733 1.2
Script error: No such module "Political party". Greg Luckner 2,213 0.9
Independent Dean McGonigle 2,032 0.9
Total votes 234,868 100.0
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2022 Republican primary results[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mark Robertson 12,286 30.1
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Brog 7,183 17.6
Script error: No such module "Political party". Carolina Serrano 6,981 17.1
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cresent Hardy 4,767 11.7
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cynthia Steel 4,760 11.7
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jane Adams 2,065 5.1
Script error: No such module "Political party". Morgun Sholty 1,988 4.9
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jessie Turner 829 2.0
Total votes 40,859 100.0

References

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