- Tessa Hafen
Tessa Hafen (1976- ) was the Democratic candidate for the
United States House of Representatives in the 3rd Congressional district ofNevada in the 2006 election.She formerly was the press secretary for US Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid .She was born and raised in
Henderson, Nevada . Hafen graduated magna cum laude fromSouthern Utah University with a B.A. in communication.At 4:10 am Eastern time on November 8, 2006, the
Associated Press called the election for incumbentJon Porter , 48% to Hafen's 47%. The margin of victory was about 4,000 votes. [http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5648722]Hafen is a Latter-day Saint. [ [http://www.commongroundcommonsense.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t50006.html Common Ground Common Sense > TESSA HAFEN (d) v. Jon Porter (r) ] ]
In 2008, Hafen decided not to run against Porter again. [http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/saving-harry-reid/] The Democratic candidate will be
Dina Titus .References
External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060709214322/http://www.tessahafen.com/ Tessa Hafen for U.S. Congress] - campaign website from the
Internet Archive
* [http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/labor2006/NV_3.cfm "Labor 2006"] - Hafen endorsement from theAFL-CIO
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