Danny Tarkanian

Daniel George John Tarkanian (December 18, 1961 –) is an American attorney, businessman and perennial candidate for elective office. A Republican, he has mounted unsuccessful campaigns for the Nevada Senate (2004), Nevada Secretary of State (2006), the United States Senate (2010, 2016 and 2018), the Nevada System of Higher Education (2014) and the United States House of Representatives (2012, 2016 and 2018) before finally being elected to the Douglas County Commission in 2020.

Quotes

• We spent three trillion dollars in the Middle East, right now, where that money could have been used to take care of our veterans, first and foremost, who've been over there fighting, but also take care of the people that need help here in the United States instead of wasting it overseas.
  • Danny Tarkanian on MAGA: ‘Secure Our Borders’ and ‘Build a Wall’ (19 October 2018)