Kihuen, Ruben J. (Ruben Jesus), 1980-

<p>Rubén Jesús Kihuen Bernal (/ˈruːbən ˈkiːwɪn/; born April 25, 1980) is an American politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives for Nevada's 4th congressional district, serving from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was a member of the Nevada Senate from 2006 to 2016. He was Nevada's first Latino member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Kihuen described himself as the first "Dreamer" elected to Congress. In December 2017, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on Kihuen to resign in response to sexual misconduct allegations against him by a female campaign staff member, as reported by BuzzFeed. He refused to resign but did not run for reelection in 2018.</p>

<p>Rubén Jesús Kihuen Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. His family moved to the United States in 1988. Kihuen's grandfather was an immigrant to Mexico from Lebanon who married a native Mexican. His father Armando Kihuen was a laborer in Orange County, California, before moving to Las Vegas in the 1990s and becoming a middle school science teacher. Kihuen attended Rancho High School and was named the 1997–1998 Nevada "soccer player of the year."</p>

<p>Ruben graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a Bachelor of Science degree in education. While in high school and college, Kihuen volunteered for the campaigns of Senator Harry Reid, Virginia Governor Mark Warner, and Houston Mayor Lee Brown. As of 2011, Kihuen was enrolled in the Master of Public Administration degree program at the University of Oklahoma.</p>

KIHUEN, Ruben J., a Representative from Nevada; born in Guadalajara, Mexico, April 25, 1980; graduated from Rancho High School, Las Vegas, Nev., 1998; attended College of Southern Nevada, Henderson, Nev.; B.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nev., 2004; academic adviser, College of Southern Nevada, Henderson, Nev.; staff, United States Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, 2004-2006; member of the Nevada state assembly, 2007-2010; member of the Nevada state senate, 2011-2016, majority whip, 2013-2014, minority whip, 2015; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress (January 3, 2017-January 3, 2019); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018.