Stace Nelson
| Stace Nelson | |
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| Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 19th district | |
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Assumed office November 2, 2010 | |
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| Born |
May 2, 1967 Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Excelsior College |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Stace Nelson is a former state representative from South Dakota.
Personal life
Nelson lives in Fulton, South Dakota with his wife, Aiza, and six children.[1]
Military and federal law enforcement career
Nelson served in the Marine Corps as a Military Policeman (MOS 5811), Marksmanship Instructor (MOS 8531) and Criminal Investigator (MOS 5821), for 13 1/2 years. He worked as a Naval Investigative Service Special Agent, then with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service as a Special Agent, and ultimately retired from NCIS in 2009 as an Investigator. His combined federal service was 23 1/2 years, 18 of which were overseas. His final assignments included working out of the NCIS Force Protection Detachment in the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines, and out of the NCIS Far East Field Office in Yokosuka, Japan. During his time as an NCIS agent, he worked on hundreds of cases involving military sexual assault, and was featured in the Oscar nominated documentary The Invisible War, advocating for the reform of how the military handles sexual assault claims.[2]
Political career
Nelson was elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives in 2010. He serves on the Judiciary Committee and the Local Government Committee.[3] Nelson has often quarreled with party leaders in the House,[4] and was briefly kicked out of the party caucus for opposing leadership illegally tampering with confidential bill drafts. Of note, the retaliatory action of House leadership came after Nelson publicly exposed misconduct by leadership on committee assignments, and the unethical tampering with other legislator's bills while they were in the care of the legislatures shared Legislative Research Council. While claiming to have kicked Nelson out of caucus, leadership waited until Nelson was meeting with constituents away from the Capitol and informed him through the press that he had been uninvited by edict of the leadership members Nelson previously outed for unethical misconduct.
2014 U.S. Senate campaign
Nelson ran for a U.S. Senate seat in South Dakota in 2014, describing himself as "probably the most conservative elected official in the state of South Dakota, and...probably the least partisan."[4] He won 18.25% of the primary vote, losing the nomination to Mike Rounds.[5]
References
- ↑ "Representative Stace Nelson". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/ret-ncis-agent-discusses-military-sexual-assaults/?id=149435
- ↑ "Representative Stace Nelson". South Dakota Legislature. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- 1 2 Brokaw, Chet (August 13, 2013). "SD state Rep. Stace Nelson to make US Senate run". The News Tribune. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- ↑ http://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=SWR&map=CTY