Destination: Carson City
Nevada Senator Bob Beers has spent the last eight years fighting to help Nevada families keep more of their paychecks. In 2006, he was awarded a "Taxpayer Hero" award from Americans For Tax Reform.
Nevada Senate
In his first year in the senate, Beers' became vice-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. In that capacity, he helped direct about half of the Senate Republicans' traditional "pork" spending toward reducing the "Nevada Income Tax" (payroll tax) by 3%. He also served as a member of the Committees on Natural Resources and Legislative Operations. 
Beers fought the 2003 Tax Hike
In 2003, then-Assemblyman Beers helped lead the opposition to Gov. Guinn's $1.25 billion state tax and spending increase (a 33% increase). The following year he was elected to the Nevada Senate, defeating a 20-year incumbent Republican who had supported the tax and spending increases.
Early Legislative History
In 1998, Beers was elected to the Nevada Assembly. Nevada's legislature is part-time, meeting four months every two years. As the assemblyman representing District 4, Beers served in three regular and three special sessions. He was assigned to the Ways & Means, Commerce & Labor, and Elections, Procedure, & Ethics committees of the Assembly