Jim Marchant
James Carl Marchant Jr. is a former member of the Nevada Assembly. He represented the 37th district, which covers parts of the northwestern Las Vegas Valley.
He is currently running on the Republican primary for Nevada's 4th congressional district in 2020.Biography
Marchant was born on May 28, 1956 in Gainesville, Florida. He graduated from Troy University with a degree in criminal justice, and moved to Nevada from Florida in 2005. Marchant worked for the family business from 1978 until 1984, when he left to found his own business.
In 2015, Marchant threatened to run against then-Speaker John Hambrick; he ultimately decided to challenge Glenn E. Trowbridge instead. Marchant defeated Trowbridge and then Democrat Sean D. Lyttle in the general election.
In 2018, Marchent was unopposed in the Republican primary, but narrowly lost his re-election campaign for Assembly District 37 to Shea Backus, a Democrat, by a vote of 14,222 to 14,087.Electoral history
