Senator Pete Goicoechea

Pete Goicoechea is a Republican rancher from Eureka who represented District 19 in the Nevada Senate. He was first elected in November 2012 and served until 2024, when John Ellison was elected to the seat. The rural district covers Lincoln and White Pine counties and parts of Clark, Elko, Eureka and Nye counties.

Before the Senate, Goicoechea served in the Nevada Assembly from 2002 to 2012, including as Minority Whip from 2007 to 2010 and Minority Floor Leader from 2011 to 2012. Earlier he was a Eureka County commissioner for sixteen years.

He has served on the State Land Use Planning Advisory Council and the Nevada Grazing Boards, and as a director of the Nevada Water Resource Association. He attended Eureka County High School and Utah State University. He was born in Salt Lake City in 1949.

Source: Nevada Legislature member profile, 82nd (2023) session.