Tessa Hafen is a third generation Nevadan.  She attended Southern Utah University and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Communication.  Her father, Andy Hafen, serves on the Henderson City Council.  For the past eight years, she has been working for Senator Harry Reid in Washington, D.C.  Tessa is also a substitute teacher in the Clark County School District. 

Mostly composed of the suburbs surrounding Las Vegas, the third district is located within Clark County. It is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country and ranges from the metropolitan areas of Las Vegas, to the growing suburbs of Henderson, to the idyllic Lake Mead and Red Rock Canyon. 

The race for Nevada's third district has become intense. In describing the race, a June article in the Las Vegas Sun said, "Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., once considered a virtual lock against a 30-year-old who has never held elected public office, is now thought to be in a race so tight that both parties have targeted it as one of the closest in the nation."  As a result,  Tessa is a candidate for the “Red to Blue” fundraising campaign sponsored by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.  

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